Kingdom Wars 4
- October 22, 2021
- Reverie World Studios
- 244h median play time
Get on Steam"Renaissance Kingdom Wars, a reimagined title by the creators of Kingdom Wars 4, is set in 1347 during the Hundred Years' War. As a minor lord or king, guide your chosen realm through the threat of the Black Death while engaging in large-scale battles and diplomacy. Shape history with your decisions, ensuring your people's survival using strategic leadership."
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a unique blend of RTS and strategic map gameplay, providing depth and engaging mechanics.
- The developers are responsive to player feedback and actively work on updates, showing dedication to improving the game.
- Despite its rough edges, the game has a lot of potential and can be enjoyable for fans of the genre.
- The game suffers from numerous bugs, crashes, and a clunky user interface, making it frustrating to play.
- AI behavior is often unbalanced, with enemies spawning overwhelming forces and making illogical tactical decisions.
- Many players feel the game lacks polish and essential features, leading to a repetitive and sometimes boring experience.
- gameplay23 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 70 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Kingdom Wars 4 is characterized by its engaging real-time strategy mechanics, featuring a strategic overworld map and unique unit variety that enhances the experience. While some users note that the UI is clunky and reminiscent of older games, the core gameplay offers depth and potential for improvement, particularly with the integration of economy and resource management systems. Overall, despite its rough edges, many players find the gameplay enjoyable and recommend it for fans of the genre.
“Kingdom Wars 4 is a fun RTS game with deep and engaging gameplay, a variety of unique units, and challenging AI.”
“Gameplay is split between a strategic overworld map similar to Total War, where you move your armies around, conduct diplomacy, and upgrade your various cities and hamlets.”
“This game is amazing! If you like real-time strategy games, then this game is for you. Its combination of many different strategy games creates a unique style of gameplay with exciting battles and great graphics.”
“You do not get the quality of top-tier games; the UI is buggy and clunky, which feels like early 2000s gameplay.”
“The gameplay is horrific, and I cannot play it again until these issues are corrected.”
“Gameplay and graphics feel like the game was made 15 years ago.”
- graphics11 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 45 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with many users noting that they appear outdated, reminiscent of titles from around 2010, and lacking in modern polish. While some players find the 2D art style acceptable and appreciate the gameplay, others criticize the animations and overall visual presentation as clumsy and low-end. Despite these graphical shortcomings, many agree that the engaging gameplay compensates for the visual aspects.
“The graphics are nothing special but they aren't terrible either; again, it is somewhere between older TW games and Stronghold.”
“This game is amazing! If you like real-time strategy games, then this game is for you. It's a combination of many different strategy games, so it's really a real-time strategy game that has its own unique style of gameplay and really exciting battles. Great graphics, really well-made game, big recommendation to play it.”
“I'm not a complete fan of the art style and do hope in time some of the animations will get better.”
“I'm not a fan of the art style and hope that some of the animations will improve over time.”
“Gameplay and graphics feel like the game was made 15 years ago.”
“Graphics are all 2D and about 15 years behind other 2D games.”
- stability7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- -29 % neutral mentions
- 86 % negative mentions
The game's stability has been criticized for being buggy and clunky, reminiscent of early 2000s titles, with issues affecting both the user interface and unit AI behavior. While some players acknowledge ongoing efforts to address these bugs, many find the experience frustrating and painful to play, particularly on Linux. Overall, the game is seen as not fully polished, which is somewhat expected for an early access title.
“Not bug-free, but I'm glad they are still putting in the effort to fix them.”
“The game runs smoothly most of the time, which really enhances the overall experience.”
“I appreciate the regular updates that help improve stability and performance.”
“You also do not get the quality of top-tier games; the UI is buggy and clunky, which feels like early 2000s gameplay.”
“I wanted to like it, but it's just too buggy and painful to play.”
“It's very clunky and buggy; the unit AI seems to not want to defend itself at all or accept attack inputs unless a very specific unit is clicked on.”
- optimization3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The optimization of the game has received mixed feedback; while some users report satisfactory performance, others express disappointment over ongoing performance issues and delays in promised content, indicating that the developers have struggled to fully address these concerns even after two years.
“Performance for me is quite nice as well!”
“I find it extremely disappointing that when I first bought this, I was expecting the Dead Rising DLC (not to mention it was never originally called Kingdom Wars 4) to be there really close to release... but it never was... and still isn't... almost a full two years later and this company still hasn't nailed down the performance issues.”
“It's a huge game, so I imagine performance was a limiting factor there.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players note that grinding in the game involves managing Timariots, who return to farming in villages during peacetime, suggesting a cyclical gameplay element that balances combat and resource management.
- story1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story revolves around light cavalry units engaged in hit-and-run tactics, focusing on missions such as pillaging and scouting within the army. This narrative emphasizes the strategic and agile nature of these forces in warfare.
