Warlords Battlecry 3

Warlords Battlecry 3 is a truly magnifecent game and IMO best RTS/RPG mix ever created. As an RTS it has 16(!) races - from usual ones like Dwarves or Orcs to stuff like all-devouring swarm of monstrous insects/arachnyds (usually present in sci-fi, not fantasy) or a nation of minotaurs. And while balance between them is not ideal (poor Wood Elves...) it is much better than you can expect. As an RPG it presents a massive number of classes, skills and magic schools - MUCH more that modern AAA-class RPG usually have. The setting have some really interesting ideas while lacking this annoying "HUMANS ARE THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE" thing that present in so many fantasy games. While the game itself is amazing, the Russian version is really bad. It's based on the disc version from Akella yet have bugs that wasn't present there. The most annoying to me is that a lot of texts (like campaign missions descriptions, "tips of the day", loading screen lore etc.) are quite glitchy with parts of them being outside of their message box and parts being completely skipped. Texts for quests (from mausoleums and the like) look like an unholy spawn of Google Translate and have random English words in them. Despite game version is shown as 1.03 it lacks the new Dark Elves buildings added in the patch, through atleast this can be fixed by taking a couple of files from the English version. I had very high opinion on GOG before and very disappointed that they sell such a half-assed localization.

The game has a lot of good points, but two things keep me from really loving it. First: I don't like a lot of the factions, I wish there were more generic units rather than weird things like basilisks and unicorns. And second the game is based on a pretty terrible idea for map creation. The whole map system uses preset tiles instead of allowing you to freehand make a stream or place a tree here or there, like Warcraft or Age of Empires or basically every other RTS. If those two things were fixed and certain aspects were tweaked it would have been lovely. It's still pretty fun though.

minion3322:All hail the great lord and necromancer uruk!Live long uruk and his great empire! Me:Thank you random minion! Yes it is i uruk!Here to review this game.Here take a seat have some food and drink.Now let us take a look at warlords battlecry 3. First got it years ago and loved it. Play it again not two long and now you will find out if its worth owning! Welcome to a world full of magic and monsters.First thing you will need to know is kill all paladins you see. With that out of the way on to the review!Its a rts game odds are you have play one before. Pick one of the few races,build stuff and units then kill the other guy. Only this is much more fun! random paladin:Die evil doer! [uruk has cast a spell on paladin] random paladin:That didn't hur.... [paladin turns to dust] With that paladin out of the way make to the review! Before you can start playing you must build a hero. pick the race and class. With all the races and classes you can find here,you can make just about any hero you want. Like that lesser undead necromancer who will be destroyed if you were to fight me for power. The holy warrior who fights long side his or her's men. The assassin who hope to kill their enemy with one well place hit. The merchant who says out of the fight and just gets you more stuff to build with. Can build all that and more with the right hero and set of skills. A hero can be used for any race or if in campaign mode your race and any allies you have. campaign mode is the most fun if you ask me. After the first mission have freedom to go on with the story or do what ever you want.Want to get a magic item set from race x go for it! Want to kill things for gold to buy a magic item from a store in the campaign you can do it!Travel around the world, hire pay men to join you for one battle. Buy and sell magic items. Follow the story or just kill things. Fight off a ambush while traveling. Great fun to be had! Before a mission or battle you have points. In campaign mode ,you can buy more points with gold you have earn from the campaign.Then you pick a few units you want to take along.Your hero can build most buildings you would need to run a empire and fight the enemy. Don't throw your hero's life[or unlife] away!You need them to take over mines around the map in order to get the stuff[gold metal crystal and stone] you need to build.Race z may need more metal for they use more of it then race x. Race x needs more stone for they use a lot more of it. How big one of these resources will be to you depends on the race you're playing and no i do not mean the race of your hero. After you pick the race to play as and your starting units,welcome to the map. You have in most missions a few buildings to start off with a few mines near by.Start by taking control of these mines and building up.To build x you may need to upgrade w or build y in order to do so. If a building is damage,you may click on it to repair it. You can pick slow or a faster repair,a slow repair cost less but takes more time to repair. A fast repair cost more but will take less time to repair. After a mission your hero will be able to take a few units along with him in to later battles. If one should die they will be put to rest in the graveyard. Alymay:He when missing again! me:Who?Wait you mean the half dragon half spider pet? Alymay:Yes i need help finding him! Me:Captain death take over the review! I'm going to find our elf friend's pet and then find out who made a half dragon half spider. Captain death:Yip yip sir right away!Lets see the notes here. [sound of moving notes.] You can get magic items for your hero in a few ways. Kill enemy heroes,buy them from a magic shop in the mission or on the campaign map,destroy a lair and then kill its boss. As your hero grows stronger he yip yip or she will be able to destroy or raise armies all by their self.A necromancer yip yip would be able to make armies of undead to fight for you. While a strong warrior would be able to fight off these hordes by their self or with very little help needed. Me:I still have no idea how someone loses a pet that big and now that i'm back i will take over the rest of the review. Captain death:Yip yip welcome back sir. Me:Now where was i o yes! Graphic wise the game may not be that great but at least all the units are easy to tell a part. Which is a good thing when it comes to not wasting time trying to click on the enemy troops. .A few of the buildings will have been reused for a few of the races in game.Music i think most of it fits the mood of the game. Units when click on will say a little line.Like for the light!From dust we come!So much death! Now for the last part of our review before we kill it off!You can play a random map with your hero at any time then take them back to the campaign map or play on your very own map you made!I have never made my own map,so can't say very much about it. I first played this game many years ago found it fun then and still is today. A nice game to own for anyone who lacks the skill but wishes to be a necromancer like me.Don't trust my review?Then go look for the demo of warlords battle cry 3 and make up your own mind! O yes remember that drink i gave you?Lets just say you will find out if it was poison or not very very soon.

I tried near every workaround, and it didn't work T.T

best of its type IMHO