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Bravo! RTS lives again.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: July 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If there's a real-time strategy game out there, I've played it, and probably played it to death. Warcraft II and StarCraft have probably consumed about 80% of my computer gaming time in my life, and with good reason....they're well made, addictive, and have outstanding multiplayer.

Kohan carries on the fine tradition of these Blizzard games to the next level, yet is nothing like the Craft titles. Instead, you get a pleasantly slower paced, more strategic wargame. Here are a few selling points which have addicted me to this new one:

--Formations. Instead of just blindly flinging hot-keyed groups of knights/ogres/tanks/whatever off to destroy the enemy, you must set up a proper formation and attack from different directions to acheive victory. Do you move faster and have less attacking power, or stay in a more attack-oriented formation and crawl?

--Units. Instead of cranking out your warriors one at a time, Kohan adopts a company-based system where you crank out six men at a time commanded by a Captain or Hero. The heroes are widely varied and can drastically affect the morale and fighting power of your unit. Silly as it sounds, my absolute favorite part of this game is that you can name your companies when they are comissioned. Can the enemy stand up to the 82nd Airborne or Big Red One? I think NOT!

--Easy resource/building system. Instead of plunking down farms and barracks at top speed, you just keep editing one building, a la Heroes of Might and Magic II.

--The rush won't work here. Your fellas won't fight as well outside their home turf, because they'll be out of the "supply" zone and won't automatically regenerate health. Furthermore, if a company sits in one place for a long time they'll entrench and gain defensive value.

--Finally, the battles are oodles of fun. Every unit has weaknesses and strengths. Scared of those six companies of heavy enemy cavalry charging at your base? Just send out those pikemen you have hiding in the woods and giggle as you cut down the enemy like Braveheart at Falkirk.

I could go on and on about the fabulous editor, multiplayer, and scenario generator, but my time is short. The graphics and sounds are all top-notch stuff. As for complaints, I have to gripe that there is only ONE campaign, and that it's too darned short. However, I'm sure there are plenty of campaigns waiting to be downloaded online. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to this pressing battle!

Kohan: Not an RTS, this is a RST ( real strategy with time)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: April 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I agree: real time strategy games have their place but often the strategic elements seemed dimmed when you're frantically fighting off the rush of your opponents quickly built expendable units (remember Starcraft or Age of Empires?). Yet real time does have that sense of immediacy: daydream too long building your little village and suddenly a dozen archers are scattering your farmers, burning your temples, and turning your axemen into human pincushions. Kohan allows you to (if you choose) to carefully outfit a fighting company with various special units that affect combat capabilities in different ways, develop an economy without having to check to see if your lumberjacks aren't running out of wood or babysit your farmers to see if they're still farming, acquire technology (so to speak) smoothly rather than researching nonintuitive research trees. The A.I. is fairly good and multi-player is a blast. I wish the campaign wasn't so skimpy and the units so small (they're good but tiny). I also don't like the booklet manual - it isn't enough if you want to know (in numbers) important things like the difference in defense values of being entrenched, column movements vs. skirmish movements, the value of an elite unit vs. a hastily raised militia, and so on. I should like also to mention that Kohan has a good tutorial, an easy-to-use interface, random map capabilities and, as far as I can tell, no game-stopping bugs. FIND THE DEMO for a taste.

An instant classic.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: April 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The release of Kohan brings back memories of the release of another of my favorite games, X-Com. I really hadn't heard too much about the game but it was getting good word of mouth on the Internet so I decided to purchase it, boy am I glad I did. The game itself isn't like X-Com but the reason I bring that game up is that Kohan, like X-Com, comes from a developer I had not really heard of, without much fanfare and, like X-Com, is simply one of the most fun, challenging and time consuming games I have ever played.

If you enjoy a combination strategy-RPG game, this is the perfect game for you. It combines excellent design and playability, yet there is a great depth to the game that you might miss at first glance. The graphics and sound are not first class, but that is forgivable when you think of the budget that was probably given the game and they are more than servicable. The gameplay is amazing, imagine a cross of Warlords and Heroes of Might & Magic. You will play for hours and find that your money was well spent.

Please buy this game, we need more success stories and I hope this game is one, everywhere you turn the reviews are golden.

Best Real time strategy game I have played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: May 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow!! Finally a RTS game that really is worthy of a FIVE STAR rating. Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns provides the depth and all of the strategic planning found in the best turn-based strategy games using a real-time based game engine. It blends this so well..you aren't frantically pushing buttons and clicking the mouse to manage your army..what a concept! It was a nice change to actually have a chance to think through plans and combat.

In Kohan, more emphasis is placed on strategy and tactics, rather than micromanagement and resource collecting. So if you aren't a fan of the typical RTS games (i.e., like me), give Kohan a chance...in fact, run out to the store now and buy a copy! While the game may not offer the unit diversity of the Heroes of Might and Magic series (or the flavor, unfortunately), the same strategic decision-making is required for success. Kohan is most similar to Strategy First's well-received Disciples, so if you enjoyed that game, chances are you'll be a fan of Kohan. While a Disciples scenario minimally requires a 3-4 hour commitment, Kohan scenarios require ~1 hour.

