Станьте владыкой державы и попробуйте завоевать всю Европу в этой необычной средневековой глобальной стратегии. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign – глубоко проработанная и многогранная игра, которая в то же время достаточно проста и легка в освоении для тех, кто только знакомится с жанром глобальной стратегии. Этот миниатюрный живой мир ждет, когда вы станете его правителем! Внимательно отбирайте приближенных и вершите судьбы своего народа. Что его ждет – богатство? Войны? Интриги? Торговля? Бесславное поражение? Решать только вам! Собирайте войска для защиты своих земель или ведите их на соседей, а если пожелаете – кидайтесь в гущу боя в лучших традициях RTS! Вам открыты все дороги: станьте истинным властителем своего народа.ОсобенностиЛегкая в освоении глобальная стратегия: глубокая и вместе с тем простая и понятная система религии, дипломатии, градостроительства и т.д. Страны на любой вкус: вам на выбор доступны более 200 держав в Европе, Северной Африке и Азии. Игровой процесс в реальном времени: средневековая Европа живет и дышит, не дожидаясь «своего хода». Королевский двор: нанимайте маршалов, клириков, купцов, дипломатов и шпионов, чтобы они претворяли в жизнь вашу волю. Сражения в стиле RTS: управляйте войсками напрямую в реальном времени. Продуманный многопользовательский режим: правьте средневековой Европой вместе с друзьями!КОРОЛЕВСКИЙ ДВОРКоролевский двор в Knights of Honor II: Sovereign – один из самых важных инструментов. От того, каких рыцарей вы в него наберете, зависят ваши возможности как правителя и даже сам стиль игры. Маршалы ведут в бой ваши армии, чтобы захватить земли соседей или защитить свои. Дипломаты способны даже самых закоренелых ваших врагов превратить в друзей. Используйте дипломатов для заключения военных союзов и династических браков; их задача – сделать так, чтобы в трудные времена союзники обязательно пришли к вам на помощь. Купцы не только приносят вам доход, торгуя с другими странами, но также способны импортировать нужные вам товары и отправляться в путешествия в поисках выгодных сделок. Клирики играют важнейшую роль в таких областях, как образование, культура и довольство населения. Шпионы незаменимы, если вы предпочитаете более тонкий подход к вопросу завоевания мира. Они предоставляют массу возможностей: подкуп вражеских рыцарей, разжигание бунтов, развязывание войны между нужными вам странами – чего только не сделаешь для достижения вашей цели!СРАЖАЙТЕСЬ ЗА ВЛАСТЬ НАД СРЕДНЕВЕКОВЫМ МИРОМНачните кампанию за одну из 200+ исторических стран и захватывайте территории более чем 300 провинций. Развивайте экономику и производите товары, одновременно следя за тем, чтобы ваши земли справлялись с обеспечением набранных армий. Нанимайте более 100 типов военных отрядов, от английских лучников и викингов до расчетов осадных машин; собирайте огромные армии, чтобы защищать свои земли и захватывать чужие.ВЕДИТЕ СВОИ АРМИИ В БОЙНикому не доверяете управление армией? Тогда ведите солдат в бой сами! Knights of Honor II: Sovereign позволяет вести сражения и осады в реальном времени (до 4 армий одновременно).СРАЖАЙТЕСЬ С ДРУЗЬЯМИ В СЕТЕВОЙ ИГРЕKnights of Honor II: Sovereign поддерживает сетевые сражения численностью до 6 игроков в различных режимах: покоряйте мир средневековья в совместной игре или сражайтесь друг с другом, как командами, так и в режиме «каждый за себя». Хотите новых ощущений от игры? Нет проблем: выбирайте различные условия победы, такие как «Крестьянский зерг-раш», «Война за товары», «Первая кровь» и др. А если у вас мало времени, можно ограничить длительность матча – по времени или количеству поколений владык.
