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• gamedeal user

  Dec 4, 2015

  So a classic game that those of us that played it when it was new will need no introduction to, but will probably be of limited interest to those new to it given how old and crotchety it is. It runs seemingly fine (in DOSBox), at least I didn't encounter any issues in the couple of hours I played so far, so if you want to relive (or continue) old adventures in conquering medieval England and Wales, go ahead. For those new to the title a brief overview - you start off with one county under your control and a couple of hundred peasants, a few sacks of grain and some cows, and from that you need to build an economy to arm and support the armies you will need to go out conquering. It is recommended to turn the economy down to easy because normal is fairly authentic in that a couple of bad seasons for weather (or plague breaking out) can seriously set you back, so you probably need the leeway while learning the mechanics. Season by season you will need to assign your peasants to different jobs - tending flocks of sheep, looking after and milking cows, sowing and harvesting grain, tending fields, mining iron ore, cutting down lumber, building castles, smithing weapons and armour, and cutting stone. The agricultural jobs shift from season to season, so for example you need more farmers when sowing or harvesting the grain than the rest of the year. The other jobs also have a foible - peasants assigned build up experience and become more effective the longer they do the same job, so you often have to weigh up carefully whether it is worth losing experience miners to sow/harvest more crops this year, etc. You also have to decide on the agricultural front how much to develop each of the 3 crops/livestocks using the limited amount of fields - grain is the most productive for food, but is more weather dependant (risky) and causes a big flux in the number of workers you have spare depending on the season. Cattle gives a constant food source (via dairy), as well as the ability to eat them in an emergency, or once your fields are crowded. Sheep can similarly be eaten in the same situations, but instead of the food from dairy you instead get wool to sell to traders when they come by. Once you have your economy up and running you can start making or buying armour and weapons to create an army to conquer your neighbours - initially they will be neutral counties with usually all peasant armies, but there are also the five competing lords who tend to have more formidable armies. If your armies meet, or you try to conquer a county (attacking the county town or a castle as appropriate) you go into a pausable real time battle segment where you can manuevre and engage the enemy troops (or autocalc if you prefer). Essentially you can see this game as a very, very early Total War type game - turned based meta game on the world map to build up your economy and forces, leading to tactical battles in real time. Now the interest here is opposite to TW - the main map is fairly interesting (if you are into this sort of thing), with lots of tough decisions to weigh up of when and what to build/work on, whereas the battles are fairly finicky and hard to usefully control your troops to do anything than a massive scrum and whoever has the most/best equipped units tends to win (although there are some rock/paper/scissors benefits to certain troop types over each other). Still this is an old game - so don't expect much help or hand holding while you learn the game - it is from the era where you were expected to read through the manual first, rather than easing you into a game learning concepts one by one via tutorials or easy intros. The hardest part of most LotR games is the first few years while you build up your initial counties economy, and one early mistake can set you back years, especially on normal economic difficulty. Even if this isn't you thing, if it is close consider LotR 2 - which simplifies the economy slightly (no experience for non-agricultural workers, no sheep), which has its pros and cons, but also makes the interface and management of your burgeoning kingdom much easier, and far improves the combat system.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 14, 2015

  It is still the game that so many identify with in their childhood. Turn based strategy with both economic and military management, but not too much of either. You can just enjoy the game in such a simple way. Personally I hated LOTR2 for becoming more complicated, LOTR1 was always my prefered one of the franchise. If they made an updated version of this with a smoother interface but didn't touch the actual game play I would hapilly pay £10 for it instead of the £1.50 I just paid for this.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 5, 2016

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeTR0vmn-Uw The Throne is Empty, The King is Dead, You have no plans for the Weekend and you're Bored out of your mind. So what can you do? Take the Throne & become the new King of the Middle Ages, but there's 5 other Nobles who the same goal in mind too. Build your County's Resources so that your people will be Happy & Healthty while managing them carfully so you can build an Army to Strike down your Rival Nobles & claim the Crown! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nepBTni16oE Tagline: "Long Live the King!" Released: 1994 Developed & Published: Impressions Games/Sierra Entertainment 1-6 Player Strategy
• gamedeal user

