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Help me remember the title of an old RTS game
Jul 11 2009, 10:15 am
By: Hercanic  

Jul 11 2009, 10:15 am Hercanic Post #1

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Sometime in the late 90's, I remember playing the demo for an RTS game on a PC Gamer demo CD. The RTS game was 2D isometric, bright colors. You could play as a couple different human factions, or these giant bipedal creatures. These giants had some kind of special name, and there were a lot of different types, such as a plant-based one that looked like Treants. Scattered across a map were neutral human towns and giant dens. You could take over these towns, trade between towns with caravans, and upgrade the population and defenses of conquored/enslaved towns. The cool thing about playing as the giant creatures was when you took over a human town, you enslaved them.

I wish I could remember some solid keyword to search by, but I'm drawing a complete blank. If this sounds vaguely familiar to anyone, I hope you are able to recall more than I. I've had an itch to play this game again, if I can find it...



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Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Jul 11 2009, 10:34 am by Hercanic.




Jul 11 2009, 12:34 pm Hug A Zergling Post #2



Genewars?

What era was it set in? Was it Sci-fi or modern?

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Jul 11 2009, 12:44 pm by Hug A Zergling.



None.

Jul 11 2009, 2:45 pm Forsaken Archer Post #3



Seven kingdoms?
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What era was it set in?
Sounds mythical.



None.

Jul 11 2009, 3:31 pm Hercanic Post #4

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Oh, yeah, that's kinda important. Fantasy.




Holy crap, IP! You're right! It was Seven Kingdoms II.






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