Shadow of Kingdoms

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Shadow of Kingdoms is a single player and multiplayer strategy game. It was developed by TernGame and was released on August 11, 2015. It received negative reviews from players.

Can you defeat the shadow of your kingdom? Play as the last of the survivors of a former glorious dynasty to defeat evil and restore the honor and glory to your land!

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25%Audience ScoreBased on 57 reviews

humor1 positive mentions

story1 negative mentions

The game is free-to-play and accessible for users with low-end PCs, providing a nostalgic experience similar to Heroes of Might and Magic.
There are multiple activities such as castle upgrades, army management, treasure hunting, and dungeons that offer a variety of gameplay elements.
Visual upgrades and different types of troops add some depth to customization and progression.

The game is a blatant ripoff of Heroes of Might and Magic 5, featuring copied art, assets, and an uninspired auto-battle combat system.
It is heavily monetized with pay-to-win mechanics, requiring significant spending to progress meaningfully and compete in PvP.
The game suffers from connectivity issues, bugs, poor translation, unintuitive menus, and a broken or non-functional client that often leads to 404 errors or crashes.

gameplay
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
The gameplay of Shadow of Kingdoms is widely criticized for being boring and repetitive, with combat considered uninspired compared to similar strategy games. Progression does not significantly improve the experience, and some players feel pressured to pay to avoid tedious battles. However, gameplay videos highlight various features and styles offered by the game.
- “Long gameplay to keep you hooked.”
- “10 minutes of gameplay = 10k gold, etc.”
- “The video is a let's play gameplay review that shows different features and gameplay as well as the styles that the game has to offer.”
- “The gameplay is so boring that you have to pay (a lot) for the option to not do the battles.”
- “I did get past level 30 in order to see all of the content, but gameplay really doesn't improve later on.”
- “Shadow of Kingdoms’ combat is utterly boring and without merit, an insult to mechanics championed by the Heroes of Might and Magic series.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
38%
The graphics are largely criticized for being outdated and heavily copied from Heroes of Might and Magic 5 and 6, with many units and artwork directly lifted or closely resembling those games. While not necessarily poor given system requirements, the visuals are seen as unoriginal and lacking effort, contributing to a negative overall impression.
- “Graphics are essentially the same, with units looking almost identical to Heroes of Might and Magic 5.”
- “A ton of artwork has been literally taken or heavily inspired from Might and Magic Heroes.”
- “This game is a blatant graphical ripoff of Heroes of Might and Magic 5, but lacks the strategy.”
- “Really bad game; this is a stupid remake of Might and Magic 5 and 6 with the graphics of HoMM 2.”
- “This game is a blatant rip of HoMM 5 graphically, but without the strategy.”
- “First, yes, a ton of stuff has been literally taken from or is very 'inspired' by Might and Magic Heroes, including the same graphics.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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33%
The story is considered poorly written, with uninspired daily events and missions, though some players feel the plot is not a crucial aspect of their game experience.
- “The writing is generally bad, but I don't care about plot in video games.”
monetization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization is heavily criticized for relying on aggressive microtransactions, with some users describing it as a predatory cash grab that significantly detracts from the experience.
- “Or it would, the developers pulled the plug, maybe they went to game developer jail for making this kind of nasty mobile/browser cash grab microtransaction hell game, who knows.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the grinding aspect tedious and repetitive, noting that simply increasing the number of weak enemies doesn't make combat more engaging. They suggest that improving combat mechanics or adjusting difficulty could make grinding less monotonous.
- “Under the same context as before, combat needs to be more interesting, or at the very least, adjust the difficulty from fights being either easy and short or easy and long. Adding another 160 weak enemies against my army of death does not make a fight more fun, just tedious.”
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is reported to have stability issues, with users experiencing frequent bugs that affect gameplay. Overall, it appears to be prone to technical problems.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor is noted for its hilarious translation, adding a unique and entertaining charm to the experience.