Dawn of Fantasy: Kingdom Wars

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 91 Ratings

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  1. chrpunx
    Dec 8, 2014
    8
    well, what is DoFKingdom Wars? Well, it is the dream of any RTS player, it's what I've been waiting for a long time, this is the first title since AoM that I really wanted to play for more than a month.
    It combines a strategic city building system, which is unique p/ race, a army slot system which allows you to move troops around a "World Map" full of NPC cities to conquer which you can    well, what is DoFKingdom Wars? Well, it is the dream of any RTS player, it's what I've been waiting for a long time, this is the first title since AoM that I really wanted to play for more than a month.
    It combines a strategic city building system, which is unique p/ race, a army slot system which allows you to move troops around a "World Map" full of NPC cities to conquer which you can do alone or in co-op, there is also a PvP system which allows you to attack other player's armies or even their city using a fair match system based on army strenght.
    The community this days are quite helpful, even when there is no mods online you can still get helped by other players.

    But, noting is perfect, there is a large amount of bugs, and even with a ton of content it's still "not enough" as new content is not frequently added and there is just no cool events around and the AllianceClan system has no depth whatsoever, no alliance wars or diplomacy only a chat tab and the ability to send "crowns" to members.

    Even then, its a fun game to play, with some pretty good graphics and sound, and it's free and with the new patchs the game become a lot faster for new players! and no P2W as the micro-transactions are mostly graphical changes.    … Expand
  2. newbie333
    Feb 10, 2014
    0
    WARNING:
    The administration reserves the right to amend and add to these rules. We would also ask you not to challenge or test our tolerance levels. Moderators and administrators reserve the right to modify the official forums and/or chat rooms at any time at their discretion and without prior notice. We also reserve the right to immediately and without warning ban you from chat or the    WARNING:
    The administration reserves the right to amend and add to these rules. We would also ask you not to challenge or test our tolerance levels. Moderators and administrators reserve the right to modify the official forums and/or chat rooms at any time at their discretion and without prior notice. We also reserve the right to immediately and without warning ban you from chat or the game.

    this in their forums and game rules they ban people out of hand for even mentioning bugs in chat
    the developers and moderators use foul language when talking to young players
    the game is infested with bugs that just get ignored
    support is non existent
    in all even if you got this game on sale you were ripped off    … Expand
  3. MrSix
    Jan 26, 2014
    10
    The Devs are passionate, have all kinds of interaction with the players, hold give aways, and are *constantly* improving the game. It's a small dev team putting together an amazing project with an amazing concept and I've watched it grow and flourish. If you want fantasy based RTS gaming with a fun and wonderful community... DoF: KW is your game. It's rough around the edges, make noThe Devs are passionate, have all kinds of interaction with the players, hold give aways, and are *constantly* improving the game. It's a small dev team putting together an amazing project with an amazing concept and I've watched it grow and flourish. If you want fantasy based RTS gaming with a fun and wonderful community... DoF: KW is your game. It's rough around the edges, make no mistake... but you get caught up in the enthusiasm of the developers and their constant efforts to improve, refine, and polish the product.

    10 Stars, would recommend. =)    … Expand
  4. raganog
    Aug 20, 2013
    2
    playing again after a break heard they updated a lot
    game got better no doubt bout that
    but now bully boys who pay rule, mods threaten and abuse power zanelong453 and others often threaten new players in whisper and in pvp crowns are lost to bug daily and troops too a mod actually told my friend he would be banned if he told in chat he had lot all his crowns he got them back fine    playing again after a break heard they updated a lot
    game got better no doubt bout that
    but now bully boys who pay rule, mods threaten and abuse power
    zanelong453 and others often threaten new players in whisper and in pvp
    crowns are lost to bug daily and troops too
    a mod actually told my friend he would be banned if he told in chat he had lot all his crowns
    he got them back fine but no thanks to the mod
    to be fair the game devs are completely different helpful and fast to sort problems
    other than the abusive mods who they seem to turn a blind eye too
    game would rate a 7 but the mods cost it 5 points    … Expand
  5. Mackman
    Jun 22, 2013
    8
    This game is buggy as all hell, poorly optimized, and the graphics feel as though they're only 80% implemented... and this is STILL a really fun, addictive game.

    It's basically Age of Empires 2 meets the Total War series (although don't expect the same amount of graphical polish as, say, Shogun 2, obviously). If you're a perfectionist who needs every game to be perfect... well, you must    This game is buggy as all hell, poorly optimized, and the graphics feel as though they're only 80% implemented... and this is STILL a really fun, addictive game.

