Disciples: Sacred Lands Gold

game fails to open

While I see the appeal in levelling small warbands up, I found Disciples simply lacked tactical depth and options both in and out of combat. Personally I would recommend any of the Heroes of Might and Magic games many times over this one,

It's a turn based tactical RPG set in a fairly generic fantasy universe. This game series seems to get a lot of love on here and from other classic gamers but I'm not sure why. Maybe I just don't understand the nostalgia but there's really not much there in terms of story or setting, and the game doesn't tell you what you need to do in-game, which, maybe it's my fault for coming at this from a modern perspective, but I don't want to read a 90 page manual to understand how to play the game. I'm not rating this lower, because I fully understand that this just isn't my cup of tea and it'll likely appeal to other types of gamers, but that's just my two cents.

the game is very pixelated. pretty straightforward turn-based strategy game. i found the recipe for success and it's just rinse and repeat. (you may argue, "aren't all games like that?"). my answer is yes, however the recipe for success here is too obvious and easy. i'm on windows 10 using gog galaxy 2.0 beta and the game doesn't close very well/easily. first time i couldn't even close it (had to sign out). second time i was able to quit but i had to let my computer sit for 5 minutes before it fully shut-down the game. overall, pretty boring however it's still fun. the sounds are pretty dumb. once again, the graphics are pretty horrible (hard to discern the difference between terrain and parties). overall i give this game a solid 6/10. not exactly the best game ever, but neither is it the worst.

This game is better than HoMM 1,2 and 4. But worse than HoMM 3.