Being a history lover I have to really respect the developers when they pay attention to realism, such as Crusader Kings 2 with family politics, or Total War: Attila and its mini ice-age and migrations. While I am not the biggest fan of this genre-combination (I prefer more modern settings for strategy games) I still admire and respect the quality and variety of games within this niche market. So there you have our top 10 medieval strategy games for PC. A title so loved by its fans, it got an HD re-release on Steam 10 years after it first came out and on top of that in came with new factions available such as the Spanish and Songhai.Īge of Empires 2 is so beloved by its fans, it has been resurrected more than 10 years later with new content and an HD facelift Start out with a small town centre and a few villagers and expand, cutting down forests, mining stone and gold, and hunting wildlife as you build up defenses and a rudimentary army and advance from age to age until you have a mighty force of well armored knights and siege engines sallying forth from a massive medieval city filled with houses, farms, castles, barracks, and blacksmith's shops.Ĭombat in Age of Empires 2 tends to range from small skirmishes against the enemy to sending your entire army over to eradicate the enemy’s city to the rare big battle between armies sent to eradicate each other’s cities. Age of Empires II is set from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance and includes a multitude of civilizations to choose from ranging from the Mayans to the Vikings to the Byzantines. The second and arguably most popular of the Age of Empires trilogy. Sieges, both defending against and partaking in will be a prominent feature in Mount & Blade 2: Banerlord For example you can both engage in diplomacy forging treaties with other nations in this war ravaged land and modify and strengthen our personal weapons. The game seems to offer a mix between actions effecting just the player and the world around him. In addition, an organic economy is promised as well, with the price of goods fluctuating naturally with supply and demand changing due to events in-game. Build both defenses for your castle and the siege engines to break the enemy’s.
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As of now, the game also comes with free DLC: Lindwurm a mythological creature from German folklore resembling a wingless dragon. This time a major focus of the game is not individual battles between soldiers but taking part in sieges, both defending against them and participating if not leading them as an individual soldier. While far from perfect, it’s one of the best medieval games you can play from the turn-based strategy genre.
The upcoming Mount & Blade 2 : Bannerlord seeks to take the smattering of strategy elements existing in the original game and Warband, like the diplomatic marriages and maintaining your own feudal domain, and bring them to the forefront of the game. A prequel to the cult classic medieval RPG, Mount and Blade and its expansion: Warband.
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