King Arthur: Fallen Champions

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

0
Bad:

5

Pros:

Interesting adventurenarrative segments, gets look and feel of fantasy right
Innovative blend of chooseyourownadventure quests and RTS battles, Smartly designed battle scenarios, Intelligently aggressive AI, Impressive, atmospheric visuals.

Cons:

Boring combat, technical issues, lack of unit variety, poor voiceacting.
No saveondemand feature.

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Last revision on January 26, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Interesting adventurenarrative segments, gets look and feel of fantasy right
Innovative blend of chooseyourownadventure quests and RTS battles, Smartly designed battle scenarios, Intelligently aggressive AI, Impressive, atmospheric visuals

Reviewers Didn't Like

Boring combat, technical issues, lack of unit variety, poor voiceacting
No saveondemand feature

Expert reviews and ratings

King Arthur – The Role Playing Wargame (KA1) is on its last legs. The sequel, named “King Arthur II – The Role Playing Wargame” (KA2) has been announced and there are screenshots and a blog and lots of good buzz. So why would Paradox release this...

By Gaming Nexus on October 25, 2011

King Arthur: The Roleplaying Wargame was a really fun and interesting hybrid real-time strategy/turn-based strategy/role-playing game. It pulled a lot of good elements from these genres and it felt unique and it really stood out, but it did have...

By Destructoid on October 03, 2011

King Arthur: Fallen Champions needs what it simply won't get -- varied units, improved AI, and some more thought placed into tactics and the utility of formations. I can't speak to the rest of the series, but unless you're a diehard fan, feel free to...

By PC Advisor on September 02, 2011

This $10 downloadable RTS is the poor gamer's Total War. But in this case, you're probably better off shelling out for the real thing. King Arthur: Fallen Champion (hereafter: KAFC) is a $10 standalone stopgap between King Arthur: The Roleplaying...

By GamePro on September 01, 2011

King Arthur: The Role Playing Wargame surprised people with it’s delicate blend of fantasy role-playing and grand-strategy a-la Total War, reaping a healthy crop of reviews from the rich word-sown fields of games journalists. Hence I went into the...

By Strategy Informer on August 30, 2011

Fallen Champions is a short and mostly sweet compression of many of the good elements in its King Arthur...

By GameSpot on August 30, 2011