Of course, actually tracking down the leader in the whirlwind melee can be difficult, but it's important that you learn how to do that early on. There's a good reason to do this, because if you can hunt down the enemy leader and kill them quickly, the entire enemy unit dissipates, saving you time and potential damage to your unit. You can also control formation widths, gain an advantage by attacking when the sun is at your back (blinding your opponents) and, as mentioned, jump down into battle to take direct control of the general. You line them up on the battlefield and then try to out-maneuver your opponents, mixing special skills and abilities with a fairly standard rock-paper-scissors application where some units have advantages over some unit types, but weaknesses against others. You can also recruit new units at points, and pretty soon your army is made up of a patchwork of infantry, cavalry, shock and ranged troops, drawn from a nicely broad range of different races and types.

You take control of a number of units, each of which will gain experience and power as they fight in battles. In some ways it feels like a modern take on the classic Microprose Warhammer titles. The engine is showing its age now, but the vision is not - this is a gritty and grimy - but also beautiful little masterpiece. All of that to the tune of a hard metal soundtrack that gives DOOM a run for its money. This game is a hardcore, challenging, real time strategy game, in which you not only need to command an entire army, but you can drop in and take direct command of your unit leader for some Dynasty Warriors-style brawling. Back with The Crusaders, Korean developer, Blueside, had a strong vision and a razor-sharp focus on how to deliver on that vision.

It was one of the best things available on that original model Xbox, and now, finally, you can play it again without having to dust the console off.įorget the patchy Kingdom Under Fire 2, which has been in development forever and keeps alternating between trying to be a free-to-play and a premium title. Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders, for example. The original model Xbox and Xbox 360 both enjoyed a surprisingly decent range of titles that were exclusive to those platforms. There was once a reason to buy into Xbox consoles if you were a fan of games from Asia.

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