    It's basically Age of Empires 2 meets the Total War series (although don't expect the same amount of graphical polish as, say, Shogun 2, obviously). If you're a perfectionist who needs every game to be perfect... well, you must be an unhappy person in general, and you probably won't enjoy this game. But if you can see the game for what it can be, and what it will be (the devs are extremely active), then you're going to love this game.    … Expand
  6. DarthFoot
    May 18, 2013
    10
    Very awesome game, if you dont mind bugs, like fantasy and RTS then this is the game for you, Mods and very friendly community helping you! also they are still doing updates and will do with many more features planned. also has bits of mmo in it and the nature and world is freackin awesome to see and nice music to!
  7. steamvox
    Apr 22, 2013
    6
    game was a joke on release what the hell were they thinking releasing in that state
    massive improvements since then still plenty of bugs and issues but the major 1s gone
    well worth a look now
    no depth or longevity to the game but for the price on steam its worth a few wks play
  8. TheologouGR
    Apr 16, 2013
    9
    Great Game!
    The UI is friendly, if you don't know something just read the damn description.
    There is a Nice and QUICK tutorial that will show you the basics. Game is patched 3 times a week and its great atm, nearly excellent. The only problem with laggy players which match make and lag you as hell in the game (but its the users problem not so much the game's) The game has dated    Great Game!
    The UI is friendly, if you don't know something just read the damn description.
    There is a Nice and QUICK tutorial that will show you the basics.
    Game is patched 3 times a week and its great atm, nearly excellent. The only problem with laggy players which match make and lag you as hell in the game (but its the users problem not so much the game's)
    The game has dated graphics BUT do not underestimate the game... you will just cause problem to your gaming experience. The devs and mods are the most active I've seen. Great customer support and the people who created the game seems to love it and work on it very hard. 9/10 just because the 10/10 goes to the PERFECT game.    … Expand
  9. pizzalover3000
    Apr 13, 2013
    0
    Don't even start. This game is complete trash that some university coder made up in his spare time. Trust me when I say that the game they show and the game that it is are two completely different things. Don't buy at all!!
  10. MFB_SYS
    Apr 10, 2013
    0
    This game is by far the worst game I bought on steam. Mediocre gameplay, graphics completely buggy and outdated, and to make matters worse, the game does not have many customization options and construction looks like a game for browsers.

    Anyway, do not know how the steam allows a garbage like this is placed for sale. I want my money back, that's a shame. Do not buy this game, it's    This game is by far the worst game I bought on steam. Mediocre gameplay, graphics completely buggy and outdated, and to make matters worse, the game does not have many customization options and construction looks like a game for browsers.

    Anyway, do not know how the steam allows a garbage like this is placed for sale. I want my money back, that's a shame.

