Impire

Critic reviews

• GGameSpot

  NATHAN MEUNIER · Mar 10, 2013

  4.5

  Impire's intentional and playful riffing on Dungeon Keeper could have been spun into a positive thing, especially since there hasn't been a new entry in the series for a long time. It's a good-looking game that has a few thoughtful ideas hidden in its many folds, but the repetitious gameplay is overwhelmed by niggling problems and puzzling design choices that gain traction the further you push. After the first handful of hours, the fun already starts to fizzle.

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• GIGame Informer

  Adam Biessener · Mar 05, 2013

  5.0

  I wish I had nicer things to say about Impire, but my disappointment with its failure to turn any of its concepts into interesting interactive gameplay is total. As cool as the concept is, gamers interested in building an underground lair and tormenting would-be heroes are still stuck waiting for a worthy successor to 1997's Dungeon Keeper.
• PGPC Gamer

  Cassandra Khaw · Mar 03, 2013

  6.3

  Like the whiskey-soaked eccentric uncle that no one approves of but who's invited to the party anyway, Impire demands patience and a willingness to forgive. It's decent where it could have been great – a missed chance to make a cult classic.

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• TEThe Escapist

  Ma'idah Lashani · Feb 28, 2013

  2.0

  You'll be lucky to even get to that point, though, as the most ungodly part of this game is the amount of time it takes to load up. Impire is so thoroughly filled with bugs that it's nearly impossible to play. Text, people and entire game saves will vanish before your eyes. Hopefully you're the kind of player that is compulsive about your saving, since the game only updates your progress at the end of each level.

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• DDestructoid

  Fraser Brown · Feb 27, 2013

  3.5

  There's a fairly original, ambitious title to be found deep within Impire. But it's really, really deep. Far deeper than the dungeons ever go. All the potential was wasted on missions that amount to simple copy-and-paste tactics punctuated by jokes that are an acquired taste, to say the least. It's stitched together with big ideas and interesting concepts, but it never even comes close to being the sum of its parts.

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• GFGame Front

  James Murff · Feb 20, 2013

  5.0

  The best way to describe it is tepid. I’ve played some genuinely terrible games in my time, and Impire doesn’t come close to replicating their awfulness. But it also doesn’t rise to the heights promised by its premise and ancestors. It’s strictly mediocre.

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