In campaign mode, the player must complete a series of missions, the goal of many of which is to defeat the computer controlled opponent or opponents by destroying their settlement. In single-player mode, the player can play either campaign missions or individual non-campaign games. The game can be played in one of two modes single-player or multiplayer. To achieve this end, the player must engage in some basic economic micromanagement, such as gathering resources, constructing buildings, and researching new technologies, abilities, weapons, ships, and war machines.
Critics were especially unimpressed with the AI, pathfinding, lack of combat tactics, and LAN-only multiplayer.įate of Hellas is a real-time strategy game, controlled via a point and click interface, in which the primary goal on most maps is to build a strong enough army to defeat the opponent or opponents by destroying their settlement, or, on occasion, killing a specific unit in their army. Although the graphics were lauded by some critics, the game was seen as generic and was felt to be too similar to its predecessor. The campaigns feature fictional depictions of historical figures such as Agesilaus II, Cleombrotus I, Darius II, Alexander the Great, Darius III, Parmenion, Khabbabash, and Taxiles, and depict such events as the Battle of Nemea, the Battle of Coronea, the Battle of Chaeronea, the Siege of Miletus, the Battle of Issus, and the Battle of the Hydaspes.įate of Hellas received mainly negative reviews. The second depicts the wars of Alexander the Great (336-326), looking at his conquests in Persia, Egypt, and India.
The first tells the story of the last days of Spartan military dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean (396-394 BC), as the Greek city-state attempts to establish Spartan hegemony throughout the Peloponnese. Two more World Forge games using this engine and gameplay style would follow - The Golden Horde and Age of Alexander. A spiritual successor to Ancient Wars: Sparta (it is often referred to as a "standalone expansion", but it is, in fact, a different game ), Fate of Hellas uses the same game engine as the previous title - the Ancient Wars Engine (AWE) - and features identical gameplay. Developed by World Forge, it was published in Russia by Russobit-M in December 2007, in Europe by JoWooD in March 2008, and in North America by DreamCatcher Interactive in May 2008. The characer Mullah is also shown to wear clothes with verses of Quran printed on them while the scripture actually prohibits to write such verses or the names of Allah on any clothing.Fate of Hellas ( Russian: Судьба Эллады) (released as Great War Nations: The Spartans in North America and Sparta II: Alexander the Great in some territories) is a real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows. They are shown to be praying during the prayer call while in reality, the call precedes the prayer. The culture of the Muslim soldiers is also shown in not the most accurate fashion. The Christian soldiers of the 12th century are mostly seen wearing the Roman cross (the modern crucifix symbol) while in fact, this is supposed to be the Maltese cross (a symbol made of four arrowheads). RELATED: Ridley Scott’s 10 Best Movies, According To IMDb At the same time, it is not surprising to find some inaccurate depictions of the Crusades and its soldiers.
Despite Kingdom of Heaven garnering negative reviews, a Director's Cut of the movie redeemed its reputation for some viewers. A blacksmith called Balian finds himself in the middle of the Crusades when he visits Jersulem and becomes the city's protector.