Awards
Gone Gold (Score: 87 of 100)
October 22, 2002

"The game itself is an interesting composition of genre styles. It advertises itself as an adventure/RPG/strategy game. Hardcore gamers have heard boasts of such genre mixing before and have thus far been consistently burned by the half-baked result. As such, we have become a jaded lot toward games like this, but that shouldn't make anyone shy of laying down the money for Celtic Kings. In truth, that is the one shining features of this product that sets it apart from the truckload of other RTS."

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Computer Gaming World (Score: 4.5 of 5)
October 17, 2002

A fine blend of strategy, combat, and role playing.
[Nov 2002, p.122]

 
 
Games Domain (Score: 4.5 of 5)
September 10, 2002

"A game like Celtic Kings: Rage of War gives new life to two genres often viewed as past their prime. Haemimont has proven that hack-n-slash role-playing and traditional real-time strategy gaming can still be lively and entertaining. It took some added effort on behalf of the developer, but the end result makes you appreciate two genres in a way that's been virtually impossible due to the overkill of the past five years."

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