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Summary: How Awful Can it Get?
Review: .... Kingdoms had an original plot (with a rich storyline), many units to increase your variety of war, stable code (you could even run this on Windows 2000), and (my favorite) excellent multiplayer capabilities. Bottom line, if you liked Blizzard's "Warcraft II" then this is a must purchase.
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Summary: Best Medieval Strategy game I have ever played.
Review: .... Kingdoms had an original plot (with a rich storyline), many units to increase your variety of war, stable code (you could even run this on Windows 2000), and (my favorite) excellent multiplayer capabilities. Bottom line, if you liked Blizzard's "Warcraft II" then this is a must purchase.
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Summary: Cavedog deserves a pat on the back!
Review: 5 words explain it all. "One of the best games!" Cavedog should be proud of Kingdoms. The only bad thing is its map editor. Otherwise a wonderful game. Even if you never heard of Total Annihilation, you'll love this game! The Crusaders Internet multi-player option is also good.
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Summary: Slow moving and tedious
Review: After Total Annihilation, this was a HUGE disappointment. In particular, the way all units trudge slowly along, even when under fire makes it look like even they cannot be bothered. I certainly can't.
Slow to load, slow to run, slow to play, loaded with portentous music and yet totally unabsorbing. A typical games consists of spending a very long time making huge numbers of utterly undistinguished units then watching them amble slowly into battle. Rarely do enough make it to achieve anything. Then it's time to start all over again.
On balance, I would rather watch my screen saver. Which is odd, since the original TA is still my all time favourite (and most frequently played) game. Bring on TA2!!
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Summary: Slow moving and tedious
Review: After Total Annihilation, this was a HUGE disappointment. In particular, the way all units trudge slowly along, even when under fire makes it look like even they cannot be bothered. I certainly can't.
Slow to load, slow to run, slow to play, loaded with portentous music and yet totally unabsorbing. A typical games consists of spending a very long time making huge numbers of utterly undistinguished units then watching them amble slowly into battle. Rarely do enough make it to achieve anything. Then it's time to start all over again.
On balance, I would rather watch my screen saver. Which is odd, since the original TA is still my all time favourite (and most frequently played) game. Bring on TA2!!
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Summary: not up to TA or the hype
Review: Amazon's review is accurate. The gameplay rewards the hedghog. Strong points from TA remain (unit ordering, squad numbering, ...)but if that is all there is, then TA is a better buy/choice.
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Summary: Deserves its name...
Review: Cavedog could not have come up with a better title for this game. For one, most of the campaign mission require you to exterminate the enemy. Second, everythng gets annihilated. After one skirmish map, I was given the statistics. I had built something like 186 units. I had lost about 180. I got this game a while ago, and then it sort of lapsed into disfavor when I stated playing titles such as AoE2 and Warlords Battlecry. Recently, I returned to TA and found it quite enjoyable. I don'tknow what the editorial reviewer was talking about when he said you can't tell one unit from the next. The units are distinct and original, as well as well-balanced. You can even download sme awesome new troops from Cavedog's website. There are, however, three problems with this game tha bring my score of it down to 4 stars. One, the unit AI is awful. Musketeers will stand idly by while the Warrior next to them is torched by a drake. Also, unless a unit can see another or is ordered to atack it, it won't attack. You army can be standing somewhere, and suddenly Mortar bomb begin raining in. Instead of going to investigate, your men (or women, as the case may be) will stand there and be blown to pieces. The second problem is the computer's will to survive. When you are sure you have eliminted te enemy, you find to your horror that you have let one builder run awaand he has constructed a town o rival yours. he third problem is minor; no cheats in the campaigns!
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Summary: Why TA:Kingdoms is a good game
Review: I am a gamer, and I own every major RTS game since Age of Empires (including Tiberian Sun and Age of Kings), and let me tell you, TA:Kingdoms is one of the cream of the crop. The 3D graphics are the best of any RTS game ever, and so are the physics. The interface is very good, letting you do practically everything you could dream of with the click of a mouse and a couple key strokes. The sides are very different (second only to Starcraft), and the AI is very smart, with several interesting tactics up it's sleave. The support from Cavedog is second to none: downloadable maps, units, and huge patches (such as one which makes the game run much better on slower computers). Other companies make you buy add-ons to get this kind of stuff. One gapping error is the lack of a scenario editor, which I have to say is really unexcusable nowadays, but with good multiplayer support and a relatively long campaign, you can live with it. The worst Con, by far, is the system requirements. While the package states that you can play this game with a 233 P1, this is a very bad joke. You really need a P3 with 128 megs of RAM (unless, of course, you're willing to turn all the graphics options off). Overall, however, this is a definite winner: if you've got a real machine, and like RTS, buy this game.The Good: Incredible graphics. Unbelievable physics. Great interface. Four very different sides. Good "humanistic" AI. Nice campaign. Very good support from Cavedog. The Bad: No scenario editor. A HORRIBLE system hog.
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Summary: If you are looking for a sequal to TA, this is NOT it!
Review: I bought this game because I really loved playing TA (Total Annihilation). The user supplied maps and units for TA really made for a lot of variety, and I thought the graphics were cool. TA Kingdoms seemed really slow (as in not very interactive). The graphics were OK, but they seemed like a downgrade from the really crisp models they used in TA. It was annoying to have the computer fire at me from far off screen where I knew he could not see my units (this was a problem in TA too, but less of one, in my opinion). The setting for TA Kingdoms sounded exciting, but it seemed like the different Kingdoms had a very set way of doing things and once you figured it out you were all set. Overall, I thought this was a pretty boring game. Go for TA instead.
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Summary: If you are looking for a sequal to TA, this is NOT it!
Review: I bought this game because I really loved playing TA (Total Annihilation). The user supplied maps and units for TA really made for a lot of variety, and I thought the graphics were cool. TA Kingdoms seemed really slow (as in not very interactive). The graphics were OK, but they seemed like a downgrade from the really crisp models they used in TA. It was annoying to have the computer fire at me from far off screen where I knew he could not see my units (this was a problem in TA too, but less of one, in my opinion). The setting for TA Kingdoms sounded exciting, but it seemed like the different Kingdoms had a very set way of doing things and once you figured it out you were all set. Overall, I thought this was a pretty boring game. Go for TA instead.
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