Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders?

[Little-Kinky]

Does anybody remember playing any of the Kingdom Under Fire games? Personally, I've only played two of them- The Crusaders, and Circle Of Doom.

I remember Circle Of Doom to be an absolute rubbish third person BLEH. Granted, I never really gave it a chance.

Anyway, I always thought of KUF: The Crusaders to be an amazing game. I rented it when it first came out, and kept it for ages.

It was a unique game. Real-time tactics game at first, where you lead your large groups of allies to battle, positioning strategically. When your main character came into contact with the enemy, it brought you into a third person view, where you personally battle the enemy with your troops, and you could end a battle quickly by killing the leader of the enemy group. Once each mission was over, it had RPG elements where you increased the skill of your character and your officers, etc, etc.

Does anyone remember this fun little game? I remember it to be around the early 2000s, on the original Xbox.