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Warlords Battlecry

Warlords Battlecry, released in 2000 by Strategic Studies Group and published by SSI, is a real-time strategy game that combines resource management, tactical combat, and role-playing elements set in a fantasy…

70 5 July 2000 from $1.49

Warlords Battlecry is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Strategic Studies Group, released 5 July 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.49 at GOG.

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What Warlords Battlecry is

Warlords Battlecry is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Strategic Studies Group and released in 2000. It was published by SSI. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warlords Battlecry, sometimes mislabeled as Warlords 3: Battlecry, is a real-time strategy video game released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. It was the first of new series of RTS games set in Steve Fawkner's Warlords franchise.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Warlords series

Warlords Battlecry is the sixth of 19 entries we hold in the Warlords series. It arrived 2 years after Warlords III: Darklords Rising. The next entry was Warlords Battlecry II in 2002. Its critic score of 70 is 6 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords at 84.

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How it was received

Warlords Battlecry holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.49 at GOG, 75% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Warlords Battlecry launched on 5 July 2000, within three weeks of Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX and Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX, Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition.

Cheats and codes

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Warlords Battlecry — frequently asked questions

When did Warlords Battlecry come out?
Warlords Battlecry was released on 5 July 2000 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Warlords Battlecry cost?
The cheapest current price for Warlords Battlecry is $1.49 at GOG, which is 75% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.

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