This expansion extends Field of Glory II back to 681 BC, and allows players to experience the last flowering of chariot warfare in the ancient near-East. It chronicles the decline and fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the rise of the Median and Babylonian Empires, and the conquest of these and the Lydian and Egyptian Kingdoms by the Achaemenid Persians. The Neo-Assyrian Empire, founded in the late 10th century BC, reached its greatest extent at the end of the reign of Esarhaddon (681-669), stretching from Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the East to Cilicia (in southern Turkey) in the north-west, and Lower (northern) Egypt in the south-west. Its last strong king was Ashurbanibal (669-627), though Egypt seceded quietly during his reign. Following his death the situation rapidly deteriorated, with a series of civil wars. In 626 Babylonia rose in revolt. Between 616 and 609 the Assyrian Empire was destroyed by an alliance of Medes and Babylonians. The Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar II then took over most of the former Assyrian Empire, only Egypt remaining independent. The Medes carved out a large empire in the north and east, halted in the west only by the Lydian Kingdom in western Asia Minor. By the mid 6th century BC, the fertile crescent was divided between four powerful states, the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Median Empire and the Kingdoms of Lydia and Egypt. In 553 Cyrus II the Great, King of the small Persian Kingdom of Anshan in the Persian Gulf, revolted against his overlord and grandfather, the Median King Astyages, and took over the Median Empire, which thus became the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He conquered Lydia in 546 and Babylon in 539. Egypt was conquered by his son Cambyses II in 525. This made the Achaemenid Persian Empire the largest the world had yet known, stretching from the Bosporus to western India. Summary of features: · 12 new factions · 32 new units · 21 new army lists · 6 new Epic Battles · 35 new Quick Battles · Expanded Custom Battles module. · Expanded Sandbox Campaign module. · 4 new historically-based campaigns. · Mixed units with front-rank spearmen, back rank archers. FEATURES · 12 new named factions: Assyrians, Babylonians, Cimmerians, Cypriots, Egyptians, Elamites, Hebrews, Kushites, Mannaeans, Medes, Phoenicians, Urartians. · 32 new units: Assyrian-style Heavy Chariots, Assyrian-style Cavalry, Veteran Assyrian-style Cavalry, Assyrian-style Guard Foot, Assyrian-style Heavy Foot, Assyrian-style Medium Foot, Raw Assyrian-style Medium Foot, Hebrew Foot, Gibborim, Hebrew Light Archers, Egyptian-style Heavy Chariots, Egyptian Spearmen, Egyptian Massed Archers, Egyptian Light Archers, Egyptian Light Javelinmen, Egyptian Irregular Foot, Elamite (Light) Chariots, (Near-Eastern) Archers, (Near-Eastern) Massed Archers, Mede Spearmen, Early Cavalry, Unarmoured Horse Archer Cavalry, Phoenician Spearmen, Lydian Hoplites, Sassanid Heavy Foot, (Sassanid) Massed Archers, Praetorian Guard, Praetorian Guard (Late), Greek Peltasts, Thracian Peltasts, Massed Thracian Peltasts, Thracian Spearmen. · 21 new army lists (which expands the total number of army lists to 191). · 6 new Epic Battles: Ulai 653 BC (Assyrians vs Elamites), Nineveh 612 BC (Babylonians and Medes vs Assyrians), Megiddo 609 BC (Judeans vs Egyptians), Carchemish 605 BC (Babylonians vs Egyptians), Pasargadae 550 BC (Persians vs Medes), Opis 539 BC (Persians vs Babylonians) (each playable from either side). · 35 new Quick Battles (each playable from either side). · Expanded Field of Glory II Custom Battles module now includes all 191 army lists from Immortal Fire, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Age of Belisarius and Rise of Persia. (Purchase of the appropriate DLCs is necessary to access them all). · Expanded Field of Glory II Sandbox Campaigns module now includes all 191 army lists from Immortal Fire, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Age of Belisarius and Rise of Persia. (Purchase of the appropriate DLCs is necessary to access them all). · 4 new historically-based campaigns: o Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian Empire) o Fall of Assyria o Nebuchadnezzar II (Neo-Babylonian Empire) o Rise of Persia · Mixed units with front-rank spearmen, back rank archers.
