Posted on: June 9, 2015

Dreadviralay

Jeux: 52 Avis: 6

Scheinen im selbst

A game were one controls a bunch of warriors and peasants in an Arcadian-Eastern setting, very romantic presentation. It is apparently made by a Japanese company, which is good; I would not play it necessarily for the history lesson, but the story has a kind of scope like you would expect from a game set in the Far East, with lots of Eastern cultural tropes making a return from time to time, and yet it is not a ridiculous or overly fanciful story. Also, a variety of clans and heroes - which are similar to Warcraft III heroes in a way, but more simple (yet at least as interestingly presented) - make every game a little legendary Eastern legend of a legend, very nice. What sets it apart is the flow, that arises out of the peasant mechanic, very cool.. There is definitely something to like for everybody then, even if it is not perfect. Maybe, despite the richness of the presentation, it falls short in this regard: Either this game is a section of a partition to be understood partly itself as completely arbitrarily 'Orientalist' - for all intends and purposes - or it is authentically, and commercially, a matter of 'scheinen im selbst' as Hegel would say, so a kind of knowingly writing one's own history through a game in a sense; "solely according to analogy, inasmuch as God is essential being, whereas other things are beings by participation." For it is a strategy game; which is one of my favourite genres exactly for this reason, that stuff seems real and is still so controllably simulated, that it combines the best of both the arcade-action worlds of game-play basically and also the best of the simulated life-games even, like The Sims perhaps even. But even is this is true, I can heartily recommend it to anyone who likes the Far East, either by way of culture or by some heroic motivation of identity, or a need to identify, with something different than what one already knew as being his own Western guise that was for them the 'being self' of being a Western person...

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Posted on: July 17, 2017

Randy19

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Innovative and Unique, a true hidden gem

I picked it up shortly after the game came out. And i didn't regret it. It is an awesome RTS game, with unique mechanics and twists, 4 factions that each play severely different and yet feel more balanced than not, and the visuals, while dated(i mean the game IS 15 years old by now) are very charming in their unique and fitting artstyle that fits the gameplay rather well. The campaign can be a bit unfair at times, but for it's time gives you a lot of choice in how to tackle it, and even has two branching pathways that play drastically different. As a bonus, while i used to play this game a lot, i used to play it in my motherlanguage, in which the add-on, Winter of the Wolf, was never localized, at least i was never able to find it. The GOG version has it though, even in my language as well. The only downside to this game is that sadly, it doesn't support online multiplayer. The developer said they would update it for GOG Galaxy and Steam Multiplayer, but we didn't hear about that in over a year so it's probably not going to happen anymore. But it has lan play so if you feel like doing an old school lan-party i guarantee you will be having a great time with this game!

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Posted on: February 16, 2021

YinSun

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Fun, Fast - 1 caviat.

Played this back in the day. Finsihed both the main game and Winter of the wolf. The enemy is smart, just using the strongest unit in droves won't work. The graphics are a little blocky but it is old. Also there aren't many games with this kind of story. The mix of some RPG elements also makes the game more involved when it comes to the story. Each team has multiple heroes who get a bit of a back story to draw you in. Only real issue is that (as of this review) it won't run if you have multiple screens hooked up. Otherwise, a good fun game with a bit of replayability thanks to the expansion.

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Posted on: June 9, 2016

Bloodrunsclear

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Very Entertaining, Very Personal

Unlike a lot of RTS games this one impresses me with how quickly the game transitions from base building to battle, and how customizable your approach to battle can be! There's only two resources generally (rice and water) and units spawn and train quickly but the key strategy at work is all the work that goes into crafting the right balance of melee and ranged fighters, heroes and ordinary units. Eventually you can train horses adding a whole new level with mounted archers and spearmen who can be unseated but don't die immediately along with their mounts (even Warcraft 3 couldn't manage that). I love the aesthetic: a sort of fantasy feudal Japanese flavor to things which isn't insulting or without purpose in terms of the story, mythology and characters. It's seldom to see something with this kind of aesthetic: a war game set in almost soothingly natural environments of rolling hills, rice fields, stepping stones over water falls and forests with birds that take to flight on the approach of your armies. Lots of great single player campaigns. The voice acting is a bit hammy sometimes but it's all over the place and there's a lot of dialogue so you seldom get tired of listening to your units and heroes. I highly recommend this to people who prefer faster, streamlined, and personal combat. If you like the history of feudal Japan you might also enjoy some of the analogues in the main campaign.

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Posted on: January 9, 2017

Saiba_Jinzero

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Battle Realms? in steam? Hell Nah!

Release date 2014? wtf! its 2017 go play in GOG my friends! ;) cause it will never come up in steam ever!! Trust me don't fall for their trick just play in gog battle realms!

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