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It wasn't meant to be...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 65
Date: May 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game must have been made by nudests. That's the only explanation.
I mean, the snake-women don't have scales on their tops and the dryads are completely naked. Even your heroes get in on the nudest act. OK, so the Warriors of Dischord aren't naked, but they have a weird aversion to pants and instead wear these little panty-things that don't even cover their big rear ends.
It's really unfortunate that Atari doesn't have the decency to make their creations, well, decent. The very least they could have done was not rate Majesty as being appropriate for ages 6 & up.
Not only are these monsters unclothed, they're everywhere. The only quest that doesn't have Medusae and\or Dryads is Urban Renewal in the expansion (at least I think it doesn't).
This game could have been fun, if only Atari had put some clothes on their walkers. Now I can't play any quests except Urban Renewal (which might turn out not to be OK either) or even freestyle games, for fear of there being something immodest in them. Some of us consider looking at naked people immoral, you know.
[Other objectionable items: one of the quests is called Deal with a Demon, so I assume there's a demon in it. Another one, called Free the Slaves, has a kind of demonic look and feel to it. What's with "traditional fantasy" and demons, I don't know.]

A twist on the typical RTS, but poorly executed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: February 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Majesty is something of a twist on the typical RTS in that you do not directly control any of your characters. Rather you have to incentivise them perform the actions you desire. In that respect, there is a degree of similarity to the old Populus games, or to Black & White.

This twist could have made for some very innovative gameplay, but there are enough flaws to prevent it from being truly successful. First, control is difficult. There are only two levels of map zoom and no way to rotate the view. So, when you want to place a reward flag on a troll hiding behind a building to get your warriors to come attack him, you're pretty much out of luck.

Secondly, there is little variety in the rewards. You can either set an attack flag on a structure or enemy character, or you can set an explore flag on unexplored territory. That's it. You cannot, for instance, offer a reward to get your guys to hang out close to your town to defend it. This can be balanced out once you begin to understand the natural behaviour of the different sorts of heroes.

There are no relationships between quests other than a couple of them having prerequisites. So, essentially, there is no campaign, just a bunch of scenarios. The maps are semi-randomly generated. This might add some replayability, but it can also result in some very lame quests where the objective pops up right outside your starting point.

The graphics are dated, even for an older game. Majesty was released in 2000, but the graphics are not even comparable to Starcraft which was released about two years earlier.

Given its budget price, you'll get your money's worth out of it, but you'll have more fun if you spend your money on something else.

Revolutionary Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun because you don't have direct control over your heroes. The only thing you can do is persuad them to do things as a regent. The game has so many different angles and if you like the fantasy background I can't imagine you not liking this game.

A great, enjoyable game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: March 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, this version is a substantial improvement over the original, because the music actually works!

The game itself is a blast - easy to learn, but not so easy to master. You can learn the strategies, and you can be successful, yet the game isn't so easy that you can simply "win" it in an hour.

In otherwords, it's within almost everybody's capabilities. It won't leave you feeling stupid, and it's not a cakewalk either.

One gripe - why is the Northern expansion seperate from the regular edition, when the Northern expansion INCLUDES the regular edition? If you start playing games in the regular edition, then go to the Norhtern expansion, you lose all the games you won beforehand. Wierd.

Overall, very enjoyable. Get the gold edition.

Very challenging

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game is awesome it adds a whole new challenge to the majesty game

Different

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Really a good game, but different. Unlike a standard role playing game, in Majesty you build infrastructure, create heroes, etc., and then let them go. The characters roam about on their own; you can influence them by placing rewards and a few other ways but overall they go where they want and attack what they will (or won't). One of the really nice things about this game is that you don't generally have to take that long to play a scenario. Most of them last around an hour or less, which is great if you actually have a job and have to get up in the morning. It may take many hours to replay and WIN a scenario but it doesn't take long to play one.

Technical Comment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

WinXP users with DirectX9 and nVidia viedo cards that can't see the beginning movie after install making the game unplayable - Start Menu, Run, DXDiag, Display Tab, Disable DirectDraw Acceleration. (Remember to turn it back on after you are done.) ***Leave everyone a comment if it also occurs in Vista and is a vaild fix too.***

Currently additional downloadable quests from the manufacturer are not supported on the 'Gold' edition:
- The Wrath of Krolm
- The Balance of Twlight

my reveiw!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: March 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

majesty is fun because it's one of the most realistic fantasy games i've played. no, that sounds stupid. it's intersting finding out what the different guilds and temples do for you while you fight goblins, trolls, werewolves and dragons and manage your overall gold.

Best Buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: July 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is by far the best strategy game out. With tons of quests, and expansion, dozens of different characters, different maps, different items... It is easy to pick up and understand.

The graphics are good, I would say 4 out of 5 on that. The game is multiplayer, both online and through a network connection. With the expansion, single player has a few dozen levels.

This is the best buy for your money. It will entertain you for hours. If this game were selling for around $40 bucks, I would pay it. I highly recommend this.

"My prowess is unmatched!"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Majesty is super-fun. I love it. And I don't know if there's another game like it.

Like many other games, you build a bunch of buildings that produce fighting units. But unlike WarCraft or Command and Conquer, you have little control over what these units do. You can place reward flags on enemy buildings or units, to encourage your own units to attack. Or you can place reward flags on the map to encourage your units to go there. But they all have their own AI, and make their own decisions. So you can influence them, but not command them. As I said, there's nothing like it.

My favorite part may be the voice acting. The game is worth it just to hear the heroes talk, as they level up, fight, flee, etc. When Barbarians decide to attack an enemy unit, they growl, "Here comes trouble!" When Gnomes shuffle off this mortal coil, they let out a pitiful wail: "But I'm just a gnome!" Fun stuff.

The game is highly replayable. This CD includes both the original and the expansion pack, so it has a couple of dozen different scenarios to play through. But you can also build your own scenarios, or generate a random map with one click. You can get dozens, or even hundreds of hours of entertainment out of this game.

It's a great game, and still well worth the original price. And since you can buy it now for the cost of shipping, there is no reason not to buy this. It's super-fun, and just a little bit different.

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