Battle Realms

"Battle Realms is one of the greatest strategy games ever produced in gaming history. Awesome graphics, classical music, and unique gameplay."

I rated it with the score of 10 because for me it is a near- perfect game(nothing's perfect). This is my most favorite strategy game of all time. Why? I'll explain

GRAPHICS:10
Graphically, this game rocks. From the structures, to the characters and even the environment. This is very detailed game in terms of graphics especially when the battle occurs: you will see blood coming out and scattered on the land like a real havoc. The Zen Masters are great graphically and they are very detailed also. I cannot explain the graphics of the game because no word exists in the world to explain how beautiful, rendered and detailed the graphics are

SOUND:10
When I'm playing games, it doesn't matter for me if the sounds are great but in this game, the sound and its effects rock! The background sound is very classical like in the temples in ancient China and the voices of the characters is great. They are well- balanced and are not annoying even if it is repititive. Still, the sounds are great.

MULTIPLAYER:9
The multiplayer is very addictive and fun. This is where you can realize that this game is great. Up to eight players can battle it out and show their skills and talents. If you are too bored in playing alone, then this will help you! But there's a minor hiccup if playing multiplayer. It is sometimes slowing down when the battle is on and there are many units that are battling it out. But it doesn't diminish the fun on playing multiplayer. I think that's the only problem this game has.

GAMEPLAY:10(eleven if possible!)
This is the game's highlight! It is very unique and one-of-a-kind strategy game. The manner you make your warriors is very different. Unlike othere RTS game, here they don't just come out of a barracks when you ''buy'' them but you are the one that will command the peasants to train into different buildings and be a warrior. Thus, it is very realistic. And similar to other RTS, this game has a million and one strategies to make! And this aspect means FUN!

REPLAY VALUE:10
This is also one of the aspect of this game that makes it different from other. As I have said before, there are a million and one strategies to make so in other words, it is not repetitive and will not make you bored. I'm playing this everyday averaging from 3 hours 2 times a day. So your 50 buck's worth it. It really is!

So this game has it all. Maybe some people are really disappointed or what but for me it is the best RTS ever made in videogame history and it is very fun to play! Thanks for reading and hope you will like the game like I do! :-)

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 04/12/02, Updated 04/12/02