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Great Battles Medieval on PS3

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Great Battles Medieval is a Strategy game available on the PS3. It can be played in Singleplayer Realtime modes.

Great Battles Medieval is a Strategy game. Strategy games provide experiences that require quick thinking, and forward planning from the gamer. They combine the unfolding tactics of classic games like chess, with more recent board games such as Risk. Usually focusing on a theatre of war context, players enjoy the tactical overview of the battle these games provide.

Great Battles Medieval can be played in a Singleplayer mode. Single Player Campaign games focus on one player's experience. Rather than collaborate with other players either locally or online, players progress alone. The campaign style of gameplay offers a connected series of challenges to play through. These chapters work together to tell a story through which players progress. Single player games are able to focus on one experience of a scenario, so that it is usually a richer, more visceral game.

Great Battles Medieval can be played in a Realtime mode. Real Time games are played without opportunity to stop and consider the next move. This creates an experience that is more reaction than strategy based. Sporting, fighting and rhythm action games obviously rely on this style of delivery to work. Other genres, such as strategy or adventure games, can choose whether to be played in turns or in real time. Some games such as Valkyria Chronicles PS3 and PSP provide a turn based strategy experience with real time elements - something that is becoming a popular compromise.

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Dressup Gamer review Thu, 21 Oct 2010

Great Battles Medieval PS3 fails to connect drama and history. Despite its educational credentials and an interesting take on simulated warfare, a lack of theatre prevented me from living and breathing the story.

A real time strategy game beginning during the 1300's, Great Battles Medieval follows the events of the 100 Years War. This territorial conflict which took place between the English and the French was primarily about settling the claim to the French thrown. You can play as either side in events throughout the period and get to raise and equip an army as you try and change the course of history.
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