

The combat too feels authentic, with a great range of troops and siege weapons available and which is suitably challenging and exciting.

The level of detail on display here is impressive but rarely daunting thanks to a fluid and well-designed interface which uses graphs and charts to allow players to keep track of what is going on. Mixing complex decision making with exciting real-time combat, Lords of the Realm takes would-be Kings on an epic journey from small-scale lord dealing with local issues like taxation, farming, bandits etc to higher levels of power where politics, influence in the court and full-on sieges are the order of the day. It is a turn-based strategy game that takes place in a tumultuous period of history where players fight for the right to be crowned King of England. No other medieval strategy game delivers this much in all areas of game play! Exquisite 256 color graphics and extensive animations combine with period music to offer an authentic atmosphere unprecedented in strategy gaming.There is something about the medieval period that makes it immensely appealing to both strategy developers and gamers alike, and while Lords of the Realm doesn't really offer anything new in the genre, it is a superb example of what can be achieved. Then lay siege to your neighbors' castles and fight out land battles in tactical detail. Design your own castles or build them using actual historical blueprints. Assign them to farming, herding, building, military and other tasks.

Reap the benefits of successful feudal governing, castle-building, castle-sieging, and land battles to conquer your rivals and claim the kingdom. You and 5 lords are locked in a struggle for the crown. The English throne lies empty in 1268 A.D. Reap the benefits of successful feudal governing, castle-building, castle-sieging, and land battles to conquer your Leap into our medieval tapestry and the grandeur of a unique strategy epic.

