Crusaders: thy kingdom come

[rajpoot]

Well I would not say that I ever got past the tutorial.......and the graphics, err........could have been my machine perhaps ............and maybe the patch fixed the problems of the camera......I don't know, but I guess I'll download the patch and try it once more.

[frogbeastegg]

You did notice that post above was for XIII Century: Death or Glory, right? Crusaders has had its topic usurped.

[rajpoot]

Ahhh

[Starforge]

I'll throw my own 2 coppers in regarding Crusaders:

Many of the reviews and even the fact that it's here seems to indicate that many folks feel that since there is a tactical battle map and guys with swords running around it must be like TW. It isn't save for that one small area - no campaign map, no building up cities, no major differences between factions. The game reminds me more of a Elven Legacy RTS or perhaps a FG / PG / et al style of game (though not as engaging IMO.)

The campaign is a set of fixed (at least through mission 3) scenarios with varying degrees of difficulty that remind me more of a puzzle than grand combat. Since I like puzzles, I don't find this bad, but it's hardly the 'build and manage your army' strategy game like TW where you can choose when and where to fight. Goals for the scenario are X with Y and Z as secondary objectives which you get paid for accomplishing. The trick is usually trying to solve the map puzzle while taking as few losses as possible to conserve cash so that you can buy those better units when they become available and to upgrade your units as they get better.

The game is not unfun - and for $20 it's hard to argue that you won't get your entertainment from the money spent but I don't see this one being played through more than once before being put on the shelf (playing through the same puzzles with different resources or the occasional special troop type - which is all the other factions seem to offer - doesn't really appeal to me.)

Camera isn't spectacular but it's workable (can't see why so many people complain about it - yes it's a bit different than standard but sheesh.)

There have been some folks who have had bug issues but nary a one so far for me (raps knuckles on appropriate wooden furniture.)