No. of Reviews: 20
Review 1
Purchased!
there a amillion other reviews to go over ever point. if you happen upon this
one, just know it is free to play, cosmetic purchases only and fun for an RTS. I
just wanted to give it one more 'reccomended' point
Review 2
Purchased!
7/10
** Developers removed the buying of premium currency in the last patch. now it
is only availble through quests.**
**AKA NO BUY TO WIN ANYMORE**
Game plays similar to total war. Are a few bugs that tend to occur with each
patch that take time to get fixed.
The multiplayer and persitant aspect of DoF adds a new and more refreshing
element into the genre. Managing your kingdom is just as fun as battling players
and NPCs.
Take time to compare the negative and positive reviews. Take game time played
into consideration.
It took me a good 4 hours before I finally got hooked. That time was spent
learning the ins and outs of the game due to me not having played strategy games
in eons.
Is it the perfect game? no.
Is it a fun game? Yes.
Should you buy it? Yes, especially since it is always on sale it seems.
Review 3
Purchased!
Some games are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them... This one is
neither, through the efforts of the developers and a great part of the community
it has worked toward something truly unique. I have played my share of games
that had Pay to Win (or elements of it) schemes going on in the background, yet
never had I seen one where the developers actually completely changed the game
because of critisism from the players themselves... I know of no better
community of players then the ones who stalk the digital halls of Kingdom Wars,
(it's the only game that I leave the chat window open on) when there was a
shortage of Moderators the players themselves would offer advice to the new
arrivals. Simply put, my hours should speak for themselves, and I intend to
continue for a long time.
Many people have claimed that Kingdom Wars is rough around the edges, that it
is, but those same people usually don't stick around enough to see the simple
truth that we veterans know by heart... (or atleast we should by now) "If you
don't like it, spend some time and wait for the next update." So in closing,
it's fun, it's free, and no other game in the genre can come close to it's
majesty!
Review 4
Purchased!
It's a great concept and the idea of the game is interesting, but don't expect
to engange in many PvP battles, more so it's rare when someone tries to attack
your castle, which hasn't happened yet.
Your Troops fight in a squad and can actually level up and you get to chose from
several different strenghs, such as how hard they hit and how much damange they
can take. If you loose a sqaud of high level soilders it's not the end of the
world but you feel bad.
The game is almost too slow to start, but after 5-6 hours you start to see the
gold coming in. You might have read it's "pay to win". You can spend cash for
crowns which buy's you the special units or upgrades, yet after you get
established it's easy to build a bank of crowns. Your gold even starts to
overflow to the point where a good portion of the time your lugging your troops
around from town to town selling goods.
Whatever race you chose to play isn't a total lock, you can still buy units from
the other races. One of the key factors is collecting your loot off of dead
bodies, I strongly recomand getting Female Wardens from the elf race because you
can simply select their duty to collect loot and they do it fast compared to
human peasents.
The AI isn't great. They are going to attack is how they are going to attack.
Generally they don't engage you till you engage them. If they try to flank it's
a pre-determined before the game even starts. The AI doesn't adjust to the
battlefield and what is going on. The AI will flank when basically you already
broke the line.
Archers and Crossbow men are generally a strong staple of castle RTS'. They
aren't effective. When you see 60-80 Archers on a castle ridge after a few times
it doesn't make you turn your soilders around.
The big draw back besides the lack of PvP fights, which when they do happen are
very laggy is the overall Missions of the game. Basically it's fighting a small
group of soilders, or laying into a castle. Most of the missions are putting
down rebel armies of peasents.
The developer has been putting out patches, but the game isn't new, so I'm not
sure what the future holds in stock. If they make a second one, I think they
will get the game right.
I enjoyed my time with the game, but with no real challange and a weak storyline
that actually may not have a ending , it's hard to say "Yes" or "No" to the
game. However, if your looking to play a RTS game and can't find one I would
give it a shot, it did provide me several hours of gaming.
Review 5
Purchased!
Classy.
First make people PAY for your game, using a pay to play model.
Then, when the cashflow dries out, make the game 'free to play', oh, that's
right, adding PAY TO WIN elements.
