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Summary: Unheard of Delays...
Review: This game is a much anticipated sequel to Lords of the Realm II. A great game, but lacking in computer AI and graphics. I personally have been waiting for this game FOREVER. It was originally announced to be released in the last quarter of 2000! Up until recently, it was December 2002, then March 2003, then September 2003, and now its been pushed back to November.Lords of the Realm II was released in 1996. Eight years between sequels. Assuming they stick with this newest pushed back release date. At this point, the unexplained, unreasonable 3 or 4 years of pre-announcements at this game's release makes me angry enough to forgoe buying this game at all. I give this game a one, due to the shameful behavior of the company regarding the treatment of the game's fans.
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Summary: WOW, 5 out of 5 stars! Golly...
Review: How does a game get 5 out of 5 stars even before it's released? Someone, please give me a clue! I'm a HUGE fan of LOTR2 and am eagerly awaiting this release. However, I'm bitterly disappointed that the turn-based/RTS dual mode of LOTR2 is being abandoned in favor of full RTS. My concern is that the game might degenerate into a tiresome click-fest. Let's just restrain our enthusiasm until this title is released and all the fixes are available. Thanks.
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Summary: Better than #2
Review: This game is going to be GREAT!!! I only have Lords2 and that one is very addictive and fun. After a while Lords2 gets boring because nothing really changes, but i've been on the Lords3 website and it looks great.
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Summary: RUN AWAY RUN AWAY!!!
Review: Perhaps they should have built a rather large badger. This is a huge disappointment and the original version was way way way better than this. You have amazingly little control and there is amazingly little strategy for a strategy game. Get Medieval Total War if youre looking for Dark Ages fun. I miss my $20.
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Summary: This game is just confusing
Review: Okay, so I'm being really nice giving this game 2 stars. I am a huge fan of Lords of the Realm II so I thought I would purchase this game and have a go at it. Well.....that didn't go to well. The game, although it has great graphics, is extrememly confusing and hard to follow on what you can and can't do. It is really different from the previous Lords of the Realms and thus makes it hard to play. I wouldn't suggest not buying this product, but if you are a huge Lords of the Realm II fan, then I would say advise you not to. You will most likely end up being upset with yourself (and your computer!!).
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Summary: Not nearly as good as the second one!
Review: This is unbelievable. All the great things about the Lords of the Realm II have been removed and nothing good has been added. Gone is the management of the territory resources, instead you simply assign a vassal to an area and they produce just one type of resources. To make matters worse, you armies are produced automatically so you dont even get to choose your army types. The battles start automatically but you are not even taken to the battlefield automatically so you can ened up missing the battle if you dont go there right away. I read the other reviews but I thought the sencond one was such fun I should give this one a try. Big mistake save your money.
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Summary: I want my money back.
Review: I didn't buy this game through Amazon - Maybe if I had looked here first I would have seen all the terrible reviews and saved myself $20.00. The graphics are the only improvement over Lords II, and as has been stated by others they're still below par.
Here I was, oh-boy all excited to play the next Lords Of The Realm game, and boy-oh-god what a dissapointment. Really, Sierra, how can you justify releasing a game in the Lords franchise that mocks everything that was good about its predecessor?
I want my money back. I want my money, and the 2 hours I spent trying to get into the game. I suppose if I complain enough I might get the money back, but that two hours is gone. Forever.
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Summary: Tjaka, South Africa
Review: This review is meant for the developers of this game and shall not be of much use to somebody who doesn't know this game.
***The idea of real time on different levels (strategy & battle) is interesting but I find it a step in the wrong direction. Too many things happen too fast and one cannot make proper decisions. For instance - there's not enough time to properly look through the different vassals before assigning them - you have to grab & assign because somewhere else your attention is also needed. Often you miss out on nice battles because you have to attend to other matters. I still prefer the turn-based system. ***Many improvements are needed in the gameplay - I'm not going to try to list all the frustrations. If you're used to playing "Total War" then "Lords of the Realm" is a frustration. ***It sound as if I threw my "Lords of the Realm III" cd in the dustbin? No, I'm enjoying it. But I hope there shall be substantial improvements in the add-on or "Lords of the Realm IV".
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Summary: Major Letdown!!
Review: Wow! Was I suprised when I played this game. Seira should have stuck with the original format, as in the first Lords of the Realm.
They really automated to much. I like more control. The graphics are very nice though. That is the only plus side.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY
Review: Worst game ever... it's as if the game has devolved back to the level of LOTRI...unbelievable waste of money. Clearly some things must have been rushed (siege equipment, lack of micromanagement of your vassals and their lands, etc.). For anyone who loved the balance of state management w/ diplomacy and war that made LOTRII great will be sadly disappointed. Hopefully they're redeem themselves by making LOTRIV less like the crap game I just wasted $20 on.
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