

Although the graphics are somewhat basic, they certainly serve their purpose well enough and do not detract from the game's appeal. The combat too feels authentic, with a great range of troops and siege weapons available and which is suitably challenging and exciting. The level of detail on display here is impressive but rarely daunting thanks to a fluid and well-designed interface which uses graphs and charts to allow players to keep track of what is going on. Mixing complex decision making with exciting real-time combat, Lords of the Realm takes would-be Kings on an epic journey from small-scale lord dealing with local issues like taxation, farming, bandits etc to higher levels of power where politics, influence in the court and full-on sieges are the order of the day. It is a turn-based strategy game that takes place in a tumultuous period of history where players fight for the right to be crowned King of England. Will you use corruption and intrigue to secure your position amongst the aristocracy, or use the power in your hands to protect those weaker than you? Will you stand for the old ways? Or blaze a trail to an uncertain future.There is something about the medieval period that makes it immensely appealing to both strategy developers and gamers alike, and while Lords of the Realm doesn't really offer anything new in the genre, it is a superb example of what can be achieved. "Lords of Infinity" is an immense 1.6-million-word interactive novel by Paul Wang, author of "Sabres of Infinity," "Guns of Infinity," "Mecha Ace," and "The Hero of Kendrickstone." It's entirely text-based-without graphics or sound effects-and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. The choice is yours in the long-awaited sequel to 2016’s Guns of Infinity. Seek your fortune as a politician, industrialist, rabble-rouser, or conspirator to bring wealth and power to your family – or to save the realm from itself. Take your place at the head of a noble house in a kingdom on the verge of ruin.
