Knights of Honor

Excellent and very deep strategy game with a charm and beautiful graphics engine.

I first played Knights of Honor about 15 years ago. Back then it may have been my first grand strategy game. Now it feels like my oldest grand strategy game. While it feels like a mixture of Total War and Crusader Kings it lacks the depth of either one in the grand strategy, as well as the combat. The AI is basic, Diplomacy is basic, Combat is basiy, technology is basic. While nothing is bad, nothing is particularly good either. It is a good introduction into the grand strategy genre. But if you have already played games of that kind, Knights of Honor doesn't have much left to offer. Unless you are looking for a simpler title of that kind.

Great grand strategy game. Medieval Total War but much tighter on the army mechanics.

This game allows you to build a Kingdom. The generals have amazing upgrades and the major cities can be upgraded for financial, agricultural, and castle upgrades to balista towers and hot oil for front gates. Archers have unlimited ammo if on the walls. The provinces are randomized for resouces, so each time you play the game, its different. It is a great game overall in my opinion if you injoy the medieval period.

I wish that I had known this game when it first came out. Once you understand the mechanics, it draws you in :)