Lords of Midnight: The Citadel

About

Lords of Midnight: The Citadel is a strategy-driven RPG that lets you manage heroes and armies in a dark fantasy world. You control a lone knight or deploy squads to battle enemy forces, issuing commands that play out automatically. The game mixes turn-based planning with real-time troop movement a shift from earlier entries in the series. Your goal is to storm the Bloodmarch citadel and free your captured father the king before chaos consumes the realm. Voxel-based 3D environments give the DOS-era game a chunky pseudo-3D look that was uncommon at the time. The real-time combat layer adds urgency to tactical decisions while the voxel engine creates depth in otherwise flat maps. Though it never achieved mainstream success the series has a dedicated following among retro strategy fans. The Citadel’s mix of hero management and front-line warfare feels distinct even within its own trilogy. Its DOS roots show but the blend of action and strategy remains brisk and functional.

Storyline

The entire world wavers on the brink of collapse. The brave knights have been summoned to journey into the land of the Bloodmarch. It is there that the most powerful talisman known to man rests. He who harnesses its power rules the realm. A crusade lead by King Luxor, your father, to uncover the talisman has met with disaster. He has been captured by Bloodmarch's evil ruler, Boroth the Wolfheart, and is being held in the despot's dark citadel. You must command the rescue of your Liege. Should you fail, King Luxor will be killed and chaos will reign supreme. A heroic epic of monumental proportions, Lords of Midnight brings an enormous fantasy world to life.