Kingdom Wars 4

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Kingdom Wars 4 is a single player and multiplayer role playing game with a historical theme. It was developed by Reverie World Studios and was released on October 22, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"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."

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Audience ScoreBased on 131 reviews

gameplay10 positive mentions

stability9 negative mentions

The game features engaging siege elements and a variety of unique units, making battles feel epic and dynamic.
The developers are responsive to player feedback and actively work on updates to improve the game.
The graphics and music are commendable for an indie title, capturing the essence of the historical setting.

The game suffers from significant bugs, including crashes, poor pathfinding, and unresponsive AI, which detracts from the overall experience.
The user interface is clunky and lacks essential quality-of-life features, making navigation and management frustrating.
Many players feel the game is a rehash of previous titles in the series, lacking substantial new content or improvements.

gameplay
45 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Gameplay reviews are mixed, with some players appreciating the engaging mechanics and variety in strategy, while others criticize it for being clunky, outdated, and reminiscent of early 2000s games. Despite its potential and unique elements, many feel it lacks depth and polish, leading to a somewhat repetitive experience. Overall, while some find it enjoyable and recommend it for fans of real-time strategy, others advise caution due to its rough edges and bugs.
- “Kingdom Wars 4 is a fun RTS game with deep and engaging gameplay, a variety of unique units, and challenging AI.”
- “Great total war style gameplay and world map with more innovative ways to attack and defend.”
- “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.”
- “Gameplay is basic and clunky, like a bad game from 20 years ago.”
- “The gameplay is your basic RTS formula; you build, collect resources, train armies, and march on to conquer other lands.”
graphics
32 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with many players noting that they are reminiscent of older titles from the early 2000s, often describing them as basic, blocky, and lacking in polish. While some appreciate the nostalgic feel and find them acceptable for an indie game, others criticize them as mediocre and in need of significant improvement. Overall, the visuals do not seem to detract from the gameplay experience, which many players find engaging.
- “The graphics are commendable for the age of the game, reminiscent of the Total War series.”
- “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, and is a well-made game. Big recommendation to play it.”
- “The graphics are good for being an indie game, but the loadings can be a bit painful when you try to load cities for management. However, the art of the loading screens is something you will not have words about.”
- “Indie RTS game - the graphics look like something from the 90s, almost like Rome: Total War but inferior to that.”
- “Graphics and textures are mediocre at best; I'm one who cares about visuals, but damn...”
- “The graphics for The Plague: Kingdom Wars are quite poor and remind me of graphics found in games in the early 2000s.”
optimization
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with many users reporting significant performance issues and bugs that hinder the overall experience. Despite the game's potential, players have expressed disappointment over the lack of improvements in optimization, even after two years since its release. Some users noted that lowering graphics settings did not alleviate performance problems, indicating a need for further development in this area.
- “Performance for me is quite nice as well!”
- “There is a lot of potential here to be had, but as of right now, the performance will prevent me from investing my time in the game.”
- “The game is not yet optimized 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?”
- “But like a first game, there are a lot of bugs... the game is poorly optimized.”
- “The most hindering issue about the game was the performance for me.”
stability
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the game's stability has received mixed reviews, with many users noting significant bugs and clunky UI reminiscent of older games. While some players report a generally fluid single-player experience, issues such as unit selection bugs and AI problems detract from gameplay. Despite these challenges, there is optimism that ongoing updates will improve stability over time.
- “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 makes for a great experience.”
- “I appreciate the regular updates that enhance stability and performance.”
- “I wanted to like it, but it's just too buggy and painful to play.”
- “You also do not get the quality of top-tier games; the UI is buggy and clunky, which feels like early 2000s gameplay.”
- “Selecting units with box select is really buggy and frustrating in the overworld.”
music
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is generally well-received, with many praising its ability to capture the essence of the time period through ambient sounds and tasteful compositions. However, some reviewers find the soundtrack to be plain and unremarkable, leading to mixed feelings about its overall impact on the gaming experience.
- “The music is tastefully done, capturing the essence of the time period, with sounds of swords clashing and horses neighing, all precisely on target.”
- “I enjoy the music and the ambient noises that are present in the game.”
- “+nice music, and setting”
- “The soundtrack is plain, which is sort of disappointing for a game of this nature.”
- “All in all, the soundtrack as a whole is unremarkable.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game lacks a traditional narrative, with players primarily engaging in missions focused on light cavalry tactics such as hit-and-run, pillaging, and scouting.
- “There isn’t any story for this game.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players generally find the game's replayability to be high, often citing a favorable price-to-content ratio that encourages multiple playthroughs. The variety of gameplay options and challenges available enhances the overall experience, making it worthwhile to revisit.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players note that grinding in the game involves managing Timariots, who return to villages to farm during peacetime, suggesting a cyclical gameplay element that balances combat with resource management.