Kingdom under fire

[GSW]

Is anyone getting this game?? it looks dope.

Hands on preview: http://xbox.ign.com/articles/530/530178p1.html

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

I'll have it tommorrow, stay tuned.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

I'll have it tommorrow, stay tuned.

[devilsjaw]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Thinking about picking it up, might wait for some impressions though...

[devilsjaw]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Thinking about picking it up, might wait for some impressions though...

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Thinking about picking it up, might wait for some impressions though...

Don't have much for ya's...Just played about 15 minutes...so far feels alot like Pikmin. I was expecting something along the lines of Kessen, where you command your forces from a God-view, but you're actually pretty close to the battlefield, even when deploying troops. The battles are a mash-fest, but their are some nice spells and special abilities with each character. The battlefield sounds are amazing. When your troops are on the move, the ambient clanking and banging around of shields, swords, and armour are spot-on. This game is surprisingly immersive. I can tell that if I start putting serious time into this now, I'll get the storiy confused with Fables', so I'm gonna put this aside for a week or so.

It seems complex, and I'm going to have to devote some real time to it...but right now between 2K Football and Hockey, Burrnout 3, and Fable, I don't have alot of time. Fight for NY and X-Men legends drop this week too...Doesn't look good for KUF. Good game so far though...better than most strategy games out for the 'Box.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Thinking about picking it up, might wait for some impressions though...

Don't have much for ya's...Just played about 15 minutes...so far feels alot like Pikmin. I was expecting something along the lines of Kessen, where you command your forces from a God-view, but you're actually pretty close to the battlefield, even when deploying troops. The battles are a mash-fest, but their are some nice spells and special abilities with each character. The battlefield sounds are amazing. When your troops are on the move, the ambient clanking and banging around of shields, swords, and armour are spot-on. This game is surprisingly immersive. I can tell that if I start putting serious time into this now, I'll get the storiy confused with Fables', so I'm gonna put this aside for a week or so.

It seems complex, and I'm going to have to devote some real time to it...but right now between 2K Football and Hockey, Burrnout 3, and Fable, I don't have alot of time. Fight for NY and X-Men legends drop this week too...Doesn't look good for KUF. Good game so far though...better than most strategy games out for the 'Box.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

OK, put about two hours into this game. As an RTS, its got everything a PC fan would expect. Troop "job trees" are a nice FF Tactics-esqe touch, you can really specialize your units, and each main hero (along his two "helpers") can also be trained and outfittted with a diverse set of weapons and armor. I'm not a huge PC guy, so many features that blew me away may be old hat for hardcore RTS fans, but I found this game to be incredibly deep.

Right now I have two units to switch back and forth from on the battlefield, ala Full Spectrum Warrior's set up. A light infantry unit and a group of archers. In battle, the Sun's position affects your archers, so getting good position for them is paramount as glare hurts their aim. I've read that you can control as many as 1,000 soldiers which will be crazy...since I'm only toting a small band of about 30 guys, and am still a little overwhelmed.

If this game was all strategy, I'd be perfectly happy..its easliy the cream of the strategy crop on the console market. The coolest thing is that the RTS portions transition into the free-for-all melee scenes SEAMLESSLY. Its like being in the middle of "Braveheart". The Dynasty Warriors inspired facets are OK, pretty much button mashing 101, but the strategy elements more than make up for the lack of depth there. Hacking thousands of Orcs into bite-size pieces is very relaxing though...

The only negatives I've seen is that the guys in charge of the music, voice acting, and script, were on a completely different page as everyone else, because while the story has a great Medieval feel complete with deep religous implications... the voice acting and scripting just don't match that tone. Imagine LOR's Aragorn having Keanu's Reeves' regular voice and speech patterns...and instead of an appropriate orchestral b/g music, they decided that some heavy metal would better suit the atmosphere....Uhhh No.

Other than those minor nitpicks, KUF is the best RTS we'll see on any console on this current generation. So..I hope that helps.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

OK, put about two hours into this game. As an RTS, its got everything a PC fan would expect. Troop "job trees" are a nice FF Tactics-esqe touch, you can really specialize your units, and each main hero (along his two "helpers") can also be trained and outfittted with a diverse set of weapons and armor. I'm not a huge PC guy, so many features that blew me away may be old hat for hardcore RTS fans, but I found this game to be incredibly deep.

Right now I have two units to switch back and forth from on the battlefield, ala Full Spectrum Warrior's set up. A light infantry unit and a group of archers. In battle, the Sun's position affects your archers, so getting good position for them is paramount as glare hurts their aim. I've read that you can control as many as 1,000 soldiers which will be crazy...since I'm only toting a small band of about 30 guys, and am still a little overwhelmed.

If this game was all strategy, I'd be perfectly happy..its easliy the cream of the strategy crop on the console market. The coolest thing is that the RTS portions transition into the free-for-all melee scenes SEAMLESSLY. Its like being in the middle of "Braveheart". The Dynasty Warriors inspired facets are OK, pretty much button mashing 101, but the strategy elements more than make up for the lack of depth there. Hacking thousands of Orcs into bite-size pieces is very relaxing though...

