After the Colossal Disappointment that are Modern RTS "remasters"
i've decided to shed light upon a game that's only known to the nichest of RTS fans

a game that combines Chinese and Japanese Aesthetics, soundtrack and unique factions

a game called Battle Realms

made by the same studio who gave us Lord of the Rings War of the Ring (which was one of the BEST Lord of the rings RTS games ever made)

but There is something special about battle realms, it's tries to be realistic

units use stamina for sprinting and attacking, when they're injured they can't fight at full strength (can't sprint, can't block attacks)

and we have 6 types of damage which means sending a bunch of spearman would counter-swordsman but would do very poorly against buildings or Kabuki warriors (Magic attack)

the economy is based off rice and water

peasants collect rice & water to build shit and to train units

you can train basic units (archer, spearman, chemist) into 2 tier units (Kabuki warrior, Dragon Warrior, Cannoneer) and into Tier 3 units such as Samurai

by getting them to re-train at different buildings (such as training a peasant at a dojo, and then training a spear warrior into a dragon warrior by sending him to the archery range)

sounds complicated at first but it's a really simple system, even a [sand] nigger could handle it
lets talk mechanics

Stamina:

units regenerate stamina rather quickly but spend as fast as they regenerate it

everything from attacking to sprinting to using special abilities costs stamina

Health: similar with stamina it regenerates when a unit is not taking action, kinda slowly but if you send a unit to rest at a river he will regenerate faster

Ying & Yang: by performing actions such as killing enemies and building troops, you generate karma

depending on your faction allegiance (good or evil) you will get a different form of karma

the karma you gain can be used to upgrade units, use battle-changing abilities, or if you play on the dragon side

summon a mini Nuke to decimate your enemies (you'll have to sacrifice 3 karma points and 4 samurais for this, very costly and extremely situational)
and of course to summon "heroes" which are not like your typical warcraft 3 heroes

they don't level and if you let 1 hero vs 5 2nd tier units he will lose

instead heroes act as a strong unit that can give a boost to your troops or debuff the enemy some heroes specialize in destroying buildings and so forth

Horses: Horses are a unique resource that's once depleted it stays dead for good

you can get your peasants to tame horses and then get them into a stable

since horses have their own HP and stamina that means you can use horses gallop to get into locations faster than sprinting and without the downsides of sprinting (cause stamina) putting heroes on Horses would make the most sense

that's for the basics

now lets talk about what most players care about, the campaign

The Campaign of Battle Realms allows you either to play as honorable Dragon Warrior
or as a Degenerate, Brutal, Merciless Serpent warrior

you get a choice at the beginning of the game and once you decide you get the respective campaign (kill peasants=serpent path, kill bandits=Dragon path)

The two factions have entirely different units and different attitudes

since we're all Aryans who fight for Blood & Honor i'ed say go dragon

Now the campaign offers a lot of replayability by letting you choose who you wanna tackle (Lotus or Wolf clan) early on

and thus lets you decide if you wanna genocide scots or asian jews

speaking of scots and asian jews

there is also an expansion campaign called "Winter of the Wolf"

i won't spoil the plot but i highly recommend playing it first (it's a prequal to the main storyline)

Now the game is available on both GOG and Steam, and also on the various freedom bays so knock yourself out on this 2001 classic

the multiplayer for the GOG version (also piratable) seems to work with gameranger and people still play it to this vary day (saw two lobbies right now on GR)

if people will give a shit about this game i could write down a strategy guide (though there are many scattered all around the web)

since i used to play it religiously back in the good days, alas RTS is fucking dead thanks to jews and coonsole gaymers

This review was accomplished thanks to Jasmine Green tea and copious amounts of Moonman Autism

remember to stay fit and stay clear of soy, hops and street monkeys