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2000 · Real-time strategy · Role-playing

Warlords Battlecry

Warlords Battlecry, released in 2000 by Strategic Studies Group and published by SSI, is a real-time strategy game that combines resource management, tactical combat, and role-playing elements set in a fantasy world.

Released: 9 July 2000
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Real-time strategy Role-playing Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: The Learning Company Strategic Simulations Suntendy Interactive Multimedia Co.,Ltd.
Series: Warlords Battlecry
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Fantasy
Country: Australia
Age ratings: CLASS_IND 12 USK 12 ESRB T
Languages: English

About

Warlords Battlecry, sometimes mislabeled as Warlords 3: Battlecry, is a real-time strategy video game released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. It was the first of new series of RTS games set in Steve Fawkner's Warlords franchise.

Keywords

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Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game introduced a hero-building system, combining real time strategy elements with roleplaying elements (hero development, stats and skills). This makes the series the first to be called "roleplaying strategy", a term coined by its creator, Steve Fawkner. There are nine races organized in sets of three:

The Civilized races: Human, Dwarf and Undead

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Jim Preston of NextGen said of the game, "Players who look underneath the ordinary surface will find a highly entertaining mix of strategy and role-playing."

The game was commercially unsuccessful in the U.S., and journalists Mark Asher and Tom Chick noted that it "didn't even hit PC Data's charts". Writing for CNET Gamecenter, Asher reported in September 2000 that the game's sales in the U.S. had reached 8,608 units, which drew revenues of $332,662.