I've played these games since the early days and still have the physical copies. I love the new game but this will always have a place in my heart and my hard drive.
This game is crazy addicting, with a strong "just one more round" pull that keeps me playing way longer than i should.
Years ago, I joined GOG when I saw they had Total Annihilation and Lords of the Realm 2 that I could purchase and play on my current windows platform. I was so excited to revisit games that were old friends who provided me with great memories. I didnt see the Warlords series but figured they would show up eventually. So I waited...and waited. Commented on forums...and waited. Got excited when the Warlords Battlecry series appeared....and waited some more. After seeing forum comments saying this series would probably never end up on GOG or elsewhere (for various reasons), I resigned myself to never playing a quality copy again. Then I opened up GOG today just to kill some time in my library...and there it was! THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is the reason GOG existed in the first place! This made my day! Is this game pefect and flawless? No. Is it a masterpeice? Yes. It is a simple game that will keep you coming back for more...and its now mine again. Thank you, GOG!!
I was introduced to this franchise like most players... with the amazing tun based games. I have played the Battlecry series over the years and still own the third one. I am so glad to see GOG making these available but am desperately wanting to see the ORIGINAL TBS series here as well. GOG has a great service and I hope to see more to come. Keep it up!!
Just wanted to add my voice with those that gove props to this RTS/RPG series. I have always enjoyed wasting a good Friday night-turned-Saturday morning session with this game and its predesessor, Battlecry 2. My only gripe with GOG at this point is that they have not gotten the original Warlords (the turn based stratagy masterpeices that eventually gave birth to the Battlecry series), which would prove the greatness of this site beyond all doubt. I would dearly love to play them again as my copy of Warlords 3 will not play on Windows Vista or 7.Please help us out GOG!!!!!!
Every once in a while , GOG will surprise me with a new release that is worth my while. Tonight, when I made a weekend visit to see the sales and promos, low and behold, TA is staring me in the face. I about shat my shorts! Of all the games I have wished I could play again, this was never one I thought would happen. I spent HOURS any given weekend playing this game. My wife stil remembers me glued to the screen of my AST P166 clunker drooling over this game. Every glowing, almost orgasmic review you have read here abotut TA is absolutely true. There have been other great rts games but NONE have EVER come close to the granduer of this gem. So buy it already. It will be the best $5.99 you have ever spent here.
I can still remember picking up a copy of LOTR2 in a Babbages bargian bin in the late 90's because the cover looked interesting. My wife can remember being an LOTR2 widow on Friday nights late. Everything about this game, from the game play, the atmosphere, the music...you get the picture... invites you to lose yourself in a relaxed yet never boring expereince that will captivate your imagination. If you have ever wanted to run your own kingdom, and wage war against castles, wait till they announce a fix to the bug that keeps it from starting, then prepare to be ruled by the realm you rule!!
