Kohan II: Kings of War (Windows)

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Description

As in many stories, good triumphs over evil and gets over-confident... forgetting all about the evil. It is at that point that evil rebounds to try and seize control once again. That is exactly what happens in Kohan II. Strange creatures are moving across the land, civil war has broken the Kohan people apart, and wars are happening more and more frequently.

Offering you five factions and six races to play, this sequel in the Kohan series offers you a variety of things to do. The game offers five different environments to play in and 32 missions for single-player gaming.

Unlike many RTS games, KoW does not require you to have many worker drones to gather your resources. Simply build mines and that is it. Use your resources to build armies rather than workers.

Another feature in the game that makes it different from other RTS games on the market is that you cannot build individual units (with the exception of siege units). Instead, you build groups of units, led by either a hero or a captain. The groups can have up to 9 units in them if you have the ability to build the support units needed to reach 9.

A final unique feature is that as long as you can retreat your group back within your Zone of Control before all units in it are dead, the units will regenerate HP and resurrect fallen units. You will only have to recruit a replacement group if you let your group die off completely.

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Alternate Titles

• "可汗2：战争之王" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "Кохан 2: Короли Войны" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Kohan series
• Middleware: Gamebryo/Lightspeed/NetImmerse
• Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System

User Reviews

One of the better games of the genre, though perhaps oversimplified in certain aspects	Cavalary (11224)
A welcome change of pace for strategy fans	harmonia (259)

Critic Reviews

GameSpot	Sep 21, 2004	8.5 out of 10	85
Fragland.net	Oct 28, 2004	83 out of 100	83
Gamesmania.de	Oct 13, 2004	82 out of 100	82
Gameplay (Benelux)	Sep 30, 2004	82 out of 100	82
Old PC Gaming	Apr 02, 2018		80
Game Captain	Oct 31, 2004	80 out of 100	80
games xtreme	Nov 11, 2004	7.5 out of 10	75
JeuxVideoPC.com	May 23, 2006	14 out of 20	70
GameStar (Germany)	Oct, 2004	65 out of 100	65
Jeuxvideo.com	Sep 28, 2004	12 out of 20	60

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Trivia

Awards

• Computer Games Magazine
  • March 2005 - #8 Game of 2004
• GameSpy
  • 2004 – Most Underrated Game of the Year (PC)

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