Real-time strategy games have evolved in fits and starts since the genre arose with the release of Dune II almost nine years ago. During that time, real-time strategy games have gained notoriety for requiring more mouse-clicking than actual strategy. While games such as Total Annihilation and Age of Empires II streamlined the interface and unit artificial intelligence so as to remove some of the micromanagement, the real-time strategy genre has largely remained fast-paced and thus hasn't appealed to players who prefer a more deliberate approach. The fantasy-themed Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns could very well be the game to bridge this gap.
Kohan does the inconceivable: It introduces real strategy to traditional real-time gaming that doesn't involve any unit micromanagement. While even previous standouts in the genre have relied to some extent on requiring players to get the most out of each individual unit, whether military or civilian, Kohan eliminates this by establishing a completely different level of abstraction. The number of actual units on the map at any given time is quite low, at least at the level of player control. The complexity and strategic depth arise from the construction and manipulation of these units on a larger scale. It's an application of turn-based concepts to real-time gaming that is very much along the lines of Strategy First's more complex game, the recently released Europa Universalis. What Kohan has in common with that game is that it requires you to really think about what you're doing whenever you click a mouse button.
MINIMUM
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Pentium III or AMD Athlon 800MHz Processor
256MB RAM
2GB Hard Disk Space
Nvidia TNT2, GeForce 1, 2 or 3, ATI Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500 or 8500, or Matrox G450 Video Card
DirectX Compatible Sound Card
DirectX 9
MAXIMUM
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM (High)
30 GB Hard dDisk Space
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD4850 Video Card
Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live
DirectX 9.0 - DirectX 11
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