So who remembers Battle Realms?

Shamikebab · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:10

You know how it is, I was sitting there staring at my gaming shelf trying to find something to play when my eyes fell on Battle Realms.

One of the most underrated RTS titles around imo, had some really unique ideas that set it apart from a lot of the competition, I loved the way that all units were trained up from a simple peasant and the water/rice mechanic worked really nicely.

A game I'd really like to see a sequel to on day, doubt it will ever happen though

Works on Windows 7 64bit with no problems

Did anyone else enjoy this little gem?

zebedeee · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:13

the name seems vaguely familiar but i can hardly say i remember it

Parky · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:20

I remember playing the demo for it years ago, thought it was good tbh but never ended up buying it.

CossackNoodle · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:21

I remember playing this a lot at lans we loved it at the time guessing there was no sequel then ?

avec · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:45

I still have it somewhere, was a lot of fun and it is a shame that it didn't get more attention.

Ducky Spud · 3 Feb 2011 at 21:53

Yea, I used to have it and loved it as well! Thought the training up of the peasants was properly cool at the time, how they were different units depends on what combinations of buildings they trained in. Also the "Heros" or whatever they were called in it were amazing, I just have memories of a sumo wrestler haha

Shamikebab · 3 Feb 2011 at 22:06

CossackNoodle said:
I remember playing this a lot at lans we loved it at the time guessing there was no sequel then ?

Nope there was an expansion that added a new story (was pretty cool, better than the original one) and added a few more units and maps. Such a shame as it was a nice break from the build and rush RTS around at the time.

Lithon · 3 Feb 2011 at 23:30

Never played it but looks like a little RTS gem, may have to try it. http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/256847-battle-realms/index.html not bad reviews, and the expansion was called Winter of the Wolf apparently.

Kosmiche · 4 Feb 2011 at 00:06

have no recollection of it whatsoever.

GTRacer · 4 Feb 2011 at 00:14

Great game.

shaggyd · 4 Feb 2011 at 08:22

I remember the game, it was pretty good and also was one of the earliest 3d rts games. If I remember, the developers went on to create a Lord of the Rings rts game using the same engine/gameplay. The game was released during to coincide with the release of the first movie.

Shamikebab · 4 Feb 2011 at 09:51

shaggyd said:
If I remember, the developers went on to create a Lord of the Rings rts game using the same engine/gameplay. The game was released during to coincide with the release of the first movie.

Oooh, was it any good?