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Knights of Honor pc Game Reviews
Knights of Honor
Critic Score
Metascore: 77 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.7 out of 10
based on 26 reviews
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For the first time Knights of Honor will bring you the excitement of a true Empire Conquering Simulation in Real-Time. A unique Knights-management system will offer you brand new possibilities to enhance your personal strategy. Never lose sight of your goal - to rule all of Europe.

PUBLISHER: Sunflowers Interactive
DEVELOPER: Black Sea Studios
GENRE(S): Real-Time Strategy
PLAYERS: 6
ESRB RATING: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2005

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

95
Warcry
An absolute must for RTS players.
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86
PC Format
Strategically sound, with great replay value, but weak multiplayer. [Dec 2004, p.93]
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85
eToychest
The depth of the game encourages players to try all kinds of different playing styles. Perhaps the biggest disappointment is that once you’ve beaten the game, you’ve pretty much seen everything there is to see, and the only incentive to go back would be besting a high score or attempting a higher difficulty.
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84
netjak
The gameplay is simple enough for casual gamers to like and filled with enough options for more serious strategy gamers to enjoy.
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84
Gaming Nexus
It’s a lot of fun, and I found myself falling victim to the “just one more minute” tendency frighteningly often.
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83
PC Gamer
It may not look like much with its dated 2D graphics, but beneath the surface is one of the richest empire-builders around. [July 2005, p.85]
81
Gamer's Hell
It may not be as pretty and as rich sounding as Rome: Total War, but if you want one very extensive game with lots and lots of replay value then give Knights of Honor a try. It doesn’t redefine the genre, but I firmly believe that strategy connoisseurs will enjoy it.
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80
GameSpy
Multiplayer options notwithstanding, Knights of Honor is a triumph of play balance, attention to detail, and a wealth of elements coming together to present a challenging and authentic-feeling simulation of medieval politics.
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80
Adrenaline Vault
A strategic tour de force. The graphics fit the theme and setting, the gameplay is deep, challenging and rewarding, and there’s enough variation between warfare, economics, and diplomacy to suit most players’ personal styles. The replay potential is mammoth.
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80
Game Over Online
If only the battle portion were better and the management section more accommodating of large empires, Knights of Honor would give the "Total War" folks a serious run for their money.
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80
Game Chronicles
With the wealth of nations and three different time periods, you should have oodles to do just with that- month’s worth in fact.
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80
PC Gameworld
Loads of replay value and gameplay that will appeal perhaps a little more to strategy buffs than to casual gamers.
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80
GameSpot
This is an incredibly deep medieval kingdom simulation, and it's the closest to actually being able to put you in the ruling seat of a feudal land.
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80
Computer Gaming World
An epic strategy game for conquerors who want more than just the standard RTS. [Aug 2005, p.86]
79
Worth Playing
With a vibrant historical backdrop, involving gameplay, powerful diplomacy and interesting strategy, Knights of Honor will have a home on my hard drive for months to come.
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78
GameZone
Though the complete control might be a little much for most gamers, the ones that learn the game will enjoy it very much. Creating a dynasty, signing peace treaties, and declaring wars really makes you feel like you’re in control.
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77
IGN
By mixing the real-time empire management of games like "Europa Universalis" with a tactical battle system that seems drawn from Impression's city-building games, Knights of Honor tries to offer a wide variety of experiences. Sadly this breadth causes the game to lose some of its focus.
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77
FiringSquad
There is an abundance of strategic options, so there is depth in that way, but not all of them work as well as they should.
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76
Armchair Empire
It has a few areas where the whole package could be tightened up, but the strategy is deep, delicious and crispy like bacon, which is what you want in a strategy sandwi-- I mean, game.
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70
GameShark
The only real downside to Knights of Honor is that the tech is totally lackluster. The graphics are adequate and certainly not the massive three dimensional scale of the Total Annihilation series.
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70
Computer Games Magazine
A good, if slow, game. [July 2005, p.62]
70
GamerFeed
An insanely deep RTS game that requires a little more brain power to complete than some of its competitors. With that being said, prepare to be yanked in a billion different ways as there are all sorts of problems that need attending to, but then again, who said that ruling all of Europe would be easy?
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66
Computer and Video Games
In all, KOH is a studious and elegant RTS that benefits from a smooth interface and a balanced system of game mechanics. But sadly there's only one way to play the game: slowly. It's really quite a sedate experience, in fact too sedate, and after a few plays, only the committed will want to stay with it.
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65
1UP
Knights of Honor is never slow and offers plenty of things to occupy your time in each game, but none of it is particularly deep or challenging. Once you've mastered the basic mechanisms of the game, it's just a matter of time before Europe is yours.
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58
Gaming Age
Overall, if you can get passed the stale visuals and ho-hum same old, same old feeling, and you just love storming the castles, then by all means pick this one up.
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56
My Gamer
Variety of play and replay value is not enough to make us overlook the aspects that are problematic, like the difficulties in locating and defending some of your cities.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 9.7 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jonathan T gave it a10:
Amazing how they can make a game with such low quality graphics into the most addicitve game ever made. Warning: Stay AWAY from this game if you have an addictive personality, you would play this nonstop. The other thing I will say is that the music is brilliant.

Eric G. gave it an8:
A pretty good RTS. The controls are a little strange at times, and the graphics are kinda small. But, it's still a good game.

Anwar A. gave it a10:
Coze tats the game in want after ROME TOTAL WAR.....my fav empire the Roman....Abbsids n Al-andusla(spain) is in the game :) from 1000 to 1500 gr8 medivial history...am history lover :D.

Gabriel B. gave it a10:
Great new type of game, makes a change after age of empire sorts of game, a really really really worth exploring game.

H. gaaert gave it a10:
This game is one of the best i ever have played. While the graphics arent that well, the gameplay is very broad. and the gameplay of rome totalwar is nothing compared to this.

Arseniy F. gave it a 10:
Holy crap i have bin playing the demo fro 3 days now, and I live in the states and its only out in the Uk, but dont worry i ordered it , expensive as hell, but worth evrey penny.

Samer K. gave it a 10:
If you like the Civ games you'll like this one. I've been playing it nonstop for 3 days now.

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