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Warlords III: Darklords Rising

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Warlords III: Darklords Rising
Description
Enter a rich fantasy world of medieval warfare teeming with rage, revenge and bravery. This epic game of strategy and conquest now delivers a vastly larger world and deeper strategic gameplay that expands beyond the scope and depth of the original Warlords III: Reign of Heroes. Five epic campaigns a...
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( 195 Reviews )

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Product details
1998, Strategic Studies Group, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with...
Time to beat
18 hMain
22 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
20 h All Styles
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Description
Enter a rich fantasy world of medieval warfare teeming with rage, revenge and bravery. This epic game of strategy and conquest now delivers a vastly larger world and deeper strategic gameplay that expands beyond the scope and depth of the original Warlords III: Reign of Heroes. Five epic campaigns and massive strategic battles serve as proving grounds that challenge the mettle of even the greatest Heroes and Warlords.

Features:

  • Expanded Gameplay: 4 campaigns and 15 stand-alone scenarios, plus the original campaign and 13 scenarios from Warlords III Reign of Heroes.
  • Advanced AI: The highly adaptable, challenging and aggressive AI counters every move and devices its own complex and dynamic counter strategies.
  • Random Maps: An enhanced random map generator quickly and easily creates an infinite number of maps for unlimited replayability.
  • More Heroes and Units: 5 NEW heroes and 31 units for a total of 15 heroes and 95 units each with their own unique abilities and special skills.
  • More Spells: Cast 19 magic spells and 9 abilities for a total of 35 spells and 40 abilities.
  • Simultaneous Turns: Revolutionary simultaneous movements enables you to charge, do battle and retreat all in real-time.
  • Game Editor: Create your own Warlords universe with the map, item and campaign editor.
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manual
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

Multiplayer is available via Hotseat and TCP/IP

Multiplayer is available via Hotseat and TCP/IP

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
18 hMain
22 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
20 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1998-08-21T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
354 MB

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Posted on: November 22, 2019

ERISS

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Games: 3165 Reviews: 209

Doesnt work

Launch the tutorial, and it can't be ended as the game CTD The game was not tested


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Posted on: November 22, 2019

homunculus88

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Games: 76 Reviews: 1

Does not work

I bought this because I wanted to play WL III without hassle. It does not even start... Trying to get the original to work on WIN 10 is cheaper...


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Posted on: November 21, 2019

cheshik

Verified owner

Games: 274 Reviews: 3

Sunset as it is - but still great

I read all of these 5 s-star reviews and definitely they are coming from people who played it back in 1998. I bought the game immediately after it got online here at GOG and this is only now i write my feelings about it. A couple of days later and many years later as well counting from end of 90s... Let me tell you that i have never played Warlords 3 to saturation. This is because all released back then were pretty buggy and hard to finish - it crashed all the time. Now its plays smooth (thanks GOG?). Oh, how cool was it to play Warlords 1 on PC 286 back in... hell i do not remember even the year exactly! Warlords 2 was the pinnacle of the series - it made Warlords 1 so much better and added a lot of new stuff. Warlords 3 tried to go for more! The added Xp for heroes and Hp for armies. I bought the game, played it for hours non-stop and it was fun! But... i got saturated at some point pretty fast. Through first 3-5 hours actually. The reason? Let me tell you: *** Dear GOG, With all the love i have, i have to admit now that simply wrapping old games to work on modern OSes to sell them here does not satisfy the old gamers. Warlords 3 is the greatest example i had. Well, it works with such pearls as Loom, but not with Warlords series! Let me explain. Warlords 1-3 were produced for mediocre PC as we see them now. The way to improve the gameplay would be simply to extend the map size - 100x100 was in 90s, now we have 8-16 GBs of RAM! What i wanted to say in other words: you can't simply sell old stuff working on modern OSes, for majority of games it does not work. If you want to sell with impact - do something to improve it by leaving the old game intact. For Warlords it could be simply a new random map generator with additional armies, items and 1000x1000 tiles of goodies! *** OK, saying all that i still love Warlords series! But playing it more than 5 hours makes me bored. Still , i have to admit that there are no any other games that could satisfy the quench)


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Posted on: November 24, 2019

FreshPro123

Verified owner

Games: 17 Reviews: 1

Just as expected, doesnt work.

Money out the window + apparently its a worse version than the original. Im not sure if all the 5star reviews are fake/paid for. But game doesnt work, im running windows 10 and cant play it.


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Posted on: March 17, 2020

jakub.959

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Games: 512 Reviews: 32

I do not understand why people like it.

Hello...heroes of might and magic exists! Age of wonders exists! Here we have a game that is so basic that it is hard to believe. You do not control your units during battles! All that counts is making army stack and send it into battle. The end. Graphics are nice, there is a lot of flavour to armies but at the same time... sorry, but no. Compared to first (FIRST!) age of wonders or HoMM II...this feels so empty and barren.


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