Posted on: June 16, 2020
gog144
Владелец игрыИгр: 242 Отзывов: 17
What a long wait to see this game again.
I had demo on CD & had loads fun playing sole map "Orc Attack." Now I have full game. Thanks GOG. Great game. Battles are simple--automated w/ nice animations. Lots of explosions, but also stabbing & arrows. I love hero and merc recruiting, and how heroes can die if not careful. Graphics are simple & likeable: units look appropriately menacing, & animations (e.g. assassination) are somewhat dramatic in good humorous way. There's also great quality-of-life aspect: if you've conquered most of map, remaining enemies beg for mercy, i.e. insta-win. This is welcome feature. Have you played games where to beat mission, you have to conquer last town, hero, or creature dwelling, but its on other side of map? There are cons too. Most glaring shortcoming is few shortcut keys. Moving around map, managing units and cities, & viewing reports gets tiresome using only mouse. Only keyboard shortcut I found was grouping units. Another downside is once you have sizeable empire, it takes forever to manage. Also, questing system is baffling. You choose easy, medium, or hard quests, but easy quests can require you to explore far side of map. Warlords III is not a perfect game--certainly not in this era--but at least it offers some mitigating features like surrender by the AI. Summary Pros: - nostalgia value - simple gameplay - simple, decent graphics and animations - fun sound effects (when your hero dies) - fun to raise hero by exploring ruins (which gets items, gold, mercenaries, and information) - some QoL features including production vectoring and AI auto-surrender Cons: - Sorely needs keyboard shortcuts - Game gets time consuming later on, especially in large maps - questing is iffy considering the distances it can require your hero to move In a Nutshell: I enthusiastically recommend this game based on its simple yet enjoyable gameplay with light hero progression elements, with the caveat that this is an old game that hasn't been updated with much needed shortcut keys.
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