Review
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unknown author
For a game this old, it withstands the test of time.
It's not exactly complex and the graphics show their age, but for the time-period it was released it looks impressive.
Some people have mentioned having problems with DOSBOX and other emulators, but that's just as likely an issue with the emulator. It won't work on the NT 6.0 Kernal, so this may be a problem, especially in the future.
The AI is, well, artificial. I've seen it make decent moves, and I've seen it make bad moves. I've seen it play defensive when it should and I've seen it send a random stack of two light infantry to attempt to take a city fortified by a hero, a dragon, two demons, a stack of cavalry, and a bunch of heavy infantry for the chance to kill just one guy. It's still much better than most time period AI.
There's not much to the story because it plays out differently each time. Go figure - that's a staple of strategy games, especially from 1989.
The game interface is annoying to a first timer, but once you get the hang of it it becomes second nature.
Overall I give it a 8 out of 10.
Review
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unknown author
In highschool or shortly thereafter, I used to play this game at a friends house on the weekends.I bought my own computer primarily, so that I could play this and Warlords II more often.I then played it until I burnt myself out.I give it five stars *****.