  Jan 27, 2016

  This is a DOSBox-Port of the original game, but for some reason it is missing the digitized speech, the second map (Germany) and the one that is included (England and Wales) doesn't even detect when you have conquered every territory and therefore won the game. I know it's obvious when you have won, but at least a message like "Congratulations, you are now the king of England of Wales" or something would've been nice. The missing map is a real issue, though. I own the original game on CD and LITERALLY HALF OF THE GAME IS MISSING.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 10, 2016

  [u][b]-Quick Review-[/b][/u] Lords of the Realm is a strategy game developed by Impressions Games and released in 1994. Normally I have more to say in the quick review section, but ultimate that's all there is to say about the game, the game is older, it's a classic and fond memory to some, I my perspective comes from someone who played Lords of the Realm 2 and only recently had the opportunity to play Lords 1 and 3. Read on for a more analytical review. [u][b]-Detailed breakdown review-[/b][/u] [b]Story:[/b] You there! Squire! What year is it? "The Year is 1268, sir!" Blimey, 1268. I dare say we've missed 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, Sherman. "Whatever will we do Mr. Peabody? The WABAC machine never fails, you say it all the time in your narrations!" *Atratzu shakes himself* Excuse me, I've been watching too many 1959 Rocky and Bullwinkle show cartoons. Lords of the Realm takes place in 1268, the king has died, and now everyone is scrambling to get their buttox into the English royal throne. It's pretty much the same setting as Lords of the Realm 2. It seems hardly fair to contrast Lords of the Realm to Lords of the Realm 2, because it's simply not in chronological order. But alas, I will have many comparisons between the two games. In my reviews defense, Lords of the Realm 2 is known much better then it's predecessor, so it will have value, but I still must confess and apologize for the comparison, I feel guilty making it. [i](But if it helps you decide for or against a purchase, it's worth it.)[/i] http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=662121997 [b]Gameplay:[/b] I would break the Gameplay down into two modes: Economic, and Armies. The Economic aspect of the game comes down to food gathering/maintaining/growing, population increase, wealth from taxes, balancing happiness, resource/field rotation control, resource gathering and weapon production. Armies can be summed up into "Medieval: Total War" styled control. It's the type of control where you select a whole group of units, rather then individual commands to each unit. [i](Is there a name for that genre of combat? If so please let me know!)[/i] at the whole combat section is fought in Real Time Strategy style. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=662128552 The similarities between Lords of the Realm, and Lords of the Realm 2 is striking, I was actually able to figure out how to play, based on my experience from Lords of the Realm 2 alone. Now a word of warning, Lords of the Realm is one of those 1990's games which expect you to read the game manual that was packaged along with the game, so you know what all the buttons do. [i](It's crazy how tool tips make a HUGE difference in strategy games.)[/i] A large potion of the game is spent trying to strengthen your counties, whereupon you raise an army, and then "conquer thy neighbors". While playing Lords of the Realm I kept finding myself shouting "What!? I can do this here? Why didn't they keep that in the game for Lords of the Realm 2!?!" My personal favorite feature is "Castle Customization". It blew, my, mind. Really some of these older games from the 1990's have more customization features then new releases. True, to a greater or lessor extent it's colorful wrapping paper, but I love customizing my stuff! If You've played Lords of the Realm 2 with advanced Farming on, that's pretty much regular farming in Lords of the Realm. Thankfully the crops are rotated for you, but you still need to remember not to over farm your lards, or else your crops won't be as successful. Additional note worthy elements I noticed while I played: Difficulty settings when you start the game. Naturally my first play through I set the game to "please don't beat me up too bad". General lower graphical quality from Lords of the Realm 2 (which is expected, I'm not knocking the game for it. It looks great for a 1994 game). [b]Achievements:[/b] There aren't any Steam Achievements for Lords of the Realm. [i](Are there any for older retro games? none of the 1990 x-com games had steam achievements. It feels like someone just throws games at the steam wall. These games deserve more love then that; thank god there are dedicated communities for them. *gets off soapbox*)[/i] http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=662126375 [b]Price:[/b] Lords of the Realm is priced at $1.99. Atratzu's response to price: Yep. You could probably pick up pennies on the street and be able to purchase this game. And you'll spend more then a few hours learning and refining the strategies in the game. Let alone playing through the whole campaign could take many many more hours. [b]Conclusion:[/b] My review could swing either way, I could recommend Lords of the Realm, because it's a solid game, it works, I played it, I love playing older games on my laptop which runs on potatoes. (So it's nice to have options to play games on my other devices. In the end, this game will only appeal to certain types of people. Chances are if you're looking at it, you're either looking at what came before Lords of the Realm 2, or you originally played this game a long time ago and seeing if some punk is butchering it in the review section. I suggest this game to anyone who enjoys Strategy games, and doesn't mind playing older games with older graphics. As always, thanks for reading my review, and stay tuned for my review for Lords of the Realm 3! Here's the URL to see my review for [url=http://steamcommunity.com/id/atratzu/recommended/397350/]Lords of the Realm 2[/url] Here's the URL to see my review for [url=http://steamcommunity.com/id/atratzu/recommended/254860/]Lords of the Realm 3[/url] - COMING SOON
• gamedeal user