    Do not buy this game, it's too bad, only people with mental health problems may find it good.    … Expand
  11. Wiebelhaus
    Apr 9, 2013
    8
    I've only scratched the surface yet but this game is simply amazing, very steep learning curve, do the tutorials! But once you learn the software it's very rewarding, there's something for everyone if you're a crafter you can spend hours doing only resource management and Kingdom building or if your into hardcore PVP this take it to huge scales, this could easily be a big name A+ titleI've only scratched the surface yet but this game is simply amazing, very steep learning curve, do the tutorials! But once you learn the software it's very rewarding, there's something for everyone if you're a crafter you can spend hours doing only resource management and Kingdom building or if your into hardcore PVP this take it to huge scales, this could easily be a big name A+ title with some rough edges cleaned up but that's the best thing of all it's 100% indie and the people involved are nice and helpful, the community has a real grassroots feel to it. highly recommended. Check out the bossman’s stream to see what end game looks like here: http://www.twitch.tv/hi1zone… Expand
  12. KRob4
    Apr 9, 2013
    9
    The community seems to be very inclusive, and Reverie is responding to nearly all player/user issues. Which is great news. The gameplay is incredibly addictive. I love the live challenge aspect online. The graphics are ho-hum but I don't care as long as the game play is fun. Surprisingly deep, I can only imagine this game becoming greater and more robust. Also, keep in mind that theThe community seems to be very inclusive, and Reverie is responding to nearly all player/user issues. Which is great news. The gameplay is incredibly addictive. I love the live challenge aspect online. The graphics are ho-hum but I don't care as long as the game play is fun. Surprisingly deep, I can only imagine this game becoming greater and more robust. Also, keep in mind that the price is under $20. Not $60.… Expand
  13. BaronVonBoom
    Apr 9, 2013
    0
    Where to start?
    Great idea, well presented in text but nowhere near whats advertised as the actual product.
    No castle building! 1 click and it auto builds, yawn... MMO? really, i dont consider having people just in the chat window or having to search for battles via a matchmaking system as an MMO so yet another lie. Persistant world? yes for you but each person has their own persistant    Where to start?
    Great idea, well presented in text but nowhere near whats advertised as the actual product.
    No castle building! 1 click and it auto builds, yawn...
    MMO? really, i dont consider having people just in the chat window or having to search for battles via a matchmaking system as an MMO so yet another lie.
    Persistant world? yes for you but each person has their own persistant world and you dont actually share one.
    I havent even scratched the surface of the falsehoods in this game or started on the bugs which there are plenty.
    Apparently since the original release some 4 years ago the devs have released over 50 patches something which i would seriously call into question considering they still havent fixed the coding problem between resources & village population? Yes thats right, you want to add some wood via the market!! Oh no you cant as your village pop is maxed, thats right not your storage your pop.. i mean come on, 4 years an that glaring error is still there?
    Also the mods in game help with the obvious q&a's but when faced with a question about probs like that, they just ignore you, no advice on ask support or anything just ignored.
    Add to that a dev/mod by the name of konstantin stated in chat 'that he cant believe how stupid people are buying crowns when they dont know how to use them' Great stuff!!!
    I could carry on and actually write something worthwhile about this game but i cannot waste any more time on them.
    They orginally stickied the topic of 'new metacritic review' on the steam forums but that has now been taken down due to bad reviews..
    Keep hiding fellas an taking the cash...    … Expand
  14. LoneWolfBlue
    Apr 9, 2013
    10
    This game has all the great features that other kingdom building games offer only more and better! Its awesome to sit back and see how your city is progressing as you upgrade and there is always something to keep you occupied. From managing your economy to pump out more units or upgrade your walls and buildings, roaming around the map to level up troops and gather loot, co-op and pvp.This game has all the great features that other kingdom building games offer only more and better! Its awesome to sit back and see how your city is progressing as you upgrade and there is always something to keep you occupied. From managing your economy to pump out more units or upgrade your walls and buildings, roaming around the map to level up troops and gather loot, co-op and pvp.

    I've put at least 20+ hours into the game now and haven't had any problems with bugs myself. People seem very helpful in chat for people who do.    … Expand
  15. Wirly
    Apr 9, 2013
    7
    It's a great concept, and should have many great improvements in the future, but as it stands, it's a very buggy, not finished game. Many crashes occur, causing rollbacks of your progress. The graphics are very dated to be selling this game for $20, not to mention the very buggy AI path, and unfriendly interface.

    The main thing that bugs me, is the fact that this game IS a pay to win.    It's a great concept, and should have many great improvements in the future, but as it stands, it's a very buggy, not finished game. Many crashes occur, causing rollbacks of your progress. The graphics are very dated to be selling this game for $20, not to mention the very buggy AI path, and unfriendly interface.

    The main thing that bugs me, is the fact that this game IS a pay to win. An in-game market allows people to spend their crowns (Earned from achivs. or PvP) but, you can also pay an additional $5-10 on your already $20 game. So, going against players who have bought crowns, and spammed the special units you can buy there, is next to impossible. Plus, to advance, and upgrade you city, you need to spend additional crowns. Overall, I'm not impressed.    … Expand
  16. ravern1000
    Apr 9, 2013
    0
    slow slow slow ,its about adding crowns so you can do stuff ,if you where to mine or trade then this will take forever and ever and ever ,but there is another way ,yep you guessed it... pay for them there CROWNS
  17. McRanger
    Apr 7, 2013
    3
    Incredible potential, but lacks terribly in fine-tuning. Occasionally, I truly enjoyed the game. Here are a few important things to point out:

    1) There is NO WAY that all of these positive reviews are legitimate. The day of release, there were 20 total reviews and every one of them was a nine or ten, with an average of 9.3. Of the 21 positive reviews, 16 of the reviewers had only this    Incredible potential, but lacks terribly in fine-tuning. Occasionally, I truly enjoyed the game. Here are a few important things to point out:

    1) There is NO WAY that all of these positive reviews are legitimate. The day of release, there were 20 total reviews and every one of them was a nine or ten, with an average of 9.3. Of the 21 positive reviews, 16 of the reviewers had only this game as their sole review. One of the 21 is a moderator for the game and the associated forums (Zvonzi). This is suspicious. It's just not that great a game. I would point out the incredibly poor grammar that is utilized in many of them (including oddly capitalized nouns or inaccurate use of synonyms), as this may be indicative of the suspicious behavior.

    2) There is no depth to the game. You can fully upgrade your castle within 3 hours if you have the $30 to spend on the influence tokens. The quests themselves are unexciting and repetitive and the story couldn't possibly be more linear...if you can bring yourself to bother reading the story after the first 10 times of reading the same paragraph in a "new" dialogue.

