Manor Lords

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game that combines a strategic layer (village/city building) with spectacular tactical battles in real time.

Grzegorz Styczen

The creation of this game was made possible by an independent Polish developer, Grzegorz Styczen, operating under the banner of Slavic Magic, for whom this is a debut project. He comes from the Polish city Elblag and started creating Manor Lords in 2017. He relied on subcontractors during production, but he did most of the work himself.

Gameplay

The game is not set in any specific age or place, but is inspired by historical realities - feudal Europe from the 11th to the 15th century.

In Manor Lords we usually observe the action from above, but the player has control over the camera - we can zoom in or out to look at individual buildings or observe the battlefield from a slightly different perspective. There is also an option to traverse the virtual world as a character in a TPP view.

Building a city

The gameplay can be divided into two main parts - economic and tactical. In the first layer, we build and develop our own medieval village, which over time turns into a city.

We decide what buildings we will build (each of them has its own purpose), and we also have full freedom as to where they will be located - in Manor Lords we do not build based on any grid, each property can be rotated and positioned as we wish. The game attaches importance to realism, so it is worth taking into account the terrain and connection to roads. The game features a season system and variable weather. Players will need to deal with famine, wars and plagues.

Battles

The second main part of the game are tactical battles resembling what we know from Total War – we have a number of different units at our disposal, such as archers and light or heavy infantry. We can do things like set unit formations and give orders to troops fighting our battles.

Game modes

In Manor Lords only singleplayer is supported. There is no cooperation or competitive multiplayer mode.

Engine

Manor Lords was created based on Unreal Engine technology. It offers high quality three-dimensional graphics. The game is distinguished by a high level of realism and detail for a strategy title.

Updates

Since its release in Early Access, Manor Lords has been updated regularly. The author of the game introduces many new things based on player feedback.

GamePass

Manor Lords has been included in the PC Game Pass (and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate) subscription since the launch of early access.

Last updated on 11 June 2024