Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes (Xbox)

The graphics are superb but identical to the first game( no improvements there!). The sound effects are great also for example the thundering hooves of the cavalry, and the voice overs are good also(my favourite are the female dark elves).

Having completed the first game, I was looking for a more advance version of the original game play with new marcinaries. However it was abit of a let down that the mercinaries you recruit remain identical to the previous game ( no new mythical beings ) with the same faces .( This was why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5).

The story line is very complex with seven different chracters each having their own view of the events that take place. It links nicely to the first game and seeing the ending of a character is extremely rewarding( after may tough battles).

The levels in the game are very tough. It was so tough that I exchanged the game when I got stuck on one of the levels. However I thought I 'll give it another go so I brought the game again and having spent hours on it I have learnt some secrets that will make the game abit easier namely do not save game unless all your troops/teams survive ( so you gat maximum experience points for upgrades), and know the enemies weaknesses( check enemiy troops resistance at barrack e.g elves are weak against poison/Earth spells.)

Overall this is a must buy if you are into Fantasy /Lord of the ring type strategy games! Be Warned !, it has taken me 4 weeks to complete 3 characters quest( approx 13 hrs of play time each character not including the ones my troops didn't survive.)

This Game is by no mean a push over!

Long Live the Dark Legion !!!


Mixed thoughts   November 29, 2005
1 out of 6 found this review helpful

Kingdom under fire : Heroes is, to me, not that greater game.
Yes the combat and the strategic part of the game are excellent, with great moves and brilliant graphics this game would have 5 stars, If, it wern't for 3 main things. 1 is that the talking in between levels is extremley annoying (you will find yourself vigerously tapping the x button to skip all the dialog) they are talking as if you are meant to know what the hell they are talking about. 2ndly is the difficulty and the actuall levels - i was really looking forward to this game, and the first few levels on ellens campaign are good and intreging. But when you have to escape through a cave full of lava it is rediculouse. You get hammered buy 3 units of the best infantry and archers. (against your moderate forces of spearman archers and your unit) Plus you get this man in the background saying "Curatio poisens the men" which can mean either , cast the spell on the to poisen them, or we are being poisened by curatio. Maybe it's ju8st me but i can't get past that level (maybe im doing something wrong)This sort of thing happens on every campaign for me, it's like they expect you to know what you are doing, all the time (no help atall, or not enuff) The 3rd is when your general unit is fighting (the one with your hero in) is all the men in that unit die you loose the game. Which i cannot stand, even if you have the rest of your entire army fighting somewhere else, you loose. I personally think they should have made the hero separate from there unit, and given them a separate helth bar of something. But in my opinion it's the right game, for a minority of people. i wouldn't buy it again if i had the choice.


Ok But Bugs   October 13, 2005
0 out of 18 found this review helpful

A great Game for the first campagin........ ellen's campagin is brilliant level 5 and 6 are just running levels anyway ill move on after ellen's campagin you get ruperts now this is a VERY HARD campagin im actually stuck on it at the moment leinhart's campagin is actually impossible walters campagin has a bug on lvl 2 (Altar Of Destruction) when "anymonus" name does not move to follow you to the ancient heart" he did once then i got no support while killing 4 teams of fire wraiths i got support once again just like when "anynmous" followed me but on the other hand the combat is great the designers of this game really needed to lower the difficulty