    3) Bugs...I know it is an indie title, but it is my understanding that the beta has been running for quite some time. My computer (a rather nice one) doesn't seem to like this game. I know this because there have been several hour-long battles that I won (or was near to winning) when the game stopped responding and I had to do it over, but with my army at the weakened state it had at the end of the battle. Then there are the log-in issues, wherein you cannot log into the game for about an hour at a time, though there is no official word about patching. And lost resources...I'm ashamed to admit that I paid for influence tokens with real money. But don't worry, I lost 80 of them, so justice (and the developer's cash cow) was served.

    4) The PvP aspect of the game is atrocious. If you managed to get through one of the main quest stories, inevitably you will be attacked by someone on your way back to your castle or to a town while trying to heal your army. And then, you're slaughtered or you pay off the opposing army, as you're too weak to defend yourself. I have found that it is actually MORE difficult to defend against an army while in your castle than it is to do so on open terrain, which leads me to my last point of contention...

    5) Controls: While attacking or defending, god [sic] forbid I try to mount a wall or tower. My army should just run around in clown suits and spread confetti for all the good they do. Sometimes, my archers don't even fire and just stand there while being trounced, but they'll never actually mount a tower. And, when your army is getting its butt kicked and you're trying to retreat, it is nearly inevitable that the rear-most unit will continually turn around to engage the same enemy that was just kicking its butt, due to terrible AI programming.

    Alas, this game has incredible potential but is terrible. I will say, there is a peculiar sense of reward and ownership when you see your castle/city, derived from a crappy little hovel. Even that is tempered by the fact that it could be done within a week without purchasing any credits. I would love to see this in the hands of someone responsible for quality programming and not into this for the money alone.    … Expand
  18. gamegeezer
    Apr 7, 2013
    9
    Purchased the game off of steam and been playing all weekend. Really enjoyable game, would have gotten a 10 if I have not run into periods when the Server has not been available.
  19. Vicious666
    Apr 7, 2013
    9
    Very good game need to be polished a bit, and to add more pvp content but the concept the ideas are for sure something fresh in the rts world, and the mmorts side of the game is the one that deliver the most hype for the future 9/10
  20. Wilhell
    Apr 6, 2013
    9
    I have followed this game since beta. The game has real medieval castle and field based rts action. PVP and PVE options with co-op pve. The persistent world aspect of the game adds a nice twist.

    From release it has been constantly improved by the dev team. All around a great game.
  21. Chaddy114
    Apr 6, 2013
    3
    I understand it being beta but paying out £11 for this stage of a game is really disappointing. I expected more to keep the players interested. The PVP rating system is stupid. You spend time building your army to go complete your single player quests in which you meet another player who attacks you with 1 Lord who takes out your whole army.

    So so depressing wasting all that time and    I understand it being beta but paying out £11 for this stage of a game is really disappointing. I expected more to keep the players interested. The PVP rating system is stupid. You spend time building your army to go complete your single player quests in which you meet another player who attacks you with 1 Lord who takes out your whole army.

    So so depressing wasting all that time and the money on a game like this. I wish I stuck with Stronghold Kingdoms and spent the money I did on this game their. As I've read in another review there seems to be too many positive reviews for this game. I appreciate other peoples views but please look more into the game before you purchase. I rather you save your money for another early access game and save some disappointment.

    Good idea, but as usual games been rushed for public purchase which leaves it unplayable. Wasted too many hours on it just to be disappointed.    … Expand
  22. Hi11Zone
    Apr 6, 2013
    8
    In the end, The game is very addicting, I have 4 cities, and massive armies, sure theirs many issues and bugs and sometimes horrible path finding, and pvp doesn’t always work, yes there has been major crashes but only because the game has grown so fast, there was none of these issues before, but the community and gameplay is just so rewarding I can't stop.So glad I’m done with this review,In the end, The game is very addicting, I have 4 cities, and massive armies, sure theirs many issues and bugs and sometimes horrible path finding, and pvp doesn’t always work, yes there has been major crashes but only because the game has grown so fast, there was none of these issues before, but the community and gameplay is just so rewarding I can't stop.So glad I’m done with this review, Already 70hrs in and all I want is more! The Review easily could have been pages and pages with everything the game has to offer.… Expand
  23. PTNetworx
    Apr 6, 2013
    4
    We have just started playing the game to write a review about it, It's sad to say, But were not entirely sure if it it was caused by the latest update but we were not able to login after many attempts and needed to restart the game to login, Once logged in we created a City and we were not able to connect to the City after multiple attempts, We then restarted again and weren't able toWe have just started playing the game to write a review about it, It's sad to say, But were not entirely sure if it it was caused by the latest update but we were not able to login after many attempts and needed to restart the game to login, Once logged in we created a City and we were not able to connect to the City after multiple attempts, We then restarted again and weren't able to login again. Each restart has either 1 of the issues. Not being able to login or not being able to join the city. I hope this gets fixed before we submit our review. We will wait until the next update.
    - P.T Networx & ClockSpeedGamers    … Expand
  24. nix00n
    Apr 6, 2013
    10
    This is a really fun game to play i have spent hours playing so far. not planning on stopping anytime soon
    i love the pvp part love battles. this game is just pure awsomme really good job to the devs
    good things. the way the town gets build the questing system the pvp/pve batlles the looting/raiding is just pure epic bad things it has some bugs but they will be fixed i hope    This is a really fun game to play i have spent hours playing so far. not planning on stopping anytime soon
    i love the pvp part love battles. this game is just pure awsomme really good job to the devs

