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Heritage of Kings: The Settlers PC
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Feb 24, 2005
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Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

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  • Summary: Heritage of Kings: The Settlers is a world-building strategy game with fully rendered 3D visuals and unavoidably addictive gameplay. Players can dive into a detailed medieval world offering a unique mix of RTS and simulation gameplay. A fully functioning community can be created, new advancements can be discovered, and enemy forces will be repelled! [Ubisoft]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 29
  3. Negative: 5 out of 29
  1. GamingTrend
    84
    It is almost a management sim, like "Majesty" was...and it is almost a military sim, like "Starcraft" or "Age of Mythology." But it is unique in its design and only suffers from a few design flaws.
  2. Gamer's Hell
    72
    If you felt "Warcraft III" had lost some appeal due to the shift from city building to more direct fighting, then The Settlers - Heritage of Kings is the game for you. It is a tad more oriented to the management side and has a couple more upgrading and research options than the Blizzard title, so you might enjoy the base building and upgrading.
  3. GameSpy
    40
    Think about building up the biggest, most elaborate base you can imagine in an Age of Empires game. Now imagine it takes four times as long as any other RTS game on the market. Then imagine that all this elaborate building leads up to a strategy portion that would have seemed primitive and simple back in 1997 when "Age of Empires" first came out.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 11 out of 21
  1. Darkraider39
    9
    While this game has no real resemblance to current Settlers games or previous ones, If you view the game as its own and not as a part of a series, you will find it to be a fun, if a bit slow, RTS game. Even if you wish to build your city and not be attacked unless you want to be, theres a mission for it. I myself found this game very enjoyable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Peradon
    6
    Not quite as bad as people make out, but not good enough to be considered a decent strategy game. Building up a city on the peaceful no fighting map is quite fun, but to play the game properly the main thing you do is look for resources, not fight battles. Worth getting if all you like doing is building up cities, although there is an irritating lack of walls to build.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JeffL.
    3
    Horrible bugs, no ai, heck it wont even install on my other computer. An unpolished game like this shouldn't have been released.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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