The Golden Horde (video game)

The Golden Horde (Russian: Золотая Орда) is a real-time strategy video game released on July 15, 2008.[1] It was developed by World Forge and has been published by JoWooD. The distributor is DreamCatcher Interactive. It was released in Germany and Austria on March 27, 2008, and was released in France and UK next day. In Russia, the game was published by Russobit-M.[2][3]

The Golden Horde
Developer(s)World Forge
Publisher(s)JoWooD Productions, Russobit-M
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • RUS: February 1, 2008
  • EU: March 28, 2008
  • USA: July 15, 2008
  • CAN: April 28, 2009
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

The game received poor to middling reviews, with Metacritic and GameRankings giving an average score of 54% and 55% respectively.[4][5] Brett Todd of GameSpot had given the game 6 out of 10 and praised it for an interesting subject matter and innovative customization options.[6] Steve Butts of the IGN had said in his closing comments that "the campaign moves along far too slowly and focuses too much on stealth and not enough on fighting".[7] Simon Priest of the Strategy Informer gave it 6.8 out of 10 saying that "[The Golden Horde] isn’t your traditional run-of-the-mill real-time strategy game".[8]

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References
  1. "The Golden Horde for PC". CBS Interactive. GameSpot. CBS Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. "The Golden Horde (2008)". IGN. News Corporation]]. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. "The Golden Horde Review". StrategyInformer. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  4. "The Golden Horde". CBS Interactive. Metacritic. CBS Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  5. "The Golden Horde". CBS Interactive. GameRankings. CBS Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  6. Brett Todd (November 10, 2008). "The Golden Horde Review". CBS Interactive. GameSpot. CBS Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  7. Steve Butts (August 29, 2008). "The Golden Horde Review". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  8. Simon Priest (April 29, 2008). "The Golden Horde Review". Retrieved March 25, 2019.


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