

From experience, it always sounds like a bad idea to include such mechanics. The way units look, are controlled, move and are animated, one would really need a slow mo and a magnifying glass to follow what's happening. These battles are just a mess, to put it simply. The RTS part generously includes not building anything, which again is a turn off for me because it means it's going to be battles after battles. Leveling, artefacts, and everybody's personal favorite, the escort quest, don't make it an RPG either. Hack n' slash, yes, with your hero mowing nondescript units without your intervention. This is as much an RPG as my grandfather was the imperatrix of Samoa.
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Contrary to what professional reviews pretend, CK examplifies how to fail at both. Now for the gameplay, supposedly a mix of RPG and RTS. The built-in editor is pretty cool and saves this title from too low a rating by adding to an already more than decent durability. The sound is bad, particularly the voices. On the other hand, no wooden roads, no war chariots, nothing the Gauls are famous for. It's got non-Gaulish names, horned helmets, even (while on the subject) Vikings, which are almost 1000 years apart. It's awfully Celtic Kings disappoints immediately by its ignorance of basic Gaulish history, culture, topology and every other detail. … ExpandĬeltic Kings disappoints immediately by its ignorance of basic Gaulish history, culture, topology and every other detail.

Which side you will support? Will you betray your allies of yesterday? Will you follow the mysterious druids as they request your assistance? Command strongholds and large armies take risky missions behind the enemy lines. In adventure mode, you control a party of heroes and explore the world as the struggle between Caesar and the Gaul chieftain evolves. The game-play in this mode is similar to the traditional RTS gameplay. Launch large-scale military campaigns against your foes to bring them to their knees. You train and command many units, hire and develop heroes, acquire powerful artefacts and conquer strongholds and villages. In strategic mode, you play against computer opponents or other players on the Internet exercising your strategic and tactical skills to achieve objective victory. In strategic mode, you play against computer opponents or other players on the Internet exercising your Both RTS and Role-Playing gamers will enjoy the experience of becoming the young Warrior Larax, who after losing his beloved one, has given himself to the goddess of war, Kathubodua.
