to buy or not to buy...is SS for Kindgoms much different than for regular?

[tallstark]

Hi all, I have SS 4.1 for regular M2TW and have been having a lot of fun with it. What is it you get if you upgrade to 5.1 and buy Kingdoms? To be honest the 4 campaigns in Kingdoms don't look super interesting to me, I have had fun just trying the new factions in SS. if I get Kingdoms and go to 5.1 what does it do that 4.1 doesn't in the regular version? Thanks!

[y2day]

You get new factions! You may start in early or late era,
and I'm sure there is alot more....
I bought Kingdoms and played the mini campaigns once each, non for more than maybe a hundred turns, installed 5.1 before I even tried the kingdoms and love it!!! Believe it!!! its the best most polished mod out. Don't believe the hype about about the rest, this is the best.

[TempestKhan]

hey tallstark well i would say that the extra new campaigns for kingdoms is worth it anyways... if u have kingdoms u get all the new units for turks an egypt + u get norway an whole new faction the teutonic knights an the mangonel. campaign features well i dont think they got the stone forst working yet on the strat map without havein to make the stone forts on the strat map permanent hehe but i would say that if u got some $$ to use dont be afraid to buy kingdoms

[Shiftehh]

It just friggin rocks.. Period

[ricewine]

i bought kingdoms just for KoJ awesome units

[numerosdecimus]

By kingdoms. You can take advantage of more things because the engine has more moddable features, and King Kong can implement them in future SS versions.

[spanish_emperor]

well, 5.1 seems to be just 4.1 with all the kingdoms stuff.

But 6.0 not only will have all of that but will have all new stuff like AoR, etc. and there will be new factions such as Kawerzam?? and Cumans oh and Genoa.

So 4.1 is pretty good like it is but my suggestion is don't play 5.1 just go directly to 6.0. You won't regret it trust me

i can't wait myself

[tallstark]

well, 5.1 seems to be just 4.1 with all the kingdoms stuff.

But 6.0 not only will have all of that but will have all new stuff like AoR, etc. and there will be new factions such as Kawerzam?? and Cumans oh and Genoa.

So 4.1 is pretty good like it is but my suggestion is don't play 5.1 just go directly to 6.0. You won't regret it trust me

i can't wait myself

Isn't 6.0 being done on Kingdoms?

[Lamanz]

Isn't 6.0 being done on Kingdoms?

I'm pretty sure, as it has Norway, Lithuania, KoJ (or an equivalent) and other Kingdoms material

[McCloy]

I didn't even bother playing vanilla Kingdoms. Err, well I tried the Teutonic Knights-Lithuanians scenario for like 10 turns and got bored. I just got Kingdoms so I could try the real game, SS v5.1!

[Lamanz]

I didn't even bother playing vanilla Kingdoms. Err, well I tried the Teutonic Knights-Lithuanians scenario for like 10 turns and got bored. I just got Kingdoms so I could try the real game, SS v5.1!

lol nice! A true SS fan

[IZ-Master]

lol nice! A true SS fan

tell me 5 good reason to buy kingdom ? Beside this and for different tastes Deus lo Vult. even less tell me just 3 reasons

[Lamanz]

tell me 5 good reason to buy kingdom ? Beside this and for different tastes Deus lo Vult. even less tell me just 3 reasons

Some of these points are paraphrased from WRL btw

-Support CA and TW...if no one buys their games, it isn't going to send them a message. They'll just not have enough funds to make games worth buying.

-Teutonic and Americas campaigns. I'm not going to lie, I thought Britannia and Crusades really didn't accomplish much. But Teutonic, by a fluke, has very interesting diplomacy, something I have only seen rivaled in BC (but, due to an ominous presence of Echad, I'll stop talking about BC...), and the Americas had a very interesting colonial flavour, something you'll probably only see next in ETW (18th Century Mod might not be out before then).

-Supporting armies in battles, stone forts (not wooden traps of death), moats, and the other little fixtures in the campaign that improved M2TW by that much

Kingdoms wasn't an amazing mod, but the vanilla occupied me for a month or two, and SS w/ Kingdoms is certainly worth buying it for. I'd rather skip out on the clone FPS that come out every two months and but a decent strategy game when I see one, and Kingdoms is certainly a decent strategy game [expansion].

[Echad]

lol nice! A true SS fan

Sounds cheesy to me. =\

[y2day]

Sounds cheesy to me. =\

mmmmm cheese

Just buy Kingdoms it is a great expansion.

[WRL]

Buy! support the TW cause! Awesome game, with this mod. Great addons as well. Better maps, strategic thinking, This is a great mod.

[Echad]

Why? I am not offended by BC, I just don't care about the buggy release that they have now...

[Black_Rider]

Why you must buy Kingdoms?
Because the Stainless Steel 6.0 is coming...
And you must have Kingdoms to play.