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lords2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: May 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

it not working on lords play....and the cd is broken?

Lords of the Realm: A failure for Sierra

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: June 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm afraid that this is a strategy game I regret buying. The gameplay is bizarre, the combat is pathetic, and the resource management is difficult. This is all aside from the fact that the game itself is interesting only a half-hour at a time, you'll soon find yourself incredibly bored. This game's best feature is it's accuracy of medieval life, but there are far better strategy games out there: Age of Empires II is probably the best substitute for this game. Summary: Not a good game

good game but no surprise

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a good turn-based strategy game. All the different kinds of units to command are quite fun. But, there is no surprise in this game and you get bored by the routine of the events, feed the people-build army-fight. The diplomacy is poor and easely foreseeable. Maybe it's just the medieval life that is not very varied.

Good concept but the game is HARD

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: May 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game is good. It is turn based but is also real time. This is a good game but my kingdoms always seem to go south. All my food is gone, or my population goes from 1,000 to 100.

You use blacksmiths to create weapons and then raise an army from your town. You can build castles and fortify them.

I would recommend that you by this game if you are up to the challenge.

Good and getting better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: December 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just found and played LOTRII 2 weeks ago for the first time in 3 years. I am a sucker for this time period and started with Defender of the Crown back in the Tandy days. I was still surprised how challenging and good LOTRII was after all this time!

This is a challenging game, especially when the difficulty level is set to anything over 'normal'.

The control over economy, farming resource management, castle building and military design is wonderful. The graphics are good for a game of its age as do the sounds.

Military battles are reminiscant of Warcraft controls.

It has run very successfully on my Windows XP box and sounds beter than ever through Audigy.

I give 4 out of 5 as AI diplomacy could use an upgrade. I can't wait for Lords Of The Realm III to come out. Until then enjoy this, its still worth the purchase!

James

Simple mathematics give you a winner

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: September 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Although i have this game already for over 5 years, i still enjoy playing it. Sound, graphics and gameplay are great, considering the age of the game. The only sad thing perhaps is that you can perfectly calculate what to do in order to win the game: 1 cow feeds 10 people, next season i will have exactly produced 124 bows etc... The only random factors, which you can't influence at all, are events like the plague. If calculated well, you can defend one county against an invasion of all other counties together. So don't set the difficulty too easy. For the rest it is a recommender although its age.

great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: February 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is great, allows you to play in a lot of settings, manage food and resources, to keep your people fed, or starved, great combat.
Unfortunately, the oponents have huge advantages over you.

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun stratagy game although is an older game. Sometimes when playing the game you swere the other opponits are real players. AI is real good. I had fun.

real-time/ turn-based strategy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This doesn't make me dizzy like some games do. I enjoy this time period and game play. I wish more games were like this. Improvements would be more weapons choices and fantasy creatures. I need a dragon.

A Good Balance of Strategy, Tactics, and Economics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: October 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of computer wargames and have not yet experienced Lord of the Realms II, then you have missed a real treat.

Players in this game assume the role of medieval lords, each the ruler of a county. Throughout the game, lords must divide the labor of their peasants between agriculture (herding cattle and growing wheat) and industry (mining iron, quarrying stone, cutting wood, and manufacturing weapons), decide how to tax their people, and adjust food distribution. When necessary, they can upgrade their fortifications, raise troops, hire mercenaries, and buy needed goods from merchants. The ultimate goal of the game is to conquer enemy counties and become king over the entire country.

Troop types include peasants, macemen, archers, crossbowmen, pikemen, swordsmen, and knights. Castles begin as simple, un- garrisoned palisades and can be upgraded, resources available, to a motte-and-bailey, Norman keep, stone castle, or royal castle (a big stone castle with a moat).

Sieges are the high point of this game. Attackers can assault fortifications with troops supported by catapults, siege towers, and battering rams, and defenders can man the walls with their soldiers and pour boiling oil on the besiegers.

Lords of the Realm II has improved upon the deficiencies of its predecessor, Lords of the Realm, and provides a good balance of strategy and tactics, economic management and battle.

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