Changed back to a yes but you need to set it to compatibility mode and fiddle with some other stuff maybe, look in the steam community guides for help with that. May not work for everyone so buyer beware.

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I've changed my review to a no because sadly, as is the case with many other old games, modern systems are making old software unstable and run poorly. I've been experiencing severe instability, the game dropping to 10 FPS tops after a few minutes of running and severe mouse flickering.
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Old Review:
An old but great RTS that focuses much more on logistics and long-term strategy rather than moment-to-moment unit management, to the point where there's barely any micro to really speak of as your armies are organised into customizable regiments with passive abilities and spells that are automatically activated on cooldown through-out combat, making battle mostly a case of taking advantage of counters and weaknesses.

There's a lot of great visual design though sound design leaves quite a bit to desire, especially in the way of unit voice lines. You'll be hearing "SAJA LIGHT OUR WAY" and "FOR THE LIGHT" in your gosh darn dreams if you don't turn off unit responses. The game's music isn't much to write home about but it's inoffensive at worse and quite pleasant at best.

The campaign is pretty fun with a lot of neat maps, though the story is hardly mind-blowing, I still think it's a good bit of fun, with Melchior standing out as the best character as a hammy 'anti-hero with a tortured past' type who's always got a pithy come-back for his allies and enemies alike, a great foil for the otherwise quite self-serious campaign.

In Skirmish mode there's a good amount of variety, not only are there 6 races with unique units, structures and construction methods there are also five factions that certain races can pick that change your available technologies and dictates which of the titular "Kohan", special commander units with powerful abilities that you can select to lead your armies. So even playing the same faction you can shake up your strengths and weaknesses by picking different factions.

Changed back to a yes but you need to set it to compatibility mode and fiddle with some other stuff maybe, look in the steam community guides for help with that. May not work for everyone so buyer beware. ================================================================================= I've changed my review to a no because sadly, as is the case with many other old games, modern systems are making old software unstable and run poorly. I've been experiencing severe instability, the game dropping to 10 FPS tops after a few minutes of running and severe mouse flickering. ============================================================================= Old Review: An old but great RTS that focuses much more on logistics and long-term strategy rather than moment-to-moment unit management, to the point where there's barely any micro to really speak of as your armies are organised into customizable regiments with passive abilities and spells that are automatically activated on cooldown through-out combat, making battle mostly a case of taking advantage of counters and weaknesses. There's a lot of great visual design though sound design leaves quite a bit to desire, especially in the way of unit voice lines. You'll be hearing "SAJA LIGHT OUR WAY" and "FOR THE LIGHT" in your gosh darn dreams if you don't turn off unit responses. The game's music isn't much to write home about but it's inoffensive at worse and quite pleasant at best. The campaign is pretty fun with a lot of neat maps, though the story is hardly mind-blowing, I still think it's a good bit of fun, with Melchior standing out as the best character as a hammy 'anti-hero with a tortured past' type who's always got a pithy come-back for his allies and enemies alike, a great foil for the otherwise quite self-serious campaign. In Skirmish mode there's a good amount of variety, not only are there 6 races with unique units, structures and construction methods there are also five factions that certain races can pick that change your available technologies and dictates which of the titular "Kohan", special commander units with powerful abilities that you can select to lead your armies. So even playing the same faction you can shake up your strengths and weaknesses by picking different factions.