Battle Realms + Winter of the Wolf

Just as fun today as it was when I was a kid. Decently well balanced. Intriguing story, interesting characters, and wonmderfully unique units and feel. A worthy entry in the hall of RTS games.

I like this kind of games, however there could be some improvements. The fog of war is still there even if you visit the whole map, so it is very hard to find all the enemies and buildings. Geisha is not very active with automatic healing (much better was it in AOE). And there are not so many upgrades for soldiers and buildings. And the worst part - some missions can't be finished due to game crash. In the wolf mission if you destroy the last building, the game crashes all the time. There is no solution, just to play another mission from the map. I tried the game on new laptop, old laptop, older PC and the same issue eveywhere. Sad that GOG doesn't fix the issue if we paid for the game.

Discovered it decades ago. I'm still trying to find something better then it. No success. Overall it's the best RTS for ones who like fast-paced games, using micro-control and rush-tactics, according landscape heights, and who don't like to go deep into defence. Even having a "Zen Edition" (remastered), playing classic feels great. • Flexible unit system which allows fight from match start • Each unit upgrade system which allows you be adaptive during the whole match • Units stamina is consuming for either running or using abilities • Six damage types balance system makes micro-control important. Some Tier 1 unit can counter Tier 3 unit. • Only 2 resources to gather and 1 resource to claim through battle activity • Multi-function horses, which can be used for fight or gathering resources • Water as the resource can be used for building, put out a fire, rice growing • For recruiting special units, "Yin/Yang" resource forces you to fight often • Unit caps are 20 / 30 / 50 units per player

A good rts with unique gameplay which is well worth a play even a few years down the line. Each resource is carefully balanced against the others and the story is ok (if not ground breaking) and fills out the single player well. All in all it was one of my favourite games released that year and still holds up now as a good example of a sadly depleted genre. Still GOG if your looking to add unrated 2001 rts games then add conquest:frontier wars that is another game that deserves more players.

Right click icon, properties, compatibility. Select windows service pack 3, check box under privilege level for running in admin. On some of the older games you need to do this to play. I had to do this for diablo2. (windows 7 user)