This is a very good game, whether as a time killer or a 'conquer the world' campaign with the option of short game win conditions to choose from. Sometimes the unit pathing can be annoying, but that is rarely an issue. The court concept is really well done, and interesting, and the skills the marshals can learn are not as bland as most games with this kind of feature. Towards the end it can become a bit of a grind fest if you are trying to conquer the whole world, but it's worth the price.

A little bit old fashioned, but with definitely more depth than many more recent titles. The idea is to manage your kingdom, region by region, to build infrastructures, manage armies and officers (and tailor them with special bonuses). A fine game, very strategical (meaning that there is not a single path to victory and that if you dont take into account all the parameters, you can't win). All in all a very decent historical game.

A very good surprise between Europa Universalis, Rome and Medieval Total War and classic Civ sims. You have to take care of our royal familly, ensure they do not die on the field, using marshalls instead to lead your armies. The Diplomacy is good, which is very important to enjoy those kind of games. Geopoliticy and history is good, not as accurate as Europa Universalis but enough to enjoy the game. One good thing is that you can choose any nation to play with, so the choice is very good, play with early arabic Sicily before the Normand invasion or with great powers like Germany (holy empire), Byzance (...) The game period is divided in three stage, early medieval, middle age and high medieval with particular countries at each period. A must have.

Maybe I am being picky. But I am tired of all the strategy games (including this one) where you try and manage a huge territory and by the time you find out someone is attacking you they are taking over your city. What is nice about games like "Medieval Total War" is the territories are broken down into segments. You can build a defensive line and strategize about how to get around the enemies. With games like Knights of Honor it feels like I am always reacting to what the computer is doing and the territory is impossible to defend. Maybe it is just me.

purchased on a lark. knew very little about this gem before booting it up and giving it a whirl. similar in scope to the campaign game of Medieval 2 - Total War in that it plays on a map of medieval europe from a character based strategy viewpoint. your marshals, merchants, spies and clerics gain experience in the field and actively grow as characters as they go about their duties for your crown. (an important distinction to me, as opposed to the "lonely immortal sovereign"made very popular by the civilization series) the strategy is deep, even inflation is taken into account in the game's economic model. even more interesting is the diplomacy model, after about 50 hours of play i'm pleasantly surprised by how the AI interacts with each other and with the player. i find i'm never at a loss to explain why certain relationships are heading south or growing stronger, the AI reacts logically and without smoke and mirrors to leave you confused as to how to react. even down to the individual personalities of the rulers - the differences in dealing with a backstabbing, aggressive and honor-less regent as opposed to his timid, trusting and honorable neighbor are fascinating as well as fodder for infinite strategic scenarios, plans and gambits. the graphics are colourful and vivid. i'd also recommend going to the black sea studios forums for a small but fanatical fanbase, as well as information on modding this wonderful game (as well as a place to pick up some ready-made mods right off the bat). i truly cant stress how glad i am that i found this game. simply put, if grand, *character based* medieval strategy games catch your interest, you will LOVE knights of honor.

best strategy game at gamersgate, EU looks like a simple economic sim compared to KoH. play with your knights(merchants, spies, clerics, marshals, etc.), regular generic troops, culture specific units, and command provinces, kingdoms, build your castles(more or less with the specific fortifications you like). all in all the great fun we all expect! it even beats the long time tbs lords of the realm 2. -oh, and dont forget to pick up mods at BSS forum. great game, a must have for anyone. cant wait for KoH2...

Its a really good game i love it.The only thing i dont like is that it dosent have play on eruope online.