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Set in the world of Mindcraft's The Magic Candle,[2]Siege is a castle-combat war game in which the player controls either the hordes of darkness (including orcs, trolls, domugs, and tekhirs) or the warriors of good (humans, dwarves, and elves), in a campaign in Western Gurtex that involves either attacking or defending one of its four castles. The player manages elite troops, berserkers, sergeants, and engineers, as well as assault and defense equipment (such as ballistae, burning oil, battering rams, mobile bridges, siege towers, assault ladders, and catapults) and magicians who use spells against the enemy. The game features 24 different scenarios, and comes with an editor to allow the players to create new scenarios or alter the ones included in the game.[3]
Computer Gaming World in 1992 complimented Siege's "beautifully rendered" VGA graphics and scenario editor, and approved of it being the first game based on castle warfare. The magazine criticized the lack of detail in win conditions and a too-predictable AI opponent, but concluded that the game "is an all-around unique and engaging simulation ... If the computer AI had more of a cruel streak, the game would be outstanding".[5] In a 1993 survey of pre 20th-century strategy games the magazine gave the game two-plus stars out of five.[6] The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #189 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.[3]
Niko Nirvi of Pelit summarized: "AI is a bit weak, but the violence, playability and digitized effects make this an excellent strategy game".[4] He reviewed the expansion and said: "The best thing about Dogs of War is the opportunity to play Siege against other human players. Wow!" and also praised the improved AI.[1]
siege, video, game, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, add. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Siege video game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Siege is a video game released by Mindcraft in 1992 for MS DOS An expansion pack Dogs of War was released It added multiplayer six new castles and 16 new units to the game 1 A sequel Ambush at Sorinor was released in 1993 SiegeDeveloper s MindcraftPublisher s MindcraftPlatform s MS DOSRelease1992Genre s StrategyMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 Reviews 4 References 5 External linksPlot editSet in the world of Mindcraft s The Magic Candle 2 Siege is a castle combat war game in which the player controls either the hordes of darkness including orcs trolls domugs and tekhirs or the warriors of good humans dwarves and elves in a campaign in Western Gurtex that involves either attacking or defending one of its four castles The player manages elite troops berserkers sergeants and engineers as well as assault and defense equipment such as ballistae burning oil battering rams mobile bridges siege towers assault ladders and catapults and magicians who use spells against the enemy The game features 24 different scenarios and comes with an editor to allow the players to create new scenarios or alter the ones included in the game 3 Reception editReceptionReview scorePublicationScorePelit89 100 4 90 100 Dogs of War 1 Computer Gaming World in 1992 complimented Siege s beautifully rendered VGA graphics and scenario editor and approved of it being the first game based on castle warfare The magazine criticized the lack of detail in win conditions and a too predictable AI opponent but concluded that the game is an all around unique and engaging simulation If the computer AI had more of a cruel streak the game would be outstanding 5 In a 1993 survey of pre 20th century strategy games the magazine gave the game two plus stars out of five 6 The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon 189 by Hartley Patricia and Kirk Lesser in The Role of Computers column The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars 3 Niko Nirvi of Pelit summarized AI is a bit weak but the violence playability and digitized effects make this an excellent strategy game 4 He reviewed the expansion and said The best thing about Dogs of War is the opportunity to play Siege against other human players Wow and also praised the improved AI 1 Reviews editASM Aktueller Software Markt Oct 1992 PC Games Germany Oct 1992 Computer Gaming World Jun 1993 The Good Old Days Staff Reviews only Feb 26 2014 7 Power Play Sep 1992 8 Joker Verlag prasentiert Sonderheft 1993 9 References edit a b c Nirvi Niko Haukku tekee haavan Pelit in Finnish No 2 93 Sanomaprint Erikoislehdet pp 50 51 79 The Consumer Electronics Show No Longer Behind Closed Doors Computer Gaming World August 1992 pp 23 28 Retrieved 3 July 2014 a b Lesser Hartley Lesser Patricia amp Lesser Kirk January 1993 The Role of Computers Dragon 189 57 62 a b Nirvi Niko Orkit on jo ovella Pelit in Finnish No 6 92 Sanomaprint Erikoislehdet pp 26 27 79 Lombardi Chris October 1992 Mindcraft s Phantastic Simulation of Castle Warfare Computer Gaming World No 99 pp 142 144 Retrieved 4 July 2014 Brooks M Evan June 1993 An Annotated Listing of Pre 20th Century Wargames Computer Gaming World p 136 Retrieved 7 July 2014 Crystals of Arborea Game review kultboy com Retrieved 2 April 2023 Amiga Joker Amiga Joker Sonderheft Nr 5 Strategie Page scans Amiga Magazine Rack External links editSiege at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Siege video game amp oldid 1193593460, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
