sabuesillo
11-11-2004, 17:59
Ok, ok, after many years of playing most of the historical and sometimes semi-historical RTS games out there, from the very beginning, that is WARCRAFT1, thru Age of Empires, AOK, Rise of Nations,, Empire Earth, Starcraft, Cossacks, etc,etc, etc. some of which i really enjoyed,I am happy to discover SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Because what's the use of complaining that one can't see how the buildings are built in KOH, if the scope of the game is different than the above mentioned? If you like seeing how buildings are built then you should concentrate on the empire building games such as Caesar, Sim city etc.
KOH actually is all that games such as EUROPA UNIVERSALIS tried to be but never made it for me because of the ugly graphics.
The game combines a RTS STRATEGY GAME (much better than the strategic game found in things like Medieval Total War and Rise of Nations, for example) withthe TACTICAL/OPERATIONAL RTS BATTLE GAME.
Regarding the strategy game view, I find the graphics and operative outstanding, beautiful, fantastic. The Tactical view is a bit more "normal", but still so has many beautiful features such as seeing the people working and doing stuff in the villages and settlements.
There are several types of military situations recreated, which I find gives a lot of variety to the game: castle siege and assault or defense, entrenched camp attack/defense, naval invasions in the enemy's rearguard , and of course the plain battle field battle.
There are many many kingdoms to choose from, each placed in a different part of the map and with different strategical and economical situations.
Sure, one can find things that can and should be improved. I just don't see for example why one should hace a limit on the number of marshall slots, because the limit should be as many as one can support depending on how large your kingdom is.
There are many little other things, for example if an enemy has one of my marshalls prisoner, and then i sign a peace treaty with that enemy, he should release it not still retain him asking for money.
I hope that they implement Multiplayer for the strategic mode, and eventually build more on the AI so that the solo tactical battles are a bit more challeging.
But I think this game as it is is a totally new experience, and graphically and technically a great success that guarantees many hours of pleasure for any RTS fanatic like me. :hello:
Because what's the use of complaining that one can't see how the buildings are built in KOH, if the scope of the game is different than the above mentioned? If you like seeing how buildings are built then you should concentrate on the empire building games such as Caesar, Sim city etc.
KOH actually is all that games such as EUROPA UNIVERSALIS tried to be but never made it for me because of the ugly graphics.
The game combines a RTS STRATEGY GAME (much better than the strategic game found in things like Medieval Total War and Rise of Nations, for example) withthe TACTICAL/OPERATIONAL RTS BATTLE GAME.
Regarding the strategy game view, I find the graphics and operative outstanding, beautiful, fantastic. The Tactical view is a bit more "normal", but still so has many beautiful features such as seeing the people working and doing stuff in the villages and settlements.
There are several types of military situations recreated, which I find gives a lot of variety to the game: castle siege and assault or defense, entrenched camp attack/defense, naval invasions in the enemy's rearguard , and of course the plain battle field battle.
There are many many kingdoms to choose from, each placed in a different part of the map and with different strategical and economical situations.
Sure, one can find things that can and should be improved. I just don't see for example why one should hace a limit on the number of marshall slots, because the limit should be as many as one can support depending on how large your kingdom is.
There are many little other things, for example if an enemy has one of my marshalls prisoner, and then i sign a peace treaty with that enemy, he should release it not still retain him asking for money.
I hope that they implement Multiplayer for the strategic mode, and eventually build more on the AI so that the solo tactical battles are a bit more challeging.
But I think this game as it is is a totally new experience, and graphically and technically a great success that guarantees many hours of pleasure for any RTS fanatic like me. :hello: