Warlords Battlecry 3

Multiplayer connected the first time, after that? Never connects. I bought this to play with my son, not struggle with connection issues.

First and most importantly: GOG sells the unmodified version. It doesn't include the awful community mod that ruins the charm of the game. Warlords Battlecry III is not a great strategy game. It's not even a strategy game sometimes, it's more of an RPG quite often. It's really a weird hybrid. Your hero has persistent levels. Your units can also level up during a battle. The level up system can be used to turn everything upside down. It's a real time strategy game with a single unit that has a lot of RPG elements attached to it. The rest of the units just get slightly stronger through gaining EXP just like it happens in a C&C game when your unit ranks up, except, this time, there's a lot more ranks to achieve. The potential was unlimited, there are almost as many factions to play as a Total War game would let you, combined with even more hero classes, if it was taken seriously, it would be on a scale that's impossible to properly balance. However, the game is really all about breaking it in silly ways by minmaxing a hero through dozens and possibly even hundreds of levels. The campaign is surprisingly good, in fact, the story is simple, but puts our main hero - of any faction - in the story without failure, you immediately feel compelled to "do something" about the issue without spoiling it. The game is, a bit clunky, but overall, the many ways it let's you to tinker with the system makes it enjoyable despite the very obvious aging of the gameplay. I can only recommend this, but it can drain free time very heavily, so consider that too.

This game was ahead of its time by a hefty margin! Key elements stand out: - old school raw grit void of any modern stupidy - sandbox'y freedom - great depth of customisation & gameplay choices - intricate mechanics & systems like combat, magic, buildings & upgrades, items and unit progression - outstanding vastness of replaybility - engaging lore and sense of adventure This is a mix of RTS and RPG genres primarily. On top, it's also blended with a questing/adventure genre elements combined with 4x strategy - like lore exposition, diplomacy and choices on the world map actions - typical sandbox freedom of when & what areas to tackle combined with item shops and mercenary camps. There are also quests that cover the RPG elements. So all in all - it blends very tightly and cohesively together like no other game present on the market (to my knowledge). This game seems to have been serving a profound influence on Warcraft 3 and similar. One additional thing, the level of old school grit, spiky weapons, raw 80's fantasy candind action supplemented by gruesome art and voice acting, the game stands out to be one of a kind experience! Can't say good words enough! P.s. on technical side, the game can be hard to understand given there is no log of combat events so post-mortem actions reviews are not existent - you gotta learn as you go and persevere as the game can be challenging!

This game is great to play every so often - great gameplay and music. After you get to so high a level and craftiness, it's good to take a break and then come back and play it again.

Fun game from 2000 Nice to play again. Runs good on on windows 11