Rival Realms
The game has three races to choose from: Humans, Elves, and Greenskins. Each race has its own characteristics and units just as is found in most RTS games. However, that's just the beginning. Your armies are…
Rival Realms is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Activ Pub Studios, released 4 December 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Rival Realms is
Rival Realms is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Activ Pub Studios and released in 1998. It was published by cdv Software Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game has three races to choose from: Humans, Elves, and Greenskins. Each race has its own characteristics and units just as is found in most RTS games. However, that's just the beginning. Your armies are always unique. Every single unit can gain up to five levels of experience and has its own inventory that can be traded between units. Inventory items include skill artifacts, keys, potions, spell scrolls, and more.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Rival Realms launched on 4 December 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Suikoden II, Mario Party and Thief: The Dark Project.
Released around the same time: Half-Life, Suikoden II, Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project.
Official trailer
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