Software:Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes

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Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes
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Developer(s)Phantagram
Publisher(s)Gathering of Developers
SeriesKingdom Under Fire
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: 16 January 2001[1]
  • EU: 18 January 2001
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes is a real-time strategy video game developed by Phantagram and published by Gathering of Developers. Released for Windows in 2001, the game is based in a high fantasy setting and is played from an overhead isometric perspective. The game included single-player and multiplayer online modes through Phantagram's Wargate server. The game is the first release in the Kingdom Under Fire series, which later received critical acclaim through the Xbox release Kingdom Under Fire, a game which, like others in the series, incorporated both role-playing and real-time strategy elements. A "Gold Patch" was released for Kingdom Under Fire which introduced a map editor, extra missions, and in-game save option; this version was also re-released as Kingdom Under Fire Gold.

Gameplay

Two factions, light and dark, are playable in the game, with each side having units fulfilling the typical roles of warrior, archer, flying unit and wizards – as well as more powerful individual hero characters. The campaigns are split into 13 missions of which 10 are battles and the other three being a dungeon crawl for a hero character.[2] Skirmish and multiplayer modes were also supported, with online games with human opponents organized via the Wargate.Net server.[2]

Plot

Kingdom Under Fire is set in the fantasy land of Bersia and covers the struggle between the forces of light (Humans, Dwarves, and Elves) and the forces of dark (Ogres, Orcs, Undead, and others).[2] One hundred years before the events of the game, an epic war was waged between the two forces until finally a legendary group known as the Knights of Xok defeated the forces of dark and brought peace to the land of Bersia.[3]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic59/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame4.5/5 stars[5]
CGSP2/5 stars[6]
CGW1/5 stars[7]
Eurogamer6/10[9]
Game Informer6.25/10[10]
GameRevolutionC[11]
GameSpot5.5/10[2]
GameSpy75%[12]
GameZone7/10[13]
IGN7.2/10[3]
Next Generation3/5 stars[14]
PC Gamer (US)70%[15]

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] The hero missions were unfavourably compared with Blizzard's Diablo games. The difficulty was claimed to be too high by some reviewers, with hero units unbalanced and the game's AI also found lacking. The game's graphics were considered good or passable, though the animations limited, but the audio and story were praised by critics.[2][3] John Lee of NextGen said, "A potential treasure cruise for gamers, Kingdom misses the boat by a hair."[14]

The game sold 20,000 units in the U.S. by October 2001.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases". http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/newReleases/morenr-PC.asp. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Beers, Craig (18 January 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire Review". Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/kingdom-under-fire-review/1900-2675833/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Butts, Steve (19 January 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/20/kingdom-under-fire. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/kingdom-under-fire-a-war-of-heroes/. 
  5. ↑ Tresca, Michael. "Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=23228&tab=review. 
  6. ↑ Levine, Jason (2 March 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire". Strategy Plus, Inc.. http://www.cdmag.com/articles/032/003/kuf-01.html. 
  7. ↑ Price, Tom (April 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (201): 102. https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_201.pdf. Retrieved 17 December 2023. 
  8. ↑ Reaume, Paula (6 March 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes". Greedy Productions Ltd.. http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=5295. 
  9. ↑ Bye, John "Gestalt" (6 March 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire". Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/r-kuf. 
  10. ↑ "Kingdom Under Fire". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (95). March 2001. 
  11. ↑ Joe (February 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire Review". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33241-kingdom-under-fire-review. 
  12. ↑ Haumersen, Lee (17 February 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire". GameSpy Industries. http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/february01/kuf/. 
  13. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (16 February 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire Review". http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r13876.htm. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lee, John (May 2001). "Kingdom Under Fire". NextGen (Imagine Media) (77): 90. https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n93/mode/2up. Retrieved 17 December 2023. 
  15. ↑ "Kingdom Under Fire". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 8 (5): 39. May 2001. 
  16. ↑ "GOD's Games". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (207): 31. October 2001. https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_207.pdf. Retrieved 17 December 2023. 

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