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Actual Game
Lords of the Realm II
1-Click Install
Windows
11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
(Sierra 1996)
MY PROMISE
My games are genuine, install in one step, look, sound and play in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XPlike they did in the old days, or your money back. This is my unconditional guarantee for three years.
WHAT IS INCLUDED This sale includes the original game CD. An on-screen printable manual is also included. The game box is pictured for reference and not included. The jewel case is also not included.
I will also provide a compatibility CD that will allow the game to run under ALL VERSIONS ofWindows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP, both 32 and 64 bit.Note that online multiplayer is no longer supported.
INSTALLATIONOne step: Insert my CD and the game will automatically work on your computer.Done. Yes, it's that simple.
Want to play? Click the icon. Want the game off your computer? Click Uninstall. Zero hassle.
TECH SUPPORTRapid response technical support for three years is always an e-mail or phone call away.
In the extremely rare event I cannot get this title to work on your system I will take it back for a fullrefund. All I ask is minimal assistance from you during the troubleshooting Game
Shall I dump the boiling oil, Sire?
Realm II is a follow up the popular medieval strategy game Lords of the Realm. The first game was all about resourcemanagement i.e. taxes, population growth, land uses, industry etc. The idea wasto take over the land and become king though superior ruling. Lords II pushes theoriginal concept by adding real-time battles to the turn based game. In this versionyou can actually command your troops down to the individual soldiers.
Your humble beginnings
You start out with a humble territory set in thirteenth century England. You areone of five nobles who have divided the country. It's up to you to manage yourcrops, build weapons, construct a castle and raise an army to attack yourneighbors before they attack you.
Castles
There are five castle designs that you can build - Wooden Palisades, Motte andBaileys, Norman Keeps, Stone Castles and Royal Castles. Better designs costmore, require more materials and take longer to build but once built they increasethe tax revenue and can hold more troops. When completed the castles get aminimum number of troops to guard it and you can garrison it with more troops asyou see fit.
Call out the Guard!
When you decide to build an army, the army interface allows you to select thesize of the army and the types of troops which depends on what weapons youhave built or bought from the merchants. The size of the army will effect thehappiness level of the town because you are drafting these men away fromfields and industries. Sometimes you can hire traveling mercenaries if you saveup enough coins. This is an important reason to keep an extra 2,000 coins or soin the treasury.
Battles
Before any battle you have the choice to control it or let the computer decide. Thisis a nice feature because if the battle if hopelessly one sided and you might notwant to bother fighting it out. Sometimes in a long game you might get tired of thebattles and just want to get it over with. The only problem here is that "autocalc"doesn't not take into account your superior battle strategy skills. You may want tofight even the hopeless battles if you have ranged soldiers who can be carefullypositioned behind rocks or other soldiers. In any case, you can hit the autocalcbutton at anytime during a battle.
Gameplay
Like any complex strategy game, Lords II takes a while to grasp. One nice feature is that when you first start agame, a voice-over gives instructions on how to start off. In general, the voice-overs are excellent. Overall, I foundthegame enjoyable with its combination of turn-based strategy and real-time action sequences. The video cut scenes arefirst rate and add a flavor to the action. I did however find the resource maps and graphics to be confusing. Whenlooking at the resource map you can't tell right away which industries are on or off. You can get this info from the maplegend but think the map could have been a bit clearer. Some of the agriculture resource management is also a bitconfusing. Something about feeding the entire village with milk and cheese bothers me. I would have expected seedplanting to be the mainstay of the agriculture not cows.
The battles are not as complex as say in a WarCraft game, but they serve their purpose and are only part of the fun ofLords II. These battles seem appropriate to the era and the sieges lend variety to the game.
