Am I the only one that thinks this new game, despite it's underwhelming title, is a joy to play? I'm enjoying this game more than I enjoyed Empire: Total War and more than I'm enjoying Dragon Age. I'm sure I'll get flamed for that last bit but it's true. I have both icons on my desktop and I click King Arthur more these days.
Also: note to Stardock - take a look at this game for the way they incorporated unit speed. Using a Battlefield like territorial control mechanic, they made mounted units critical.
Hey no fair, I said I'd post a review about this game.....but I'm having too much fun playing it right now
I really like this game. It is like a strange cool mix of HOMM and TW.The battles I've finally managed to get to grips with. Going after those battlefield locations really spice it up and can give some great battle stories. Plus it helps split armies up; I've learnt the typical mass army hording is not the answer. I've actually found these battles to feel a lot more rewarding than the battles I fight in TW. Also, check out all the campaign map locations. They all provide cool bonuses. Some give +morale per season, others refill your troops without you having to recruit (which cost money).Bonus research points and chances for more random quests. Hells to the yes yes.All of a sudden the game has gone from impossible to enjoyable and challenging. Plus the whole fantasy edge to KA is a great experience to go through. Hurrah for a fantasy game that didn't settle on the generics of elves, dwarfs, orcs and what have you.I hope this game gets an expansion to expand game play opportunities. Still, the game is rich in 'stuff' as it is.
The quests are deep and very well done and one can only hope we get this kind of rpg-questing within Elemental as well. (I'm sure it will be moddable if it doesn't get in)
I seriously recommend this game.
I like the look of it but wish it was a more generic, or original, setting than Arthur, i'll wait for a demo.
The setting actually fits this game really well my friend. Check out my Review and you'll see some of the better options in a little more depth.
I'm confused, you want generic AND original?
We haven't had a good game that builds around the mythology of Britain and the legend of King Arthur as far as I can remember, this is good fantasy rpg war gaming.
I'm not sure this might get a demo, did Crusader: Thy Kingdom Come? If yes, then yes here also.
Raven: I"m not trying to steal your thunder. Your review is a deeper examination. I mainly wanted to let all the Dragon Age lovers know I found a game I like even better. Also, I read your review and you are spot on. I would imagine anyone looking forward to Elemental would at least find a few hours enjoyment from this game.
No worries brother. Plenty of thunder to go around . I don't think you can really compare the two games against each other though. They are two totally different types of games. If I'm looking to play a solid RPG, I'm still gonna go with Dragon Age. King Arthur is definitely cool for what it is though.
I LOVED this game, it was easily the best one I've bought this year.
According to
http://www.kingarthurthewargame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=30
it should soon be available on impulse, but alas I already bought it from steam.
Past tense? After only 3 weeks? I hope I'm wrong there. I've been looking at this game as an alternative to the Total War series, since the Empire era really doesn't impress me that much. But I played RTW for 4 months. Medieval 2, i played for 2 years (albeit with mods). Surely, this game has enough replay value to last more than 3 weeks, right?
Edit: Or was the game released earlier in other parts of the world?
This game doesn't have the replayability of TW: it's heavily scripted, with a small map, and you have to play it in a very concise way (or you are going to get butchered at the end of the game). You have to use the first book to recruit armies and conquer the map while holding the advance to other books and once you are ready, open quests little by little until the end of the game.
This game is a pitty: it's full of good ideas but the overall product is pretty bad right now The good thing is that the devs are putting a lot of effort in patching things and are pretty involved in forums reading user suggestions.
This is true...sadly. This game could be epic if it would have randomly generated huge maps and randomly generated quests.
Or let you play as one of the other factions against Arthur.
Yes, the replayability I think is limited. And I still consider it the best money spent for me 2009.
The factions against King Arthur? What? That doesn't service the story at all. Arthur is the one true king.
And it does have random quests! Expect more to come with updates!
I don't find the replayability limited at all. Four ways to play each very unique that demand different playstyles, in the quest adventures but also in the tactics you implement in your battles. In TW, it doesn't matter WHO you play because you'll be playing the same way. Your decisions will consist of the same train of though and your tactics won't vary much at all.
I've already spent 33 hours with this game. Left 4 Dead 2, which I got before this has been played only 35 hours. King Arthur will very soon overtake it and I think it very well may challenge my "always on" game of Football Manager which has only kept its lead at 50 hours of game time in the past two weeks.
Also enjoying this game a lot! The setting/theme is just to good to miss out on.
Saw there's some small DLC available on Steam now. Will we also get it here?
Got this one too...it's a beauty!
Hopefully Impulse gets the DLC.
I wish I had of bought this on Steam .. its had updates on Steam but nothing here
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