
The learning curve is made more difficult than usual because of the absolutely mind-boggling number of command control buttons integrated into a staggering number of menus. Perspective can be altered through an adjustable angled camera view that utilizes incredibly functional zoom and directional viewpoint techniques.

There are various levels of magic expertise your wizards can attain and individual troop units can acquire different levels of armor and weaponry combinations.Ĭombat is conducted in a 3D environment and is firmly based in real time. During the game you'll need to acquire huge sums of gold for this purpose and much of the game focuses on mini-quests that garner additional gold or combat in which the spoils go the victor (hopefully you). Not a role-playing game in the standard sense of the term, the mercenary commander you control builds his armies through conquest of enemies and plain old bribery (paying mercenaries with gold). Encompassing elements of other genres such as adventuring and role-playing, the game's real strength lies in the wonderful storyline that is fleshed out during game play and the method in which the designers reveal the story through linkage of the scenarios.

If you are looking for a real time strategy/combat game with extremely smart AI routines and lots of fighting, Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat is right up your alley.
