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Suprisingly fun and long!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This was a curiosity purchase that sat for awhile. I finally fired it up on an XP machine. Do get the upgrade if you can find it.

There are 48 scenerios in the self play. The AI is ok. If you are a defensive player, you will like this game.

The scenerios range from what feels like a demo of new features. For example, when the cannons first appear, you get one scenerio defending a pass. I didn't ahve to do anything as the cannon fire wiped out that attackers that kept charging into the guns.

The hardest scenero for me was vengence. You are warned to set up before detecting and it is true. I got noticed and was swarmed. I built of up defenses in order to build the army. Unfortunatly, the AI dug in rather well and it took a constant barrage of air armadas of dragons and fairies to defeat the well placed towers. Each tower was coverd by the others.

The GUI can get annoying as if you don't pay attention and click you will send units or builders in a direction you didn't intend.

The gold dragon was a fun introduction. Though I will admit it made the fighting easier.

The story line is good. However, you will switch between sides during the play. It gets a little strange at times as you invade and set up a base. Then the next scenerio you play the otherside and are supposed to destroy the base.

Overall it's not a bad game. Especially at current prices.

I am going ot look for the addon.

Not Bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game was a lot like Warcraft II. Interesting story, and pretty fun to play. Much like any of the RTS, you build structures, create units, and try to wipe your enemy out any way you can. This game is certainly worth the 9 bucks Amazon charges, and while you are at it, pick up the Iron Plague expansion.

The best strategy game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There is no reason why you shouldn't buy this game for only 4 bucks, even $10 is not to expensive. The buildings and creatures you can create are extra ordinary. By that I mean, awsome! You can build dragons, trolls, mage towers, warships, you name it! It runs on XP too. You can play the adventure where each level has a different map and battle senario. Or, just play a game against the computer where you chose the map, population limit, and which of the four empires you want to fight with. It's still fun after monthes of gaming.

Pros: Imaginetive creatures. Great maps. A large viriety of buildings and creatures. And basically everything.

Cons: Takes alot of RAM. Internet play is hard to set up.

Bottom line: I give it 9.5 out of 10, go get it!

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. It has a whole bunch of scenarios to play so it doesn't go stale in a week. The best part is that you can edit and create units and buildings yourself! There are tons of units and buildings online to download that have been made by other gamers so you aren't stuck doing the same thing over and over again. For the price, I think it is a must have!

Great sequel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

_I was very glad to find this title. It is worth many times the money I spent on it. The graphics are good, the music...eh...is repetitive but not very annoying, the units are cool, the strenghts and weaknesses with each of the 4 armies are well balanced and makes gameplay very interesting, and it doesn't have the savegame problems of the upgraded original Total Annihilation. This game is perfectly stable and provided me with many, many hours of enjoyment. My only major fault with it was: the game status bar from the original Total Annihilation wasn't brought into this one (so to find out how many units I have build verses the max, I have to write down my current losses, then self-destruct all my units and note the difference in the number, then reload the game. Insanity!).
_Most of the other problems are little things. Like a simple gate can ONLY be built by your Monarch (the head of your army, you start with him). That makes NO sense. And this has a problem the previous game had, but was less apparent. To upgrade a resource collector, you should be able to click on it and upgrade it, even if you lose it's collecting abilities while being upgraded. But no, here, you have to destroy it then build the advanced one over the resource. In the previous game, Total Annihilation, you could reclaim the previous collector, so at least there WAS that.
_Other than those sorts of things, this game has a very high replay value, and the story mode is very involving and proceeds quite interestingly. Except for one part...where you jump between two competing forces...and as you play one side, you establish a beachead on an enemy continent. Then you play the other side and drive them off the land again. Goes back and forth a good 3 or 4 times. Slightly amusing and irritating at the same time.
_The game also comes with a VERY fun map editor. It's easy to use, and you can load up maps from any upgrades/expansions you install on your game. I made many of my own maps, and was quite pleased with the results. Simple to use, worked perfectly, and increased the replay value of the game exponentially.

_In short: GET THIS GAME!!! You'll get hundreds of times your money's worth.

I don't know

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 26
Date: March 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I never played this game, but got it cause it's free after rebate. It'll be a good frisbee.

Tries to access non-existing websites all the time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: February 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I haven't been able to use it. It tries to access non-existing websites and crashes. I have spend just about 30 minutes on it, and do not think I am going to waste any more of my time on it.

Older game, still great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, though it is quite a few years old. I actually think it's a refreshing wake-up call from the depressing music and images of TA. Everything in TA is dark and dreary,(Although that doesn't bring down it's awesome gameplay.)
while on TAK maps, even the Tarosian ones, are lighter and more 'hopeful', and the music far more uplifting anf. (With the music in TA, you can believe the universe is coming to an end.

Both of these games are great picks, and I would highly recommend these for any gamer.

(. . .one last thing. Nothing at all is lost in the transformation from two energy sources to one source.)

Wonderful Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A great game, and a worthy successor to Cavedog's initial Total Annihilation release.

Pitted in an epic struggle, you control one of four nations. On the side of order and good fight Aramon and Veruna, masters of Earth and Water, respectively. On the side of chaos and evil are Taros and Zhon, fire and air respectively.

Unlike most RTS games, Kingdoms allows the individual player varying levels of macro and micro management, allowing for endless build and tech possibilities.

The artwork is superb, considering the age of the game engine, and gameplay is generally fast and exciting. The single player adventure is well written, with cutscenes that beautifully illustrate the complex plots and subplots in the storyline. Highly recommended.

If you purchase this game, I also recommend looking for it's expansion pack, Total Annihilation Kingdoms: The Iron Plague, which introduces a unique 5th race, and a deeper and richer continuation of the story from the first.

Excellently done.

the game that never gets boring

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Total Annihilation Kingdoms is probably one of my favourite games. the vast amount of units and levels keeps me occupied for hours. sometimes i would get bored of the game for a couple of weeks but then i would get hooked again.the only flaws in the game in my oppinion would be that it is slightly easy, and the fact that u can only build 2oo units,max and only 1 dragon (not counting the dragons u convert). overall i think its a great game and any true lover of strategy and tactics should own this game.

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