''Citadels'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by

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and published by

bitComposer Games bitComposer Interactive GmbH was a video game publisher headquartered in Eschborn, Germany. Founded in March 2009 as bitComposer Games GmbH, the company focuses on PC, console, mobile, and online platforms. In December 2010, bitComposer founded ...

. Based on a loose interpretation of the

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tale, players are tasked with restoring the honor, glory and reign of the Arthurian line. With two separate campaigns, players are given the choice of seeing the Good or Evil side of the war, as they carve a path into an uncertain future for the King and his loyal men. Upon the successful completion of in-game side-quests, players will be rewarded with legendary heroes for use in the main campaign. It was released on July 25, 2013 for Windows via

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. The game was met with negative reception.

Plot

The game is set during the fall of

's reign. His Kingdom loses to an invading force backed by

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and

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Gameplay

In Citadels, players command a set of troops and move them by dragging over them and setting their destination by a group of dots. The game also includes a building feature, where players can build houses, farms, and other buildings to improve the player's kingdom in the game.

Reception

Citadels was met with negative reception. It has a Metacritic score of 20. Common complaints, associated with Citadels, include "pathing" issues, basic real-time strategy features missing or underdeveloped, basic commands are very unresponsive, tedious gameplay elements and poor tutorial and in-game instructions.

References

External links

* * 2013 video games Real-time strategy video games Video games developed in Slovakia Video games based on Arthurian legend Video games set in castles Video games set in the Middle Ages Windows games Windows-only games BitComposer Interactive games Single-player video games {{strategy-videogame-stub