-Comando-
1st April 2003, 23:56
If I told you someone had made a game that played like Diablo and also played like Warcraft, you'd probably tell me I was high on crack and throw me in a padded cell. Well, get the loony wagon warmed up because I'm here to tell you exactly that. The guys over at Phantagram in Korea have decided to take strategy gaming out a whole new door. In their upcoming title "Kingdom Under Fire" you get the opportunity to have some mindless Diablo-esque fun combined with the fun and excitement of strategy gaming! Crazy you say? Well, read on.
In Kingdom Under Fire there are two races, the race of light (Humans and Elves) and the race of darkness (Orcs and Ogres). There are 20 missions for each race and each mission allows you to live out the saga of a particular experience of a single leader. You are basically playing out the history of the last war.
There are 7 different heroes, and you follow each hero through a Diablo-esque role playing campaign. Then following that you go through the part of the story with your armies entangled in warcraft-esque strategy battle. THEN that is followed by more Diablo-esque play. You won't be able to skip one for the other. You have to follow the whole thing through in all its glory. As you progress through the storyline your heroes will gain in experience.
There are 3 different resources to collect in the strategy campaigns (gold, iron and mana), and you will be able to play multiplayer in both strategy and role playing modes. You can play online through their own wargate.net servers which will keep track of ladders for you competitive types.
The game is in 2D, but don't let that get you down. They are laying claim to over 120,000 frames of animation as well as fog and dynamic lighting. Combine all that with the possibility of unique and balanced gameplay and we may have a winner on our hands. Kingdom Under Fire is definitely a game to watch out for.
In Kingdom Under Fire there are two races, the race of light (Humans and Elves) and the race of darkness (Orcs and Ogres). There are 20 missions for each race and each mission allows you to live out the saga of a particular experience of a single leader. You are basically playing out the history of the last war.
There are 7 different heroes, and you follow each hero through a Diablo-esque role playing campaign. Then following that you go through the part of the story with your armies entangled in warcraft-esque strategy battle. THEN that is followed by more Diablo-esque play. You won't be able to skip one for the other. You have to follow the whole thing through in all its glory. As you progress through the storyline your heroes will gain in experience.
There are 3 different resources to collect in the strategy campaigns (gold, iron and mana), and you will be able to play multiplayer in both strategy and role playing modes. You can play online through their own wargate.net servers which will keep track of ladders for you competitive types.
The game is in 2D, but don't let that get you down. They are laying claim to over 120,000 frames of animation as well as fog and dynamic lighting. Combine all that with the possibility of unique and balanced gameplay and we may have a winner on our hands. Kingdom Under Fire is definitely a game to watch out for.