17-01-2003 00:58									#1
	Warlords 3: Dark Force Rising -- Good? Suffering from ads?

I saw a few copies of Warlords 3: Darkforce Rising at Electronics Boutique last night for a mere $15. I used to get quite a bit of play out of Warlords 2, but ultimately I moved on from it. It's probably been, oh, 3-4 years since I last played it, maybe more. What's Warlords 3 like? Couple of reviews I read were quite positive -- I'm in particular pleased to see that you can influence other factions' view of you with gifts of gold and that they apparently don't gang up on you like they did in W2. Adding spells sounds kinda neat, too.

So who here's played it? Anyone still play it? Worth picking up?

	17-01-2003 02:00									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

I play it. North against South random maps with Fog of War are quite enjoyable.

	17-01-2003 09:07									#3
	Put an end to popups!

Yes, the campaigns alone are worth it.

	23-01-2003 12:50									#4
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

I liked it.

	23-01-2003 22:28									#5
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

If I had the chance to buy that game for $15, I certainly would. I had a lot of fun playing it on a friendīs computer. This is an especially good buy because Warlords 3: Darkforce Rising includes everything from the original Warlords 3, so it is like getting two games.

Donīt get Warlords Battlecry, though. That game was fairly bad.

	28-01-2003 09:01									#6
	Get a bigger avatar today!

I'm enjoying the original Warlords 3 at the moment.

	29-01-2003 00:10									#7
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Well I did go and buy it, just haven't had much chance to play it yet. Got to about turn 40 or so in one scenario, and while I've got the most armies & cities, I just lost my only hero to a vampire-lord hero whose stack had a high "Fear" factor . If they make a push on me (he's got THREE heroes, the bastard), I probably won't be able to hold them off. Disadvantage of having the most cities, is not knowing where they'll try to hit you.

	29-01-2003 09:44									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Quick tip: mix and match units so you max out on possible bonuses. That means don't just keep producing heavy infantry (or whatever base unit you have). Make things with bonuses, such as sandworms, dragons, seige engines, etc. You can upgrade towns and build new production facilities.

Quick tip 2: use your heroes to search ruins and complete quests.

	30-01-2003 06:12									#9
	Put an end to popups!

^ Yup, the hero-stack that lost really wasn't bad. Had the hero's Leadership bonus, plus Morale bonuses from a couple units, another unit with Missiles, and another that was +2 against cities I think. But the enemy's Fear proved decisive, it was higher than my Morale and all my units ended up -1 .

And my hero was on a quest when he got killed .