The only negatives I've seen is that the guys in charge of the music, voice acting, and script, were on a completely different page as everyone else, because while the story has a great Medieval feel complete with deep religous implications... the voice acting and scripting just don't match that tone. Imagine LOR's Aragorn having Keanu's Reeves' regular voice and speech patterns...and instead of an appropriate orchestral b/g music, they decided that some heavy metal would better suit the atmosphere....Uhhh No.

Other than those minor nitpicks, KUF is the best RTS we'll see on any console on this current generation. So..I hope that helps.

[GSW]

Re: Kingdom under fire

OK, put about two hours into this game. As an RTS, its got everything a PC fan would expect. Troop "job trees" are a nice FF Tactics-esqe touch, you can really specialize your units, and each main hero (along his two "helpers") can also be trained and outfittted with a diverse set of weapons and armor. I'm not a huge PC guy, so many features that blew me away may be old hat for hardcore RTS fans, but I found this game to be incredibly deep.

Right now I have two units to switch back and forth from on the battlefield, ala Full Spectrum Warrior's set up. A light infantry unit and a group of archers. In battle, the Sun's position affects your archers, so getting good position for them is paramount as glare hurts their aim. I've read that you can control as many as 1,000 soldiers which will be crazy...since I'm only toting a small band of about 30 guys, and am still a little overwhelmed.

If this game was all strategy, I'd be perfectly happy..its easliy the cream of the strategy crop on the console market. The coolest thing is that the RTS portions transition into the free-for-all melee scenes SEAMLESSLY. Its like being in the middle of "Braveheart". The Dynasty Warriors inspired facets are OK, pretty much button mashing 101, but the strategy elements more than make up for the lack of depth there. Hacking thousands of Orcs into bite-size pieces is very relaxing though...

The only negatives I've seen is that the guys in charge of the music, voice acting, and script, were on a completely different page as everyone else, because while the story has a great Medieval feel complete with deep religous implications... the voice acting and scripting just don't match that tone. Imagine LOR's Aragorn having Keanu's Reeves' regular voice and speech patterns...and instead of an appropriate orchestral b/g music, they decided that some heavy metal would better suit the atmosphere....Uhhh No.

Other than those minor nitpicks, KUF is the best RTS we'll see on any console on this current generation. So..I hope that helps.

thanks for the review mcoy.

[GSW]

Re: Kingdom under fire

OK, put about two hours into this game. As an RTS, its got everything a PC fan would expect. Troop "job trees" are a nice FF Tactics-esqe touch, you can really specialize your units, and each main hero (along his two "helpers") can also be trained and outfittted with a diverse set of weapons and armor. I'm not a huge PC guy, so many features that blew me away may be old hat for hardcore RTS fans, but I found this game to be incredibly deep.

Right now I have two units to switch back and forth from on the battlefield, ala Full Spectrum Warrior's set up. A light infantry unit and a group of archers. In battle, the Sun's position affects your archers, so getting good position for them is paramount as glare hurts their aim. I've read that you can control as many as 1,000 soldiers which will be crazy...since I'm only toting a small band of about 30 guys, and am still a little overwhelmed.

If this game was all strategy, I'd be perfectly happy..its easliy the cream of the strategy crop on the console market. The coolest thing is that the RTS portions transition into the free-for-all melee scenes SEAMLESSLY. Its like being in the middle of "Braveheart". The Dynasty Warriors inspired facets are OK, pretty much button mashing 101, but the strategy elements more than make up for the lack of depth there. Hacking thousands of Orcs into bite-size pieces is very relaxing though...

The only negatives I've seen is that the guys in charge of the music, voice acting, and script, were on a completely different page as everyone else, because while the story has a great Medieval feel complete with deep religous implications... the voice acting and scripting just don't match that tone. Imagine LOR's Aragorn having Keanu's Reeves' regular voice and speech patterns...and instead of an appropriate orchestral b/g music, they decided that some heavy metal would better suit the atmosphere....Uhhh No.

Other than those minor nitpicks, KUF is the best RTS we'll see on any console on this current generation. So..I hope that helps.

thanks for the review mcoy.

[NINJAK2]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Doc? What city did you pick it up in? I went to pick mine up yesterday in Portland, OR. and they told me it got pushed back to mid October. I was pissed as I've been waiting on this game for nearly 2 years. Does the game have the option to set the language spoken in the game to Japanese with English subtitles Doc? I hope so as that is what I did with Ninja Gaiden and Otogi and it's much better than the English voice work.

[NINJAK2]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Doc? What city did you pick it up in? I went to pick mine up yesterday in Portland, OR. and they told me it got pushed back to mid October. I was pissed as I've been waiting on this game for nearly 2 years. Does the game have the option to set the language spoken in the game to Japanese with English subtitles Doc? I hope so as that is what I did with Ninja Gaiden and Otogi and it's much better than the English voice work.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Does the game have the option to set the language spoken in the game to Japanese with English subtitles Doc?

Didn't check for that...but I will. The script does seem VERY Japanese to English conversion-ish.

[HMcCoy]

Re: Kingdom under fire

Does the game have the option to set the language spoken in the game to Japanese with English subtitles Doc?

Didn't check for that...but I will. The script does seem VERY Japanese to English conversion-ish.