![]() Well now, Kingdoms is a great game but it is deeply, deeply flawed and pacing is probably the greatest of its flaws. So I've heard something about this game being kind of long? A fun thing to note about the Mage Emperor of Darien Garacius who basically united the known world is that he also invented boats I don't think this is mentioned anywhere outside of the manual's backstory which I will try and track down and locate a copy perhaps to read to you guys during one of the longer missions. ![]() Exactly how or why Kingdoms was concieved I have no idea but as Cavedog floundered they gave the Total Annihilation engine to a new team and set them to work in a post-Starcraft world the Kingdoms team decided that unlike its predecessor Kingdoms would require a proper story with actual characters and thus the world of Darien was born.ĭarien is an odd setting as we will see, many of the fantasy staples (Dragons) are present but at the same time many others are missing or appearing in very odd forms but we'll get to that as we play. So what is Kingdoms exactly? Well cast your mind back to the murky past of the late 90's Cavedog are on the way out due to just not making enough money with their flagship Total Annihilation title. ![]() Total Annihilation: Kingdoms, if ever there was a game with wasted potential this is it.
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