Americans, how is Kingdoms?

**Bob the Insane** · 08-30-2007, 13:13

Originally Posted by alpaca

Do you have to restart the game in order to change the campaign?

Yes... (unless I missed something)...

It is a lot like playing mods, which I guess is exactly what these are in a way...

**Doug-Thompson** · 08-30-2007, 13:21

Bob didn't miss anything. You have to restart.

Yes, it installs over the patched game, but I don't know about installing over mods.

Only had a very brief try at it last night.

The expanson alone takes up another 3 GB of hard drive space, I believe, if you install all four campaigns.

Hotseat mode is great. Can't wait to put it on a full campaign with the mod.

**Bob the Insane** · 08-30-2007, 13:31

I installed it over a M2TW 1.2 install that includes Stainless Steel, Lands to Conquor, The Long Road and Clouds over Europe...

There does not seem to be any problems...

**Goofball** · 08-31-2007, 17:58

Originally Posted by Doug-Thompson

Yes, it installs over the patched game, but I don't know about installing over mods.

Will it install over the unpatched game, or do I have to install 1.2 first?

**Goofball** · 08-31-2007, 20:39

Originally Posted by Goofball

Will it install over the unpatched game, or do I have to install 1.2 first?

Answered my own question. It automatically applies 1.2 before installing Kingdoms.

Man is this a long install (starting from scratch). 1 hr 15 minutes so far, and Kingdoms hasn<t even started installing yet...

**TeutonicKnight** · 08-31-2007, 20:49

Originally Posted by Goofball

Answered my own question. It automatically applies 1.2 before installing Kingdoms.

Man is this a long install (starting from scratch). 1 hr 15 minutes so far, and Kingdoms hasn<t even started installing yet...

Eh, it only took me 20 minutes to install everything. I was sacking Mayan cities 30 minutes in.

And yes, that was both discs, all campaigns.

**Goofball** · 08-31-2007, 22:34

Originally Posted by TeutonicKnight

Eh, it only took me 20 minutes to install everything. I was sacking Mayan cities 30 minutes in.

And yes, that was both discs, all campaigns.

I was installing on my new laptop that I've had for less than a week. So I had to install M2TW, then patch 1.2, then Kingdoms. Yes, once it got to installing just Kingdoms it was fast, but man, 1.2 takes a hell of a long time...

**Proletariat** · 08-31-2007, 20:49

My first impression has been great. My main issue so far is being a little overwhelmed by just what campaign/faction to start with, almost all of them look awesome. Definitely bodes well for tons of replay value. I was very happy with BI when it came out, but this, at least initially, has definitely raised the bar for expansions.

The special objectives for each campaign are a great touch. I think they're already covered in the individual campaign previews that were released, so I won't repeat them in full here, but if anyone has some specific questions or screen shot requests I'll try and get to them in between rounds of my Crusades campaign tonight.

**mkirchner** · 08-31-2007, 22:24

Bought mine today (friday) at Wal Mart. The only problem was in installing it. It would install the Americas campaign then it would lock up. I would then start over and install the British one. After it was done it would lock up again same for the other two. After installing each one on their own they all seemed to work. I even defragged and cleaned my hard drive before I attempted to restart. In closing Installing was a pain but the game plays great.