Battle Realms + Winter of the Wolf

Literally the ONLY Real Time Strategy game available as of review that... > Lets you control entire army instead of just a hero to kill steal your team mates > Fight solo to prove your skills instead of always needing 4 more buddies that will carry you > Fight TOGETHER with friends ANYWHERE as long as you have a PC and power outlet > Does not lock you out if you went offline for more than 30days > Greatly utilizes your macro and micro management skills > Is real time, no waiting for your turn > Looks decent and feels good to control even after 15yrs without graphical updates > Possibility to talk trash in your oponent's face while burning his/her peasant huts (LAN parties)

I didn't know this game beforehand, but after playing it I'm pretty sure that most of the 5-star reviews are nothing but nostalgia-reviews. While the game might have been something speacial 15 years ago, it isn't today. It's just a solid but mediocre RTS. The worst thing about it is the lack of overview. Look at the screenshots; you can't zoom out any farther than that! That's not just a minor flaw, it basically ruined the game for me. You need to micro-manage the battles but that only works early in the game when there are few units involved. Managing mid-sized battles is frustrating; and the tiny section you can see of larger battles is a joke. You feel like there is a constant constraint because you can't see 90% of what's going on. By today standards this game would get 3 to 3 1/2 stars. I give it only 2 stars because the tiny overview massively hinders your strategic gameplay. Only recommendable for hardcore-RTS-fans.

I play in the Demo verision after playing i a happy this game i get this game for free of giveaway!

Good game

I've bought this along with the expansion when I was a kid over 7 years ago I've played it a lot. The campaigns are lengthy and can put up a challenge at times, Resource gathering is done by harvesting rice and gathering. There's a large variety of units across the 4 factions. For a 2001 game Battle Realms has amazing graphics and good quality soundtrack. In the original retail the game came with a map editor as well which I believe it's included in this release too. All in all Battle Realms is the best and most complete rts game I ever played and at the price of 10 bucks it's not a miss, especially if you're an rts fan. Time to draw your katana!