Walkthrough: The Shattered Kingdom in Remake r6720
PostPosted: 16 Jan 2015, 17:49
After a long time of not playing Knights and Merchants (I've first played it when I was about 8 years old in 1999, then later played a few missions in the Remake r2736 almost three years ago) I have decided to install it on my newly setup notebook.
In a flash of nostalgia I went for the The Shattered Kingdom campaign. I had a few troubles with mission 7, 9 and 10 and was looking for some advice on how to do it, a let's play or a replay. I managed to find a walkthrough for mission 7 and (barely) made it through the mission, but I couldn't find anything for any of the later missions. So far, I've made it to mission 11 and wanted to go through the strategies that I have employed in the hopes that it may be helpful for other people also facing difficulties.
In general (and up until mission 11), I found that building a sound city in a quick pace is the key to victory. With the exception of those missions in which the enemy attacks you in the very beginning (mission 1, 5, 7 and 8 so far) it is perfectly possible to build an army capable of (at least) significantly diminishing the enemy troops before they attack you. And in mission 1, 7 and 8 it is at least possible to build that army before the enemy attacks the second time.
I obviously cannot go through all the missions at once, but for those who looking at least for a proof that the missions can be beaten in r6720 (I know that there are by far more challenging releases, but I go for the most recent one) and maybe subtle hints on how that is possible, I want to start by posting the replays of my playthrough up until mission 11. After I had decided to post the replays here, I looked through them and found that my building style is quite lacking in the first missions, at least until mission 7 (in which the enemy crushed my troops in their second attack). I have thus decided to play those missions again (recently finished mission 4). The second playthroughs are marked by an additional underscore after the mission name, and if someone wants to look for ways of improving their skills I strongly recommend to look there. I still leave the first playthroughs in because they show two things: 1) that it can be done with less skill and 2) some mistakes novices make.
In subsequent posts I will write about the particular missions. See you then.
In a flash of nostalgia I went for the The Shattered Kingdom campaign. I had a few troubles with mission 7, 9 and 10 and was looking for some advice on how to do it, a let's play or a replay. I managed to find a walkthrough for mission 7 and (barely) made it through the mission, but I couldn't find anything for any of the later missions. So far, I've made it to mission 11 and wanted to go through the strategies that I have employed in the hopes that it may be helpful for other people also facing difficulties.
In general (and up until mission 11), I found that building a sound city in a quick pace is the key to victory. With the exception of those missions in which the enemy attacks you in the very beginning (mission 1, 5, 7 and 8 so far) it is perfectly possible to build an army capable of (at least) significantly diminishing the enemy troops before they attack you. And in mission 1, 7 and 8 it is at least possible to build that army before the enemy attacks the second time.
I obviously cannot go through all the missions at once, but for those who looking at least for a proof that the missions can be beaten in r6720 (I know that there are by far more challenging releases, but I go for the most recent one) and maybe subtle hints on how that is possible, I want to start by posting the replays of my playthrough up until mission 11. After I had decided to post the replays here, I looked through them and found that my building style is quite lacking in the first missions, at least until mission 7 (in which the enemy crushed my troops in their second attack). I have thus decided to play those missions again (recently finished mission 4). The second playthroughs are marked by an additional underscore after the mission name, and if someone wants to look for ways of improving their skills I strongly recommend to look there. I still leave the first playthroughs in because they show two things: 1) that it can be done with less skill and 2) some mistakes novices make.
In subsequent posts I will write about the particular missions. See you then.