'Starter Packs'?! What's this? Paying for in game cash, city slots, and attack
protection?
Basically you guys are screwing over gamers who thought they bought a 'buy once,
then play fair' game.
Best of luck with the cash cow.
Review 6
Purchased!
I bought this game before it was free. Not that it matters thanks to *drum roll*
MICROTRANSACTIONS!!!! yes so bad it makes Star Wars Battlefront 2 look tame. You
can progress a fair amount on your own. No problem there. But there WILL be a
point when you need to spend real money to advance and that was where I drew the
line.
I have 77 hours on record but that is split between two serious sessions over a
couple years. So like 35 hours and you'll have to use microtransactions. Not
that big of a deal right? WRONG! At that point you're so into the game and so
badly want to make your fortress the strogest around that you'll be sooooo
tempted to use your real life cash to pay for the shit the game should give you
automaticly. The game is like an app on our phone, it just takes a bit longer
before you hit the microtransaction wall then in those apps.
The game is fun, its addicting and it had huge potential. If there werent those
microtransactions I'd say this game is fantastic. But It does have a shit ton of
bugs. I could never defend myself when being seige or siege others EVER because
everytime I tried one or the other my game crashed. Thus my fortress was looted.
Thanks game developers -.-
Look just don't get it. Unless you actually WANT to spend more and more money to
progress don't bother. PLus there is a shit ton of waiting in this game, the
graphics are average and the gameplay is slow and wonky. Just...don't. Go find
another game or get an app on your phone, it'll be cheaper and you can take it
with you wherever you go. Hope I helped.
Review 7
Purchased!
Graphics issues, and you have to sign up with another website to play it. It
used to be a "pay to win" game, but they changed that.
Review 8
Purchased!
Now that I have almost 30 hours into the game, I feel like I can give a
bottom-line up front review with the most important points of interest.
PRO:
Fun castle siege / medieval warfare game; has a nice old school feel to it
Castle building mini sim? ...shoot... I felt like I had to have a #2
CON:
- Plagued by a crown system which stunts your rapid growth/gameplay unless you
play real $ at an outrageous price
- Once you have finished your "introductory" crown based protection system, you
have to pay more real money or use all the crowns you saved for upgrades, if you
don't want to PVP. If you want to Co-Op all of the time, don't buy this game at
all. It just isn't for you.
- No custom castle/wall/tower building--everything is pre-designated
- Requires real $ to customize your city or hero (even if it is a small amount,
they quarter and dollar you) and the customization is minimal at best
- Peasants are morons
- Enemy AI has as much intelligence as my Mr. Coffee
- Units have a tendency to just up and disappear
- More bugs than a Zerg Swarm
Bottomline: The game is getting older and older and not getting any better.
Kingdom Wars 2: Battle has come out and I doubt they will put any effort into
this game at all. If you buy it, you're feeding the green money monster.
Review 9
Purchased!
Review of Dawn of Fantasy: Kingdom Wars
Dawn Of fantasy, what a game it is, it was originally launched in October 1st,
2011, with so much excitement and a lot going for it, but was plagued by poor
programming and bugs and rushed by the publisher, features promised but never
delivered. Still we all had high hopes and knew there was something special
there. So the Devs still apart of development that cared about the game and
wanted to see it grow, ended up ended up taking care of it out of their own
pocket over the past year and a half just worked mostly for free, using the what
ever means, any current sales to invest into better servers or pay for
outsourcing some fixes here and there and now they released a new version on
steam with many new features and updates that fixed a ton of the game making it
a lot better than its first official launch.
In the end, The game is very addicting, I have 4 cities, and massive armies,
sure theirs many issues and bugs and sometimes horrible path finding, and pvp
doesn’t always work, yes there has been major crashes but only because the game
has grown so fast, there was none of these issues before, but the community and
gameplay is just so rewarding I can't stop.So glad I’m done with this review,
Already 70hrs in and all I want is more! The Review easily could have been pages
and pages with everything the game has to offer.
Final Verdict A solid 8.0/10
Review 10
Purchased!
