If I told you that last summer I chose to spend more than 80 per cent of my spare time locked in a darkened room playing a turn-based strategy game, you'd probably think I was certifiable. Despite the sunny weather, the abundance of top London totty, and countless party invites, this sad, humble reviewer found himself gripped by a gaming addiction so powerful that it almost caused him to lose his mind. The drug: Warlords III: Reign Of Heroes.On the surface it seemed rather unassuming (especially by Quake 2 standards, the benchmark to end all benchmarks at that time), with its shitty, spoddy graphics and cliched scenarios - not to mention orcs and goblins (gleurk!) and turn-based gameplay - but once consumed and digested it proved nothing short of blindingly addictive. For me - as I'm sure was the same for all other Warlords 3 addicts at the time -hours turned to days, turned to weeks, turned to months.
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I could forget daylight. So it was with trepidation that I approached this all-new/all-improved Warlords 3 title in fear of a repeat of past excesses. Gaylords RisingFor those who don't know: the original Warlords III came oul about a year ago through Red Orb. It featured one excellent campaign (Bane Wars), 12 one-off scenarios, a random map generator and loads of multiplayer features. It scored a straight 90 per cent and surprised us all.Darklords Rising, although a standalone game in its own right, is an update that incorporates all the above features plus a whole load more. Four new campaigns have been implemented: Drak-Dum - a dwarven assault on an underground fortress; Thalassia -civil war in the grasslands of Thalassia; The Horn of Kor - orcs fighting for the return of a stolen artefact; and, most interestingly, Bane's Revenge - a subtle twist of roles which sees you on the side of evil, fighting against the scourge of good.
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All are well put together, and extremely challenging to boot.Fifteen new standalone scenarios have also been included, on top of the original 23 from Reign Of Heroes, some of which are bloody weird and very hard to crack.