  Aug 13, 2016

  One of my favourite games when I was a kid. And now it's still awesome. 10/10.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 5, 2017

  Got this as part of the weekend sale bundle. Very cheap. Was interesting to see how the game evolved from version to version. The graphics got fancier and the simulation simpler. I kind of like complex games, so I enjoyed the first one the most. Had fun poking around to see how it worked. Didn't play for that long; but I don't expect much from an old game I paid a dollar for. A fine expense/entertainment ratio. If, like me, you hadn't noticed this series before and like the genre, its worth a buck.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 17, 2017

  If you can't approach this game with nostalgia glasses, stay away. I was really trying to like this game but failed. However the game mechanics (kingdom management) is quite nice, wish I could've played this game when it first came out. At that time I would've loved it! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1132461557 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1389751321
• gamedeal user

  Feb 7, 2018

  PC Gamer US presented Lords of the Realm with its 1994 "Best Historical Simulation"! This is a simulation of England/Wales without king, so all the different nobles are trying their best to grab the island for their own. Well there wasn’t really that many western turn-based strategy game back than but I certain enjoyed it many years ago. Even when I am short of funds to buy games for Christmas 2017 I picked the complete collection of lords of the realm after having It on Wishlist for about half a year. After 5 failed attempt I found I still got it by completing this on highest difficulty once again. The famous “One More Turn” syndrome still push me to play this all the way to 4 o’clock in the morning on working day. The game it still was running very smoothly for me and after the first half an hour you start to get use to the old low-resolution graphics. The music is ever continuous and lacking variety, but you cannot ask too much for a game from 24 years ago. The gameplay itself lacking many of the new mechanics like troop experience points but the smart economic/happiness/health system are very interesting to toy with. You just about have to move those sliders for every county every turn until you take over enough lands and get too lazy to pass it to a steward. As a very old game it doesn't have trading card and achivements. Dosbox also doesn't support steam overlay's screenshoot feature. New young player beware as this game do not have a tutorial so if you are playing it for the first time make sure you at least reading the “readme.txt” guide that’s located in the game folder. I must confess even as a return player I wasn’t very confident that I remember how exactly to do this game right, so I had to go on YouTube to watch waytofail’s playthrough of this game. Thanks bro for all the tips and reminder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9B0f-8FgE 8/10 and this is what is what I give for this game now. Back in 1994 it may be the best but now it’s aged quite a bit yet it’s still enjoyable and recommend for all strategy game fan to try out. It's dirt cheap for a great classic!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 11, 2018

  Nice and funny.