10/1/14
I originally really got into this game, and really played it hard, wanted to
advance, got really strategic about all of it, and now I threw my hands in the
air and am tell it to go blow itself.
First off the game is a patient one, some builds take hours to build, there is a
lot of slow freaking traveling and sieging an area actually takes time and a lot
of effort. You feel accomplished when you get it right and it is awesome.
Absolutely awesome. But the game mechanics are atrocious.
Pros: Rewarding, new-ish style, feels like you can explore a lot.
Cons:
-Shitty game mechanics: Units randomly stop firing and run into battle without
attacking. This happens with super expensive units and it sets you back
literally hours. Spike traps are an instant (and invulnerable) kill for your
units so while sieging the enemy you may lose 20% of it regardless of what you
do.
-Not intuitive building (for the elves)
-Everything is slow, inaccurate, frustrating, expensive, unresponsive, and
repetitive
Although I was expecting an Age of Empires-esk game, it delivered but in a C
rated experience. This game has a lot of potential to be good, but it needs more
polishing
Review 11
Purchased!
MUST READ BEFORE YOU PLAY:
There are a few things i think people should know about before playing this
game.I bought kingdom wars before it was a f2p game and have had two maxed out
citys with high lvl hero's and have spent money on the game beyond just buying
it pre f2p.This is my honest review about what i know of the game.
BUGS! Be prepared to lose resorces for winning pvp matches.That's right you lose
for winning! If a person trys to fight you and you accept and then he pays you
to flee battle you get a win and maybe a little gold from the payout BUT you
will lose 5k food 5k wood and 5k stone from your towns resorce stash which
varries depending on what your stash has in it but that was my last loss to this
bug. Not only do you lose for winning a pvp match in this manner you don't
recieve the crowns for the win that you are supposed to get for winning.The only
way to avoid this bug is to fight until the game tells you you won or lost.
BUGS! That's right more bugs.This one however is in your favor.When creating
troops to build an army some times you will dupe extra units.
BUGS! Your city is full of small bugs that are annoying at times but minor and
not worth more then a mention that thay are there.
THE MOTHER OF ALL BUGS! This is a big one in my opinion! Be prepared to lose it
all! That's right and not because you can be captured or destroyed by another
player but because everytime the dev's change the game some people not all but
at random get a full wipe including your account like you never exisited in the
first place. The money you spent "poof gone" the time you spent "poof gone". I
know this first hand as both my maxed out city's got wiped and in return i
didn't even get a response from the support team. After the first time i said
"ok i haven't played in a wile no big deal i lost my stuff" and i moved on
rebuilt spent money on the starter packs and was back on top in a few weeks and
that's when the dev's changed the game again and i lost it all again.Sense the
game came out pre f2p i have put about 60$ into the game and 288 hours which i
wish at this point i had not but if you don't mind losing it all and spending
money and time on a game so that a bug can rob you in the end then this game is
for you!
There are some cool things about kingdom wars but the amount of bugs makes the
amount of cool things not worth the mention as the bugs destroy the enjoyment
all together.The dev's don't really care about the game the bugs have been there
forever and have never been fixed the team took what was supposed to be an
update to kingdom wars and made it a stand alone game "kingdom wars 2: battles"
which is the same game with a cuple added fetures.The team only did this to pump
more money out of people instead of fixing and updating the game they had
already created "Kingdom wars" leaving KW broken and a waste of time and money.
In the end i can't say i recommend any games from this team as they don't put
any real care into the games they create beyond publishing bug filled crap they
have no intention to fix.
Review 12
Purchased!
I was thinking of giving up on this game during the first 30minutes of gameplay,
but im glad I didn't. Very fun and addictive once you get into it (past the
inital quests and learning curve). IMO best MMORTS out there!
Additional comment: this game is NOT pay to win AT ALL. I have not spent a
single cent (excluding buying the game) in this game and I have an 80% pvp
win/lose ratio. I also have the most expensive units ( that requires premium
currency to buy) on my account. The premium currency (that you can buy) can very
easily be attained through in game questing. So please do not let the fact that
others say that it's a Pay to Win game to discourage you from getting this
awesome game!
Review 13
Purchased!
Yes, this is worth getting.
