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General discussion (archive)July 30 = Lords of the Realm release day!(24 posts)(24 posts)
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Posted July 30, 2009
Woot, nice find, Wolfox! +1 rep for it!
I've been hoping this would come to GOG some day, and it seems that day is now :-).
Also, it's an interesting substitute to the "Coming soon" thread.
Posted July 30, 2009
Seems like great three-games-in-on value this. Never played, but will definitely consider picking it up.
Also, I notice that it's actually Rebellion who own the rights now.
Post edited July 30, 2009 by stonebro
Posted July 30, 2009
does this game support lan play? :)
Posted July 30, 2009
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Wishbone: It just seems an odd mish-mash of other games. Looking through the screenshots on the gamecard, I was thinking "Defender Of The Crown... Civilization... Heroes Of Might And Magic... Age Of Empires..." I don't generally have that experience with other games, even if they have familiar gameplay or interfaces.

Well, both Age of Empires and Heroes came out AFTER the original Lords of the Realm, so unless Impressions had a time machine they couldn't very well have used those for inspiration.
And I doubt Defender of the Crown was the first (it certainly wasn't the only) game based on historical struggles for power in the British Isles. So that's not entirely fair either.
Though it might very well be that Impressions attempted to take advantage of Defender of the Crown's popularity (and lack of sequel), and tried to portray their game as a sort of spiritual successor. Whatever the case is, this game has it's own unique different feel and gameplay, so it's certainly no Defender of the Crown-clone.
Post edited July 30, 2009 by Zeewolf
Posted July 30, 2009
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Wishbone: It just seems an odd mish-mash of other games. Looking through the screenshots on the gamecard, I was thinking "Defender Of The Crown... Civilization... Heroes Of Might And Magic... Age Of Empires..." I don't generally have that experience with other games, even if they have familiar gameplay or interfaces.
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Zeewolf: Well, both Age of Empires and Heroes came out AFTER the original Lords of the Realm, so unless Impressions had a time machine they couldn't very well have used those for inspiration.

Oh, I didn't actually mean they'd deliberately plagiarized all those games, just that I was reminded of each of them as I looked through the screenshots.
I do think the similarities with DOTC are more than coincidental, though.
Posted July 30, 2009
The Lords of the Realm page was taken down :(
Posted July 30, 2009
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lowyhong: The Lords of the Realm page was taken down :(

Yes, and the Upcoming section, too...
EDIT: ...aaand it's up and released!
Post edited July 30, 2009 by DrIstvaan
Posted July 30, 2009
well it's been released now but what was in the upcoming section?
Posted July 30, 2009
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darthcobley: well it's been released now but what was in the upcoming section?

For a couple of hours, Lords of the Realm Royal Edition was in the Upcoming section.
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