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Warrior Kings

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75%Game Brain Score
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graphics, stability
75% User Score Based on 77 reviews
Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

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Warrior Kings is a single player and multiplayer real-time strategy game with fantasy and historical themes. It was developed by Black Cactus and was released on April 24, 2014. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

You are tasked with restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win. Warrior Kings is an epic real-time strategy game that smashes the mould. Using true 3D it propels you into a living, breathing and fascinating medieval fantasy world. Now it's all in your hands.

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Audience ScoreBased on 77 reviews
story11 positive mentions
graphics4 negative mentions
  • Innovative and deep RTS gameplay with unique strategic elements such as branching campaign paths that affect story and technology choices.
  • Strong and engaging campaign with a compelling story, multiple endings, and a mixture of real-time strategy and tactical combat involving formations and terrain advantage.
  • Nostalgic charm and replayability, supported by a dedicated community providing patches that improve stability and fix bugs on modern systems.
  • Significant technical issues and bugs, including unit warping, graphical glitches, audio looping problems, and crashes, which can make the game unplayable on modern machines.
  • Outdated graphics and clunky user interface that do not scale well on modern high-resolution displays, making the game feel visually old and sometimes hard to manage.
  • Difficulties with multiplayer setup and a generally low-quality AI that can diminish the experience for some players.
  • story
    31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a detailed and engaging campaign story with branching paths based on player choices, offering strong replayability and a rare narrative depth for an RTS. While the story and unique gameplay are highly praised as the game's highlights, technical issues such as glitches and bugs in later missions can hinder progress. Overall, the storytelling is considered a standout element that elevates the game significantly.

    • “The story is very detailed and interesting for a game so obscure; this is like a proper triple-A title when it comes to the story, you'd expect it to be more popular and widely known.”
    • “The single player story is definitely the selling point for this entry and I absolutely loved its branching endings.”
    • “Great story, great gameplay with many new ideas for its time, including your choices changing the story and adding upkeep in order to maintain an army just like you would have to in real life.”
    • “Campaign exists but it's more freestyle than centred on a storyline, a bit like Total War but simpler.”
    • “I like the game, but it became unplayable for me on mission four.”
    • “But unplayable after the 3rd mission because of the music bug.”
  • graphics
    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics are generally considered clunky and outdated, with frequent graphical glitches noted by users. While some tolerate these flaws due to gameplay enjoyment and nostalgia, the graphical issues and bugs detract from the overall experience and need addressing for smoother play.

    • “If you don't mind the graphical flaws and love various possibilities to conquer your foes with armies (or well-placed fire arrows, hehe), then this game is for you.”
    • “However, even with its RuneScape-type graphics and a sprinkling of bugs, I still have a lot of love for this game and its little quirks.”
    • “While the game's graphics have probably not aged very well for those not viewing it through nostalgia-tinted lenses, it actually stands up fairly well still (native 1080p, anyone?).”
    • “Clunky and outdated graphics.”
    • “Graphical glitches affecting gameplay.”
    • “The only downside to this game is the annoying graphical glitching of the units; a fix for this would be much appreciated.”
  • stability
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from numerous graphical glitches and bugs, with some players unable to progress past early levels due to game-breaking errors. While nostalgia and gameplay remain appealing, the stability issues significantly hinder the experience, especially on certain systems. Improvements are needed to address these persistent technical problems.

    • “Awesome game, loved it as a child, bought it for nostalgia, sadly it's extremely buggy. Couldn't even finish the 3rd level in the campaign due to a game-breaking bug.”
    • “I cannot recommend this game until the graphical errors have been patched. This game is very buggy at times.”
    • “My Windows OS is Windows 7, it works with it but it glitches a lot and I can't seem to get past the third mission due to this.”
  • gameplay
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is innovative and well-balanced, praised for its unique mechanics, meaningful player choices, and engaging faction systems that influence story and strategy. While some older design limitations like unit management and occasional glitches persist, the overall experience is highly enjoyable, especially for RTS fans seeking a story-driven game.

    • “Warrior Kings was a game released decades before its time, and by this, I mean the entire concept and gameplay.”
    • “As for the game itself, mechanics and balance of the game are very well done.”
    • “Great story, great gameplay with many new ideas for its time including your choices changing the story and adding upkeep in order to maintain an army just like you would have to in real life.”
    • “Keeping track of units can also be a bit annoying as it's missing some selecting mechanics that would be in a newer modern game.”
    • “The quality is high but the gameplay is something else.”
    • “Still hard good game, bad moves and you can reset whole mission, love the story and every choice you make will make changes in story and gameplay.”
  • music
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's music frequently bugs out, causing tracks and speeches to play for only a few seconds before stopping and switching abruptly. This issue worsens by the fourth mission, where the music fails to return entirely, negatively impacting gameplay experience.

    • “Music and speeches run for 5 seconds, stop, then the next track starts and stops after 5 seconds, repeatedly.”
    • “The units tend to lag when the music switches track.”
    • “On the fourth mission, the music doesn't come back after 3 minutes of play.”
    • “Apparently, it's something to do with how the game handles the music; when a track changes, the whole game bugs out.”
    • “Music and speeches run for 5 seconds, then stop; the next track starts, stops after 5 seconds, and so on.”
    • “The problem is that on the fourth mission, the music doesn't come back after 3 minutes of play.”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game’s recent patch addresses some of the more tedious bugs, improving the overall grinding experience by reducing repetitive and dull missions.

  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game requires additional mods from the WKB pack to run smoothly, as some levels experience stuttering or freezing without these optimizations.

    • “However, I needed to install mods from the WKB pack to get it to run smoothly. Some levels would start stuttering or freezing before.”
  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is praised for its strong, immersive atmosphere that effectively complements an engaging and intriguing plot.

    • “A very atmospheric game with an interesting plot.”
  • replayability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is praised for its strong replayability, enhanced by excellent strategy and an epic story, making it highly recommended for multiple playthroughs.

    • “So for its excellent strategy, epic story, and strong replayability, I couldn't recommend this game more highly!”
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Warrior Kings is a real-time strategy game with fantasy and historical themes.

Warrior Kings is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Warrior Kings.

Warrior Kings was released on April 24, 2014.

Warrior Kings was developed by Black Cactus.

Warrior Kings has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked Warrior Kings for its story but disliked it for its graphics.

Warrior Kings is a single player game with multiplayer support.

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