I've noticed a lot of negativity about this game since it's release and frankly
I don't understand where it is all coming from. What you have here is a solid,
fun, online RTS game, with some innovative original flourishes.
Pros:
= Three distinct factions with very different play styles both in terms of city
building, unit disposition and battle tactics. They are further differentiated
by their own distinct unit, building and UI art, quest lines and voice acting.
Each faction can also recruit a variety of mercenary units to further enhance
army customization.
= The battle pacing is just right. Look I'm an old fart, so I prefer a game
where I can actually see the action unfold rather than everything be over in the
blink of an eye. The pace of combat is somewhat slower in DoF than in other
contemporary RTS games. I think this is a good thing becasue it allows for more
tactical options and also negates any ping advantages in multiplayer.
= Heaps of single player content. Each faction has a very generous quest line
which I estimate to be around 30+ hours worth per side, not counting replayable
missions. There are also countless NPC skirmishes to explore in a variety of
landscapes against varied NPC elements.
= The quests are involved and interesting. They have put a great deal of thought
into felshing out details of the fantasy world. It's not a testiment to
originality, but it's a top notch effort for a video game setting. I love how
half of what the elves say is made up gibberish with no explanation offered, but
after an hour or so in the game you find yourself understanding it all.
Cons:
= There are a few technical issues especially with pathfinding, but nothing that
some patience and practice can not overcome.
= Multiplayer is a mixed bag. You can grind out a very formidable army against
NPCs and newbies can get crushed if they dive in unprepared. That being said,
when the balance is just right, they battles are a lot of fun.
= Speaking of grind, there is a bit of it. It's an online game so the pace of
progression is sedate. You won't max your units out over a weekend. Your rank
and file units can also be permanently lost, so you need to be paying attention.
I personally like the perma death touch for some units (hero units take an xp
penalty instead when they get "KOed"), but I can understand why some people
would consider it a negative.
All in all I had a great time with DoF. If you're an RTS fan and looking for
something a little different and long term, you should definately pick this up
during the sale. It's a steal for seven bucks.
Review 14
Purchased!
Changing my oppinion on the game after having played a good 30 hours.
This game has been out for 3 years yet should never have been released in its
current format. The devs seem keen on taking suggestions and fixing bugs, but
the base of the game is broken. Terrible UI, delayed commands, units not doing
what they are supposed to, no interactive pve, broken pvp.
You get shown all these amazing battles you can fight with massive armies and
awesome castles you can siege. You will not see this ingame.
In pvp: You will build a massive army and level them a bit only to see them
destroyed in pvp by a single enemy dragon or wizard. A high level 60 dragon or
wizard has the same army strenght as a fully deployed army but has many times
the defense, attack and hp regeneration stats so your units will be hitting and
shooting it in vain. The only way to counter is to recruit your own super
monsters and you'll end up using just those.
In pve: Sure you can use a massive army to siege a city and lose half of them in
the progress. Or... get a dragon and/or wizard as said above and decimate the
enemy castle as they cannot kill your dragon. Its easy to see which is the
better option.
This review will be voted as not helpful just as all the other negative reviews
as the core players have been playing this game for years and are good friends
with the mods/devs (who btw can and will abuse their power to restore units and
ingame currency by just being nice to them) and are raging fan boys thats are
just happy with 1v1 units fighting and thus destroying the idea behind this
game.
Review 15
Purchased!
I Wouldn't buy this game, Reason is when i did i had to buy 3 slots for building
other towns. Now i have to say i didn't log in to much cause well with everyone
i had a job and worked, going out with friend living the so call good life! One
day i saw they made an update to the game which i was fine with evething updates
or new stuff get added in. I also spent some money on a few other things which
was not to much maybe 20- 30 dollors canadian. Anyways i get in and everything
is whiped , my account is wiped, i had no citys or anything that i worked for or
spent time on. Ok so i was confused i made my account again went in and ask one
of there so called devs who was trying to refer me to send in proof i did any of
that and everything would be i guess restored but not my citys i beleive i would
have to rebuild them and that but anything i payed for would be given back to
me. Long story short i can't find any of these so that makes me other a lier or
it ws a money grab and for those that don't log on everday! Right now i would
say the game was good but way to low population and other mechenics of the game
were annoying but vary still playable!
my e-mail is Patrick_Robinson_11@hotmail.com for any devs of this game that want
to contact me on this issue cause im confused on how you wiped someone who payed
for stuff but you still wiped a player who payed for more slots and a few others
stuff! is this a game a money Grab or was it an honest mistake time may never
tell!
