King Arthur

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 15 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

11
Average:

2
Bad:

0

Pros:

Refreshing new take on the Total War formula.
Captivating role playing with text quests for knights and unit leveling, Strategic innovations, such as victory locations on battlefields, Beautiful, detailed visuals that give a real English atmosphere.
Great visuals, Deep combat, RolePlaying aspects work.

Cons:

Much of the difficulty is factored in through a cheating AI.
Very hard even on the easiest difficulty setting, Campaign is unbalanced and rather haphazardly designed, Some overpowered units.

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Last revision on April 4, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Refreshing new take on the Total War formula
Captivating role playing with text quests for knights and unit leveling, Strategic innovations, such as victory locations on battlefields, Beautiful, detailed visuals that give a real English atmosphere
Great visuals, Deep combat, RolePlaying aspects work

Reviewers Didn't Like

Much of the difficulty is factored in through a cheating AI
Very hard even on the easiest difficulty setting, Campaign is unbalanced and rather haphazardly designed, Some overpowered units
Music is a big Meh, Game becomes brutally hard

Expert reviews and ratings

Remember that feeling of contentment you got from watching your Settlers go about building up the kingdom? Remember the excitement of micromanaging your peons to amass an army solely to crush your best friend in Warcraft? Your joy at first hearing...

By Gamers Daily News on June 01, 2010

To say that King Arthur is a well-known character is like saying we need air to breathe. In fact, the good King has been the subject of so many books, movies, games, comic books, animated adventures and other media that it would be very difficult to...

By GameZone on March 19, 2010

It’s impossible to talk about King Arthur without making reference to it’s heritage, so it’s best to clarify from the start that Neocore’s fantasy epic is built around the familiar gameplay of Creative Assembly’s long running Total War series. The...

By Gaming Daily on January 05, 2010

When an unknown game developer announces a new game and labels it King Arthur, few people pay attention. When that same game is subtitled The Role-Playing Wargame however, many look up and wonder what the hell they are on about. It certainly stirred...

By Hooked Gamers on December 29, 2009

King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame is the latest project by little-known developer NeocoreGames - although judging by the quality on offer, their star may well be in the ascendency. As an ambitious mixture of RTS and RPG, its flaws are far...

By Strategy Informer on December 12, 2009

Arthurian role playing is superior to the hit-and-miss strategizing in this hybrid epic about legendary Britain....

By GameSpot on December 01, 2009

Neocore Games didn't beat around the bush in coming up with an accurately descriptive title for King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame. The game beautifully blends some familiar and engaging war strategy genres into a powerful concoction that's...

By Cheat Code Central on November 24, 2009

A fantastic single player experience.King Arthur the Role Playing War Game is a mouthful to say the least. King Arthur as I'll now call it, is an epic RPG mixed heavily with hardcore Strategy in a hybrid that fell a bit short. While King Arthur is...

By ZTGamerDomain.com on November 24, 2009

Developer Neocore Games puts a larger twist on the King Arthur mythology. A game that can be viewed as a mix of elements. A war strategy game, a strategic sword and sorcery game, a war role playing game. When first playing the game and seeing some of...

By ImpulseGamer on November 01, 2009

Auf den ersten Blick erinnert "King Arthur" frappierend an Segas Strategie-Reihe "Total War". Ubisoft verquickt darin das rundenbasierte Agieren auf einer Übersichtskarte von Britannien mit hektischen Echtzeitschlachten, in denen gewaltige Heere...

By Magnus.de on February 19, 2010

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