It is, however, quite essential to familiarize yourself with the ever-handy F6 button, to quick-save the game whenever you've made progress. It's a bumpy ride at first, and playing through the tutorial mode prior to starting the adventure is a good idea, although not essential for seasoned veterans of the standard point-and-click, hack-and-slash RPG (or those who take five minutes to peruse the instruction manual). As the plot unfolds (and thickens), others join in Larax's quest, but every so often, it's just down to him and slew of enemies. Thankfully, there's a benefit to Larax's allegiance to Kathubodua: he gets to lug around a nice big magic hunk of rock wherever he does battle, granting him the power to slay entire armies single-handedly, if need be. Of course, it's a war game, so love-ins and fuzzy bunny suits weren't really in the cards. Adding mayhem to misery, the vengeful widower vows to serve the goddess of war, Kathubodua. In the adventure mode, you take on the role of Larax, a young Gallic warrior seeking revenge for the brutal murder of his girlfriend and fellow Gauls by raiding Teutons. (B.C., that is.) There are two primary modes of game play in Celtic Kings: adventure and strategic mode. The story of Larax progresses through the Gauls' introduction to, alliance with, and eventual rebellion against Caesar's mighty Roman Empire.Ĭeltic Kings: Rage of War is set amid a highly fictionalized backdrop of Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, back in the 50s.

The game also features a 'story mode' campaign, which leads the single player through a series of missions in the role of a Gaul warrior named Larax, who has sworn to avenge the murder of his lover by the vicious Teutons. Celtic Kings' 'strategic mode' allows players to take command of one of four historically based factions: the Gauls, the Romans, the Teutons, or the Druids. Originally developed under the title 'Druid King,' this real-time strategy game is set in ancient Gaul.

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