Review 16
Purchased!
What the page doesn't actually tell you, something that I was stung by, is the
presence of a real life cash shop in the game (where you can buy one of the
strongest units in the game, dragons for instance, as well as various
"pay-to-win" instances)
As such I would recommend some further research into this game before
purchasing.
Edit: This may no longer be true as per my post on the comments section of this
original post.
Review 17
Purchased!
With sloppy graphics, preview images that make the game appear to be more than
it actually is (mostly quality-wise,) and a tutorial system that is not
intuitive at all, I would be hard-pressed to recommend this game.
Review 18
Purchased!
Very well done game. I seen youtube videos and these guys have been around for
years updating this game and it's only been getting better and better as I have
seen. It's very worth the money and building a kingdom in this one is very fun
seeing there's lots of quest that keep ya busy and crowns you have to gain or
buy with money you make from cattle or chopping trees and gold and stone mines.
I like the experience and upgrading units. I've been on many hours since I
started and there's so much more for me to go. Just now got a powerfull dragon
and have been burning up lots of enemies.
Review 19
Purchased!
Kingdom Wars is the first true MMORTS(that's massively multiplayer online
real-time strategy) with a town/base that you build and doesn't disappear or
reset after every match. Once you build your base, you build armies that are
also PERSISTENT. So everytime you login, your base and armies are there from the
last time you played and they're ready to battle.
Each faction(humans, elves, orcs, +more to come...) are unique in every way.
They gather resources(gold/food/wood/stone) differently. They have different
units with different abilities and formations. They even have subfactions(3
subfactions per race) that make them even MORE unique by increasing/decreasing
unit stats, economy, build times, etc. Then you choose two traits from 5 or 6
options that further customize your experience with more stat boosts and
whatnot.
Once you've built a base, done a few quests, and trained a decent army you can
either conquer the AI controlled cities(either solo or Coop with someone) or
search for another player's army to fight or siege their town. The Player vs
Player fights are matched up according to the strength of your army, which
prevents powerful veterans from picking on new players(or vice versa depending
on how good you are :D ).
The best part is that anything can be earned by playing the game, except for a
few items that are purely cosmetic and don't affect actual gameplay or
mechanics.
PROS:
-Game Moderators are easily accessible and available for questions
-Wizards, dragons, minotaurs, treants, hydras....that's right, HYDRAS!!
-units level up and can be customized to your playstyle by spending skill points
to increase health, stamina, attack, resistances, range, reload time, etc.
-better than average graphics considering the size and scope of the game
-massive battles with unlimited tactical possibilities where terrain, weather,
and NPC patrols/camps are all factors
CONS:
-some minor bugs/issues, but the developers have released more patches to
address bugs in the past two weeks than in the past year, so they're committed
to keeping the game running smoothly now that it's free to play.
-high system requirements to run the game even on low settings
-some parts are difficult to learn to play early on because tooltips and
tutorials aren't very helpful, but the community of players and the moderators
are great about helping out
Basically, you have nothing to lose except maybe a little time and hard drive
space. And if ya don't like it, delete it. But if you're like me(as you can see
I've logged almost 400 hours in this game), you'll be playing it every chance
you get! Also, if and when you see me online, add me as a friend and I'll send
you a bunch of resources to help ya get started. My username in the game is
"Quintessential". I'll even invite you to my alliance if you like.
See ya on the battlefield!!
Review 20
Purchased!
This game is pretty cool. I love RTS and managment games. Its like clash of
clans when it comes to buildings and units. But thats ok. Its not a P2W. Its a
play2win and Its FREE. Give it a try, worst thing that can happen is you spend
15 min downloading the game, play it for an hour and delete it if you dont like
it.