At any moment, by using this game mode, you can access internal hidden game engine variables, you can modify some of these variables and create and delete events. This gameplay mode will also allow you to come back as another character and continue to play if you lose your game. List of variables to explore the ideological alignment between your head-of-state character and your government and your political party your energy level, as perceived by the public the list of themes that you have addressed the political trends of other heads of state the dictatorship level of other states the level of responsibility of belligerent factions involved in conflicts the political leanings and the electoral weight of any character the preferred themes of any character the level of severity of a disaster, disturbance, or terrorist attack the analysis of an economic agreement before its approval detailed electoral results at any time, as if the elections had taken place that very day information on your opponent protest movement popularity levels pertinence level of beginning a protest movement by your party pertinence level of inciting a group to begin a protest movement. if you lose one round, the possibility for continuing the game with the new head of state List of modifiable variables: extraordinary revenues of a state enabling it to dispose of a superior budget your own popularity your health economic and strategic relationships between countries the popularity rate of any character the loyalty of any character in reference to your head-of-state character for any character: their level of experience, charisma, health, positive outlook, and political interest; their moral character, degree of influence, level of protection, and resistance to alcohol rejection or approval of any national bill or UN international resolution proposal the number of military units (for all kinds of arms) the possibility to immediately finalize construction projects the possibility for having immediate success in actions from secret services or agent 001 if you lose one round, the possibility for continuing the game with the new head of state revenue of your legal party or illegal organization the armed forces of your illegal organization the number of rockets and missiles in your legal or illegal army the possibility of finding all the camouflaged rebel camps with your drones the possibility of keeping your camouflaged rebel camps invisible indefinitely the possibility of normalizing your illegal organization. List of events to create, terminate, or delete: scandals concerning any character natural disasters disturbances armed conflicts with the choice of the winner and level of responsibility of the belligerent factions terrorist acts (attacks, hostage taking) conflict with terrorist organizations city battles
Feudalism did not have such a dominant impact in Spain and Italy as it had in North West Europe. Both these lands had unique factors which affected the conduct of warfare. In 1050, more than half of the Iberian peninsula was under the rule of Islamic states, an area known as Andalusia. After the demise of the Umayyad Caliphate in 1031, Andalusia was divided into several small Muslim states, known as the Taifa emirates. The Taifas often fought amongst themselves, leaving them unable to match the larger Christian Kingdom of Castile that was created in 1037 with the absorption of the Kingdom of Leon. This was the true start of the Christian Reconquista that would not be completed until 1492. To help stem the Christian onslaught, in 1086 the Taifa Emir of Seville invited the Murabit Berbers of North Africa to enter Spain. This did not work as planned for the Taifas, for after defeating the Castilians at the Battle of Sagrajas, the Murabits quickly incorporated most of the Taifa emirates into their empire. The Murabit empire was taken over in 1147 by a rival Berber sect, the Almohads. These events were a severe setback for the Spanish Christian kingdoms, but they recovered to win a great victory over the Almohads at Las Navas De Tolosa in 1212, which broke the power of the Muslims in Spain forever. Soon only the emirate of Granada was left, but as a vassal of Castile. Throughout the period there was also frequent fighting between states of the same religion, and Muslim and Christian warriors often had few qualms about serving princes of a different religion. In Northern Italy the big cities had always tried to maintain a degree of independence, and often fought vigorously against the attempts of the Holy Roman Emperor to enforce his authority over them. They grew increasingly wealthy on trade, and by the end of the 11th century their city militias had become the mainstay of Italian armies, eclipsing the role of the feudal knights. In 1176 the northern Italian cities formed the Lombard League, and won a great victory over Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa at the Battle of Legnano. This was a part of the Wars of the Guelfs and Ghibellines. The Papacy and the Empire had initially quarrelled over who had the right to appoint church officials, this was known as the “Investiture Controversy”. The Ghibellines were those who supported the Holy Roman Emperor, while the Guelfs were the party supporting the Pope. Even though the Investiture Controversy was resolved in 1122, the conflict between the Papacy and the Empire, and the Guelfs and Ghibellines, carried on for hundreds of years. In Southern Italy, the Normans rose from humble mercenaries to conquer the whole of southern Italy and establish the great kingdom of Sicily, after conquering the island from the Arabs. After the line of Norman kings ended, when William II died without male heirs, the throne passed to the Imperial German Hohenstaufen dynasty. In 1266, the Pope encouraged Charles of Anjou to attack the Hohenstaufens, and after victory at the battle of Benevento he seized the kingdom for himself. 20 more nations and factions covering Spain, Italy and North Africa from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. These include Andalusians, Almohads, Arabs, Aragonese, Byzantine Catapanate of Italy, Castilians/Leónese, Catalans, Granadines, Hafsids, Italian Guelfs, Italian Ghibellines, Italo-Normans, Lombards, Marinids, Murabits, Navarrese, Papal, Portuguese, the Kingdom of Sicily and Tuaregs. Each of these has their own historically accurate banner. 41 more units, allowing the troops of all of the new factions to be accurately represented. 45 more army lists allowing historically realistic armies for each of the above factions and their allies at different dates during the period, and bringing the total number of Medieval army lists to 103. In addition armies can include contingents from historical allies. This gives more than fifty thousand permutations. You will never run out of new matchups to try. 8 more historical scenarios covering key engagements of the period on an epic scale. These include Monte Maggiore 1041, Civitate 1053, Cabra 1079, Sagrajas 1086, Legnano 1176, Las Navas De Tolosa 1212, Montaperti 1260 and Benevento 1266. 33 more historical matchups added to Quick Battle mode, increasing the total to 98, playable from either side. 4 more historically-based campaigns covering major leaders and conflicts of the era: El Cid, Muhammad II of Granada, Normans in the South and Frederick II Hohenstaufen. Sandbox campaign expanded to include all the new army lists, allowing you to lead any nation (and their historical allies) against any other nation (and their allies) – giving thousands of permutations.
