“Swords & Soldiers” was the inaugural game released by Dutch Indie developer, Ronimo, for Nintendo’s WiiWare service. “Swords & Soldiers HD” (“S&SHD”) is the PC port of that original game with high-resolution textures and an exclusive DLC entitled “Super Saucy Sausage Fest.” Normally, I’m not a fan of Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games, but I’m always on the lookout for an RTS title that will change my mind (about itself at the very least). The side-scrolling action in “S&SHD” caught my attention in some early screenshots, leading me to believe it was different from the typical RTS embodied by “Warcraft” or “Age of Empires.” “S&SHD” IS very different from those games, but not in a positive way: Instead it distills RTS gameplay to its very core and reveals... |
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