While the essential elements are all there, it is the little things which really expose the "rushed" feel this game has - for example, if a siege weapon knocks down an enemy wall which has archers on it, usually the archers will simply fall to the ground completely unhurt showing no signs of such a fall at all, and there are plenty more aspects like this that are equally as damaging to the game's overall feel. On top of this, other aspects to battles just don't come off as very impressive. With that said though, there are at least a decent range of unit types available - covering everything you'd expect from swordsman to large siege weapons. At times it seems like the more units you build, the less chance you have of actually winning when you combine the performance and command issues. On top of this, just about everything else requires your babysitting - attacking new targets after successfully eliminating a previous one, positioning and formations etc, it really is a game which doesn't do itself any favours in the "user friendly" department. Whilst they will attack near by enemies sometimes, more often than not it is up to you to command them to do so, which can become very annoying at the best of times. Unfortunately, this is not a minor issue - it most certainly does affect your performance on the battlefield.Įven when the game's engine isn't making your battle performance suffer, the AI of your army will.
Turning the detail settings down does help, but not entirely - it simply comes down to the fact the game's engine is really not optimized for this sort of gameplay.
There are just too many problems in the game associated with battles - first of all, the frame rate performance of the game is absolutely terrible at times, particularly when a lot of action is happening on screen, but even with moderate to low action the game will usually stutter along poorly. Battles are obviously a big part of the game - the Peace campaigns will only probably take your interest for a little while if at all. Unfortunately though, at times the chaos is not really all that fun no matter which mode you're playing in. In fact, Siege is quite possibly the best mode in the game - while it has no storyline or rewards as such, it is good fun to just load up an all out war every so often and watch the chaos unfold without the hassles of micromanagement.
Outside of campaigns, both the Peace and War modes have unique sub modes - for example, in Peace mode you can do a "free build" or play on a custom map, whilst in War mode, which can also do custom maps, you can setup instant battles in the form of "Kingmaker" - a classical skirmish mode, or "Siege" - which pits defenders of a castle against attackers, allowing you to take control of either side. Popular Now: Elon Musk responds to Kanye West's Twitter account being unbanned
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