twmac Posted May 10, 2007 I finally got this for my Xbox and it has made me put down my 360 and play it for a seriously solid time (Oblivion being the only thing to drag me back at the moment). Quite simply this game rocks. The general idea is that you command an army on a 3-D battle ground from a camera position not much higher than shoulder height. You have a central unit which contains your hero and usually a contigent of other troops with different abilities. You then spend time making sure your archers get into a position they aren't looking straight into the sun and have a good height advantage, that your knights can charge without getting slowed down by inconvenient obstacles, that your pikemen are repelling the enemy cavalry... there are more units, but then you send in your command unit. Whenever this unit attacks another, you have direct control over your hero and you can enter a dynasty warriotrs style hack and slash, except the combat system is respectable, maybe more so than DW. The fight scenes are epic, the graphics are very good, the story line is a little ridiculous but when you start pounding some one with a 15 foot Orc it really doesn't matter. My only lapses back into 360 have been because of the save system, the game does not allow you to save mid-level, and if you fail it goes back to the beginning. Sucks if you have spent 40 minutes on it. The sequel is coming out some time soonish (Kingdom under Fire: Circle of doom) it is not one to be ignored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayel Posted May 15, 2007 I was surprised that this game received generally good reviews. The original PC game was embarrassingly average (you know, the blatant Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo clone). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twmac Posted May 16, 2007 Yeah, the original is nothing like the Xbox version.Take a lookat some of the screen shots: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/strategy/kingdomunderfireheroes/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;images These don't quite do it justice as it looks a lot cleaner when running Share this post Link to post Share on other sites