Glest for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffMarch 8, 2012

For a freeware game, Glest stands out at an astonishing level. A real-time strategy game in the vein of Warcraft III or the Empire Earth games, it asks players to create workers, harvest resources, construct buildings, produce military units, and ultimately destroy enemy bases.

Though its technology isn't quite as deep as the commercial games, we were quite surprised to find very well-rendered 3D textures, good music, detailed models, and a well-developed game system. The game pits two opposing factions, Magicians and Technicians, against one another, each having different structures and units. Players can choose either one, although novices might want to start with Technicians, which are similar to humans in Warcraft.

Magicians are a bit more complicated, with the ability to conjure new monsters and fire magic projectiles. Given the game's solid gameplay, good design, a small size, and, above all, a price tag of zero, we highly recommend Glest to anyone with a soft spot for real-time strategy games.

What’s new in version 3.1

Version 3.1 includes several changes such as in-game chat, main menu background model changed, Server IPs are now stored in a file, and other improvements.

Glest for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: February 28, 2008

Latest update: March 8, 2012

Version: 3.1

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows ME
Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 2000
Windows 98

Additional Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista

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Total Downloads: 117,889

Downloads Last Week: 5

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User Reviews

4.2/5

30 User Votes

great game ever
chi7997August 2, 2011
Pros
better download megaglest
Cons
it' more amazing
Summary
Great action and a large number of alternatives
CarlosMirandaLevyMarch 8, 2011
Pros
Real time is fast, graphics are good, Artificial Intelligence is efficient, large number of choices: maps, terrains, factions... plenty of mods available.
Cons
Can become slow at advanced stages if you stage a large battle.
Summary
A great real-time strategy game with plenty of options for unlimited hours of fun, always with a different scenario if you want. The game can be challenging and some scenarios are tough to beat, making it even more interesting to play.
Fun RTs game a
TrappinDecember 23, 2009
Pros
lots of tilesets and other cool models
Cons
need more multiplayers
Summary
glestmaps.wikia. has a bunch of maps and guides for glest
Glest v3 multiplayer, new factions/maps/tilesets
TrappinDecember 16, 2009
Pros
Simple to use GUI. 20+ fan made factions with dozens of new units. Egyptian, Persians, Norsemen, Indians, dwarfs, crusaders, Romans, Elves. 15 new Tilesets change the look and feel of the game world and some of the new textures are pretty darn nice.
Cons
No large campaign mode but has a simpler lua scripted scenario system.
Summary
Free 3d RTS game with nice looking models. Find multiplayer games on xfire or on glest IRC. the glest wikia has tons of info and mods
good game gets boring pretty quickly
hammer_jrApril 8, 2009
Pros
good game, nice graphics, fun!!
Cons
gets boring to quickly
Summary
i downloaded this game cause it looked fun which it is.but then after a while i didnt want to play it again for a pretty long time. if your looking for something to just play here and there a little then its a good game. if not youll probablly get bored of it and it might not be worth downloading.
An awesome game, it's open source run by XML.
archmage101February 24, 2009
Pros
open source, run by XML which makes it easy to edit the game a great way to kill time
Cons
absolutely no cons it's just the perfect game!
Summary
This game is totally awesome cause i mean if you do't like something about it you can edit the XML's and completely change the game without any limits!
A fantastic Game!
modman9000February 22, 2009
Pros
Glest is a fantastic game because it combines fast, action packed play with fantasy rivaled by more popular fantasy games such as Warcraft and Warhammer. It has open GPL licensing, so any mods made are not tripped up by licensing or copyrights.
Cons
The factions are of limited length, but work is being done to make them longer. The game is realatively new, but there is already a large 1500+ member forum at glest.org/glest_board.
Summary
Downright Awesome!
AppsJunkieOctober 2, 2008
Pros
One of my favorite games of all time was Dune II, a (now free) real time strategy game made in 1992. When I saw this game, I knew it was right up my alley! After 5 minutes of playing, I was hooked! It is very fun to play and best of all, free!
Cons
The only things I don't like about this game, are there are only two factions. However, this does not hurt the game play at all.
Summary
I definately reccomend downloading this if you need a good way to kill time, or just love real time strategy games. I carry this game all over the place on my two gigabyte USB drive.
Excellent game, hours of gameplay in there
AcoyauhJuly 31, 2008
Pros
There are lots of maps, factions, mods and addons you keep you entertained for ever, since its VRY active community is always churning out new stuff. <p>Addictive and entertaining
Cons
Only negative I see is it takes a little while to load all its stuff on every game. Other than that it's great.
Summary
Nice game!
GameMazterMay 14, 2008
Pros
Good graphics,Its small but its very fun and its free!!
Cons
None
Summary

Developer’s Description

Play a 3D, real-time, customizable strategy game.

Glest is a free 3D real time strategy game. The game allows the player to take control of two completely different factions: Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and magic, that prefers mages and summoned creatures in the battlefield. Multiplayer game over LAN/Internet is available to up to 4 players. Version 3.1 includes several changes such as in-game chat, main menu background model changed, Server IPs are now stored in a file, and other improvements.