The original version of Warlords 3 was released in 1997, and even for a 1997 game, it’s not great looking. ![]() The story sequences in Warlords 3 are just plain text with a small image Graphics & Sound The stories, or even the setting, never feels particularly important, or fleshed out. The story is told in the form of a paragraph or two of text between each level, with an accompanying picture, and a few paragraphs at the start of the campaign. In the Darklords Rising version of Warlords 3 there are 5 campaigns in total, detailing the return of the evil Lord Bane, and his attempt to take over the world. Well, maybe the two-headed dwarf mutant, but just barely. It has most of the popular fantasy creatures in it, elves, orcs, dragons, daemons… There are 95 units in the game, representing the different races in Etheria and their armies, and not a single one of them feel very original. A fantasy world that really takes the kitchen sink approach to world-building. Warlords 3 takes place in the fantasy world of Etheria. The fact that I’m struggling to even remember the name of the setting, despite looking it up just 5 min ago should say something about how memorable it really is. This is actually what the game looks like in action Story & setting Just for full disclosure, I did play Warlords 3 when it was relatively new, but it was never a game I owned. This review is for the GOG-release of Warlords 3. The main Warlords series was finally re-released digitally on GOG in late 2019 (all apart from Warlords IV). It might not have had the same impact on the industry as those other games, but there are still people who hold it in very high regard. Yet despite this, Warlords 3 did well enough for itself. 1997 was probably a tough year for a PC strategy game to be released in, as the tail end of 96 had given us Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and Command & Conquer: Red Alert, and a few months before those, we got Civilization 2. Warlords 3 was originally released back in 1997, under the name Warlords III: Reign of Heroes, and an updated version was released a year later, called Warlords III: Darklords Rising, which added a bunch more content. And quite often, these old games end up feeling clunky, unintuitive, limited and frustrating. Sometimes you find a game that’s just as good as the day it was released, in a few rare cases the games turn out to be even more fun to play a few decades later than they did at release, because you’re no longer going in with the expectations you would have had back at launch. ![]() The cool addition to Warlords II was a level editor that gave birth to a whole stream of fan-created content that you can admire in Warlords II Deluxe.Īll in all, I highly recommend playing the Warlords series, especially if you love turn-based games and want to experience a huge dose of nostalgia!Ĭlick here to discover the ever-expanding Throwback Thursday collection of games.Playing old games can be an interesting experience. The success of Warlords in 1990 paved the road for various sequels, including both turn-based and real-time strategies, most of them available on GOG.COM. Heroes were also able to explore various ruins present on the map in search of treasures and monstrous allies that could join their army, giving every playthrough a classic RPG flavor. What made Warlords stand out is the fact that you could recruit heroes to command your units. Your mission is to conquer all cities on the map or at least pound enemies’ armies so hard they’ll sue for peace. The game has a classic fantasy setting, obviously inspired by Lord of the Rings books, and 8 playable factions, each with its unique units. And since I started my adventure with gaming on Amiga 600 in the early 90-ties, Warlords was actually the title to tackle if you wanted to play an exciting strategy game against your friends in a turn-based strategy duel. Recommended by Michal, Content Marketing Specialist at GOG: If there exists a classic strategy game that can compete with the Heroes of Might and Magic series in terms of hot seat fun – it must be Warlords. Warlords II Deluxe features brilliant SVGA graphics, superb sound and 60 created worlds to fight over - as well as an infinite number of random worlds!Įvery Thursday, we share the earnest reasons that make a classic game so dear to us! Warlords II Deluxe is the ultimate fantasy/strategy game, where a cut-throat struggle for survival is played out on a grand scale!īrave heroes, mighty, armies, quests, diplomacy and magic are all employed to overwhelm your enemies and dominate the world! Now, eight mighty empires content in a ruthless struggle for supreme power. In the fabled land of Illuria, an unconvincing peace treaty has just expired. ![]() Warlords is a huge, eight player strategy game of empires, castles, armies, heroes, monsters and dragons. ![]() Warlords I + II bundle contains Warlords and Warlords II Deluxe! Warlords
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