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General discussion (archive)New release: Lords of the Realm: Royal Edition(39 posts)(39 posts)
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Posted July 30, 2009
Oooo yesss!
Very very very nice release :D
Posted July 30, 2009
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RafaelLopez: In my opinion this game was largely replaced by Knights of Honor, which is basically the same game revamped and all over Europe, but it's still ultra-buyable.
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DrIstvaan: Hmmm. I wouldn't say Knights of Honor is the same game, as that one traded resource and peasant micromanagement for more variety in the buildings and a better diplomacy system. However, they indeed share some similarities; the battles are very similar, and there are regions in both games, complete with destroyable spots and extendable castles.

Too many similarities to ignore, and as you said, KoH just traded some minor mechanics for others (peasantry still works to put bread on the table on KoH, it's just different), which in my opinion actually improved that game.
Obviously, one main difference is, in LotR you could hear a voice say "Your people are starving, milord". The micromanagement of the peasantry was FUN.
Posted July 30, 2009
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DrIstvaan: Hmmm. I wouldn't say Knights of Honor is the same game, as that one traded resource and peasant micromanagement for more variety in the buildings and a better diplomacy system. However, they indeed share some similarities; the battles are very similar, and there are regions in both games, complete with destroyable spots and extendable castles.
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RafaelLopez: Too many similarities to ignore, and as you said, KoH just traded some minor mechanics for others (peasantry still works to put bread on the table on KoH, it's just different), which in my opinion actually improved that game.
Obviously, one main difference is, in LotR you could hear a voice say "Your people are starving, milord". The micromanagement of the peasantry was FUN.

Wasn't it, though? I always loved having a boatload of cows in a county, putting everyone on like triple rations, which boosted their happiness to crazy levels, causing a humongous population boom...
And then I conscripted half of everyone in the entire county into the military the next turn.
Eat, drink and be merry, lads, because tomorrow, you WILL die. MWUHAHAHHAAAHAA. :D
Posted July 30, 2009
Oh, I am SO buying this! I have my old CD still for LotR II, but its Windows 95 so I'm sure it would be flaky on Vista, plus theres all the nonsense stuff that Sierra liked to bundle with all their games.
Posted July 30, 2009
Oooh, I've never played this game before, but it looks like just the kind of thing I'd enjoy. Now I just need to find time to play it (my "games bought but not yet played" list is growing waaay too long).
Posted July 31, 2009
instant by here loved the 2nd game wow this brings back happy times. Cant wait to try the first game too see what it was like
Posted July 31, 2009
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RafaelLopez: Too many similarities to ignore, and as you said, KoH just traded some minor mechanics for others (peasantry still works to put bread on the table on KoH, it's just different), which in my opinion actually improved that game.
Obviously, one main difference is, in LotR you could hear a voice say "Your people are starving, milord". The micromanagement of the peasantry was FUN.
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AlphaMonkey: Wasn't it, though? I always loved having a boatload of cows in a county, putting everyone on like triple rations, which boosted their happiness to crazy levels, causing a humongous population boom...
And then I conscripted half of everyone in the entire county into the military the next turn.
Eat, drink and be merry, lads, because tomorrow, you WILL die. MWUHAHAHHAAAHAA. :D

And I was sincere: the micromanagement of the peasantry was actually fun. :)
Post edited July 31, 2009 by RafaelLopez
Posted July 31, 2009
I remember buying lots of peasants, thinking I can overcome all obstacles with cheap labor. Then came the troops from another kingdom. I sent my hordes of peasants out - I think they outnumbered the enemy in a 10:1 ratio.
They promptly fell like ripe wheat being harvested when the enemy swordsmen came in.
Posted August 01, 2009
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lowyhong: I remember buying lots of peasants, thinking I can overcome all obstacles with cheap labor. Then came the troops from another kingdom. I sent my hordes of peasants out - I think they outnumbered the enemy in a 10:1 ratio.
They promptly fell like ripe wheat being harvested when the enemy swordsmen came in.

Yeah, peasant mobs didn't do so well against troops with actual weapons. But they were still useful. They worked pretty well for decoying archer fire away from real troops during castle sieges, for filling in moats, setting off cauldrons of boiling oil... stuff like that. I always kept a few hundred around in any decent sized army.
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