Joan of Arc

List Price: $9.99 Discount Price: $1.99

Features:

• Play as Joan of Arc in this 3rd-person, 3D, epic saga
• Fight epic battles; experience firsthand medieval castle sieges
• Slash and slay enemies from a thrilling 3rd-person perspective
• Master new fighting techniques and acquire new weapons
• Advance through 8 massively gut-wrenching battle scenarios

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Not recommended [Posted on 2004-04-27]
Most professional reviewers have rated this game bad to mediocre, and with good reason: gameplay is simplistic, bugs are rampant, the AI is so primitive that your troops get stuck on any available obstacle, graphics are dated, the allegedly 'historical' background is nothing of the sort, and the frustration level caused by trying to deal with the many glitches generally ruins any possible enjoyment.
If you want a "Dynasty Warriors" clone, there are far better - and numerous - other choices out there.

Very fun to play  [Posted on 2005-02-16]
Hey I will not lie to you. I had a wonderful time running around bashing English guys in the head with my mace (or sword as the case may be) but the A.I here is dumber then the A.I in games put out by Nivalogic. I never thought there would be a software company to top them when it came to stupid A.I.

Another thing that annoyed me was that for all the time the game spends on trying to get you to work as a team with your soldiers they never actually do anything, they just serve to get in the way. Really once you get Le Haire nothing else is needed. He is probably the best part of the game he is like a human tank. I still play for hours and hours with just him on some missions he is just that fun. Although his character seems to be more a nod of respect to the character from Age of Empires and not particularly based on any historical figure.

Overall-So yes the quality of the game is weak, but it looks good and Le Haire is fun to play around with. So if you have to play the game just play it for that reason and forget the rest of the missions.

Joan of Arc [Posted on 2007-02-10]
Excellent graphic and sound just not the game style play I like.

good distraction [Posted on 2007-07-08]
I played on "easy" mode and this game was a lot of fun. It is a welcome distraction from most action games where you spend hours getting killed in the same spot. You get to play as 5 different characters and can flip through them at your choice. Just note that you slowly gain more characters. You don't start out being able to have them all, and you can't even do a "strategic view" in the beginning levels. This game did get me interested in Joan of Arc and her generals. Interestingly, La Hire was commemorated as the Jack of Hearts in French playing cards. The game stops when you crown King Charles, so a happy ending will be created for those who don't know how the real-life story ended. The one negative on this game is that the AI is so incredibly stupid. They should have taken lessons from the Command & Conquer people. Your soldiers will get stuck on every obstacle possible. You can lose half your army in a trebuchet because they try to walk through it, and then can't get out. Overall, this game was a lot of fun.

Best Joan Game So Far...HOWEVER [Posted on 2007-09-09]
First of all, for this price, Joan of Arc is a bargin, so if you like Joan and the Hundred Years war, go ahead and get it...but keep the following things in mind. 1. This game is only loosely historically accurate, and I mean loosely! 2. Some of the battles and scenarios are insanely long. 3. Glitches in the program can make commanding your troops virtually impossible at certain points. 4. The camera jumps around at the worst times. To enlarge on the above comments: The long battles can make you go a bit wacky and get you frustrated, especially when your soldiers start doing stupid things (Example: I tried to get some archers to follow me, and they simply stood behind a wall, firing into it, rather than firing at the English.) This stupid AI can make bigger battles REALLY frustrating, so don't throw your mouse...they're expensive! However, in my opinion, the worst thing about the game is the erratic camera angles. In one fight in the gateway to Orleans, the camera suddenly jumped downwards, so I had a view from the legs on up of everybody. This whole effect gave me the weird feeling that I was an English soldier who just got cold-cocked by Joan and was laying there on the ground stunned...however, considering I was supposed to be controlling Joan, this was a very bad effect. But, despite these flaws, the game is really fun...and I liked the music too. Note: If you get frustrated trying to command your stupid troops, just beef Joan up until she's a monster and use her like a super-hero, then, when you start to loose life, run back and get your stupid Men-at-arms for support, then eat some food to heal, and use Joan again (she's the only character who can use a horse, so it's worth it to keep beefing her up verses the others like Jean de la Metz.) This could have been an AWESOME game, but its obvious that they didn't have the budget to do that...coupled with the fact that there was a plan to put it on Xbox which went arwy. (This explains the games really console feel...it does have a real Xbox feel to it.) This would have made a smokin' Xbox game...to bad that deal fell through.

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