Lords of the Realm 2 - Siege Pack

Lords of the realm expansion siege pack is a great turn based game. The expansion adds a new campaign and several maps.
It also fixes several glitches and improved the computer player to make the game more challenging. It also added a skirmish map editor where you can create your own battle maps to play. Although it sounds simple enough-conquer thy neighbors-there are many challenges ahead of you. Each turn you must make choices. Your people must eat. Do you feed them cows or grain? How many people do you need to mind the fields? You will lose fields through bad weather and enemy armies trampling on them, and it takes more of your townsfolk to restore them. Then you have to think about your resources. Your town will have from 0 to 2 of these resources-wood, stone, and ore. Then you have your blacksmith, where you make your weapons. In order to have enough townsfolk you must make them happy. Feed them well. Don't tax
them to much. There will also be events after each turn that might effect them such as getting the black death.
You can also build up a castle and garrison with troops to make it much harder to capture your town. As your population grows you can build an army. You can also hire mercenaries when they show up at your town. You are now ready to go conquer new lands. You want one with new resources. If you have wood and ore, look for one that has stone. Just remember it must be next to yours or it will be too far to govern. You will want to build up your new lands. You can send supplies between your lands, you can also destroy enemy supplies, but they can also destroy yours.
You can build your armies with up to 1500 men with only one set of mercenaries. You will want lots of bows but a well balanced army will do you well. There are swordsmen, knights, crossbows, pikes, and maces to go with the bows. When you siege a castle you must decide how many war machines you want to build. You can build up to four catapults, three siege towers, and two battering rams. It will depend on how large your army is on how many turns it will take
to build them. A close to full 1500 man army will take two turns to build them all. The battles are also fun but you don't have to take the field. Overall this is a great game and worth a try.


Written by: ~dorento1

Lords of the Realm 2 is a medieval strategy game. The King is dead and the nobles are all vying for power to become the next King. The game has a simple interface. The controls and play system are easy to learn and not difficult to master. The player must be adept at managing economies, leading armies on the battlefield, and also be a diplomat as well, trying to play all ends against the middle to buy yourself time to become strong. I would stack this game up to and recent strategy game.
While the graphics are not spectacular by any stretch of the imagination they convey the mood of the game very well and suit its purpose. The cut scenes are well done and the mixes of units with which the player can fight are also well balanced and leave plenty of room for all those crafty tacticians out there. Managing the economy is an equal challenge as the player must raise army’s, keep populations happy, build weapons and castles, and make money to expand their empire. The game is played in turns called seasons. Every season the player makes turn based decision on economy and military management as well as planning the next campaign. When two opposing armies cross paths however the game goes into a real time tactical game of last man standing.
The AI is good for its time but with a little effort and practice the player should not have too many difficulties. The different opponents are very different from each other as well. One is a backstabber, one is a tyrant, one is a mix of the two, and one is in a category all his own. Each of the AI players will act and react differently to gifts, compliments, insults, invasions, and other interactions. As far as multiplayer is concerned the real time battles are better done with the lord of the realm 2 siege pack expansion pack. This will allow players to concentrate on real time battle although it does offer the tradition game new maps to conquer. To sum it up Lords of the Realm 2 s not only a worthy successor to the first game but is infinitely better than its successor.
This is a game that a real time strategy or military minded person should not be without. It is a great game for both newcomers and more skilled players.

Written by: ~dorento1