The AI, game speed control, and streamlined interface help Kohan outclass all other RTS games I've encountered in the past. So if you're looking for a fantasy-themed strategy/tactical game, Kohan is definitely your best choice.

!!BEST GAME OF 2001!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you're looking for a comparison to another game out there, then I would have to say its normal rts (starcraft, age of empires, etc) meets age of wonders (the economic system and city management) meets close combat (no individual unit management, its all on company level). I've had more fun with this game than I have any other in a very long time! I have absolutely NO COMPLAINTS about this game except that I am afraid if most people don't buy it, it'll get lost in the huge shuffle of all the other RTS games out there. It is, however, a LOT better, and a lot more fun than any other out there. BUY THIS GAME NOW

One of the least known best RTSGs ever made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the few Real Time Strategy Games which don't go by the simple strategy of get goods, build lots of troops, overwhelm your opponent.

Why? Because different combinations of goods produced by your cities allow for a player to build different combinations of troops, and certain troops overwhelm other more expensive troops. It is also one of the few games where placement, terrain, and fog of war all come in to play. you can send in a fairly weak troop to bring out his strong troop to get you, only to ambush him with bows or crossbows sitting in the trees out of his line of sight, thus decimating him while spending little on what took him much to build. From there you take his city and must start worrying how to defend 2 cities.

With a maximum of 20 total troops you're not overwhelmed with hundreds of units as you are in other Real Time Strategy Games.

Add to this the fact you can group as many as 6 of your troops (each troop can have up to 7 characters in it) into one unit, you can literally run around the map with only 4 units to worry about. Feints, Broadsides, rushes, almost any real military strategy will work in Kohan including taking your enemy troops apart with ranged attacks while he's caught in the woods or the desert.

One of the real tests of any game is how it stands against time. Kohan was introduced in 1999. It's 4 years later and you can STILL get a regular game of Kohan going on Gamespy almost any time of the day. I recommend getting the dual pack containging both Immortal Sovereigns and Ahriman's Gift. The single player game is also incedibly well done so if you don't feel like playing multiplayer the first campaign on Immortal Sovereigns is done well and the 3 on Ahriman's Gift are for the truly skilled.

WARNING! Kohan Dependancy Clinics on the Horizon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I typically have been unimpressed with most RTS games, Age of Empires, StarCraft...etc. But since my friend introduced me to the world of Kohan I can't get enough! Gone are the "micro-manage-tank-rush" and the "obliviously-send-thousands-to-their-deaths" tactics that ruin most other RTS games for me. And the AI has ripped me a new one more often than I would care to admit. Also of worthy note is the mixing and matching of availble units into combat groups. You can have a front line of archers backed up my magic users or a front line of cavalry backed up by archers. This ability makes for some really great combinations!

My only complaint is why didn't we hear about this game BEFORE it came out!? I hope PCGamer et al get their heads out of the sand to take notice of this gem that will be on my HD for a long time to come.

the next evolution of RTS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is quite addicting and the best RTS I have ever played. Kohan manages to get rid of the click-fest micro-management aspects typical to an RTS (for economy and military), and replaces it with higher level strategic gameplay. The concepts of zones and supply are innovative, and actually make you try to keep your units alive. Multiplayer has excellent replay value, and the potential strategic depth of the tactics in the game is tremendous. Multiplayer/skirmish games also have a huge variety of options - including a random map generator (a must). The interface is intuitive enough if you have played RTS games before. The AI is quite strong, although only against beginners and intermediate players, which is typical of RTS games. The graphics are very nice, particularly the large variety of spell effects.

u like rts? GET THIS GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks...just got done a fantastic online game. I had just about given up on the rts market when I spied Kohan on the shelf and on an impulse decided to buy it. Kohan just rocks pure and simple. Its got a Civ2 like economics model, garrisoned cities..brigade combat(no more clickfests as brigades replenish themselves when under supply), nice graphics+sounds and best of all A GREAT MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE....every game I have played on my crappy 56k ISP has been lag free and played to the finish. Get this game.

Oh yah btw...Kohans developers actually took the time to beta test the game..if there are bugs I havent seen em yet.

Excellent fantasy RTS game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is an excellent cross between a real-time sim and a role playing game. It basically gives you the best of both worlds. I have been playing this for awhile now, and while I really like the gameplay and all the features, I was a little disappointed with the graphics. I thought they could of been quite a bit better. If they were improved I wouldn't have anything to complain about. Besides that, this game is excellent. I would say its more RPG than RTS, but anyone who's a fan of either genre would really like it. Check out a demo for this, I'm sure you will find the game to be really fun.

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