Cyber Empires
Published: February 1, 2009 - Last update: May 3, 2012 - 902 downloads
- Alt name
- Steel Empire
- Year
- 1992
- Genre
- Action, Strategy
- Theme
- BattleMech, Sci-Fi / Futuristic
- Publisher
- Strategic Simulations, Inc.
- Developer
- Silicon Knights, Inc.
- Perspective
- Top-Down
8 votes
994 KiB
Description of Cyber Empires
Silicon Knights, Inc. gave birth to Cyber Empires (also known as Steel Empire) in 1992, with the help of Strategic Simulations, Inc. as publisher. Cool action, strategy game, the player evolve in a battlemech, sci-fi / futuristic theme with a top-down perspective.
Better known as Steel Empire in Europe, which sold better than its US incarnation, Cyber Empire is a fun sci-fi strategy game that combines furious tactical combat and grand strategic planning into a highly enjoyable game. In a nice twist to standard conquer-the-universe gameplay, Cyber Empire eschews the tedious micromanagement commonly found in other games, and focus instead on fun, action-oriented ship-to-ship combat, ship design, and fast pace. Master of Orion this ain't, but it is nonetheless striking its own territory with attractive graphics and high playability. Perfect for anyone who tire of managing hundreds of planets in MOO and want to try their luck with a faster-pace strategy game with a dash of action. Thumbs up!
Review by HOTUD
Captures and Snapshots
Screenshots used with permission from MobyGames.com
Comments and reviews
kismet added this comment :
It looks cool, I'd like to know what other people who have played think of it
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empath added this comment :
Had this for ages; played the living heck out of it!
Mix of strategy (capturing provinces, developing them to build 'mechs' and defend themselves with turrets/walls) then top-down realtime action when combat occurs.
I'll admit as I've been getting older I've resorted to using the walker with the four guided missiles for myself to snipe defending mechs and then the rest of my invasion force would either be the top one (with the LRMs and the beam cannons) or the twin-beam cannon users to just stand and bombard the defenses from long range, ripping holes in the walls and allowing a quick charge through the breech to destroy the enemy capitol. :)
Still not *quite* as good as Silicon Knights' other similar title Fantasy Empires, but still a lotta fun and worth it to fiddle with DOSbox to get it working. ^_^