    good things.
    the way the town gets build
    the questing system
    the pvp/pve batlles
    the looting/raiding is just pure epic

    bad things
    it has some bugs but they will be fixed i hope
    the little delay betwen clicking and action
    the unit cap is only 90
    and dragons sucks not worth it

    all in all really awsomme game worth the money and support the devs    … Expand
  25. xevioz
    Apr 6, 2013
    9
    the gameplay is entertaining and make your forget time, the graphics are not the best but graphics does not mean that much to me if the gameplay makes up for it, and this game sure does! its worth buying! and playing with your friends just makes the game so much better!
  26. Jordine
    Apr 6, 2013
    9
    The game has alot of potential but beware, don't expect a finished game experience. There are alot of small annoyances especially in unit control. But the main question for me: am i having fun? Yes! Even in this unfinished state i'm having alot of fun and the game feels refreshing, you just need some PATIENCE and know what to expect. Most of all the mods are doing a great job of helpingThe game has alot of potential but beware, don't expect a finished game experience. There are alot of small annoyances especially in unit control. But the main question for me: am i having fun? Yes! Even in this unfinished state i'm having alot of fun and the game feels refreshing, you just need some PATIENCE and know what to expect. Most of all the mods are doing a great job of helping you ingame so there is no need to panic when something is wrong. Be sure to try it out, the low game price makes it worth!… Expand
  27. Brok3n
    Apr 5, 2013
    4
    Niche titles like these always have their small but dedicated fan base, and I'm happy that the developer can claim one here. The problem is that when a title "clicks" with a certain personality the player can over-look all kinds of faults, no matter how many or significant. If you're seriously considering buying this title, don't consider if the game is simply good or bad but rather if youNiche titles like these always have their small but dedicated fan base, and I'm happy that the developer can claim one here. The problem is that when a title "clicks" with a certain personality the player can over-look all kinds of faults, no matter how many or significant. If you're seriously considering buying this title, don't consider if the game is simply good or bad but rather if you could count yourself among the limited yet like-minded fans. If you find that you can't answer that question of yourself with a moderate level of confidence... then skip this title. If Dawn of Fantasy proves one thing, it's that what's good for the goose is not whats good for the gander.… Expand
  28. exveer
    Apr 5, 2013
    1
    The game concept is really cool and the idea of an MMORTS is intriguing... however the servers are unstable at best and, after playing for about four hours, the game crashes after approximately 10 minutes of online play. Further, the unit management is difficult to get a hang of (as someone who has a background of approximately a dozen RTS's) and the controls are relatively imprecise. AllThe game concept is really cool and the idea of an MMORTS is intriguing... however the servers are unstable at best and, after playing for about four hours, the game crashes after approximately 10 minutes of online play. Further, the unit management is difficult to get a hang of (as someone who has a background of approximately a dozen RTS's) and the controls are relatively imprecise. All in all, I'm really glad the game exists as a way to prove the concept is good, but I'm not positive Reverie is the right company to do it. … Expand
  29. Jirihood
    Apr 5, 2013
    9
    That game is a nice review of how the good RTS game should look like. Sometimes it´s little buggy, but I play this game since Thursday, and they have already released two patches. Good job
  30. Noobcakes
    Apr 5, 2013
    0
    Changed my mind after a few days it's clear the game is buggy and has many problems, back to shogun 2 for now.

    Chat MODS ignoring new players questions and bragging about their armys and advertising twitch tv channel made me question why i was playing this to.

    Disconnects leading to rollbacks are common, and losing a dragon due to a disconnect is very frustrating.
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