Summary
For players who have dreams of glory and conquest, many open-world games offer a fully immersive army command experience. From single-player RPGs with a lot of options for character customization to the ultimate warlord simulator, these titles offer players the chance to customize and control their own army and destroy their rivals.
Whether players enjoy the post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre or a full-fledged fantasy world from one of the most notorious sword and sorcery franchises ever made,these titles offer players a lot of action and challenge, and the best places to learn and perfect the art of war.
For gamers who want to get a fully immersive experience of a post-apocalyptic world, filled with dangerous creatures, harsh climates, and bloodthirsty warlords, thenKenshiis what they’re looking for. This game is pretty complex and allows players to construct their characters however they want. Starting from a humble slave to a wasteland liberator/warlord who can command dozens of warriors to destroy evil regimes or create their own.With an incredibly well-developed RPG-like system, each member of the army will have its stats and abilities, and players can optimize them by pursuing various activities like raiding, battling, and specialized training for each follower.
And what better way to raise an army than liberating other slaves and training them to become a superior combat force? Of course, there are many ways to do this. Players can either go the traditional recruiting and nurturing way of the savior/leader or be a ruthless master who throws the slaves in the Mist, and then picks up whoever survives the ordeal and comes back stronger. It is a particularly harsh game, but its mechanics are seriously worth the effort, and fun to play.
Following the events ofShadow Of Mordor, Talion and Celebrimbor’s specter, bound together in death, will try once more to oppose Sauron and forge another One Ring to rule them all, only this time, it is bound to their power and souls. Equipped with this powerful artifact, Talion and his resident ghost will purge the lands of Mordor by gathering an unstoppable army of orcs, trolls, and other dark creatures.
Surprisingly fun to play, fast-paced, with bloody and brutal combat, its conquest missions are extraordinary and epic. Players can lead armies mounted in a flying fire-breathing fell beast (cannot say Dragon) much like the Nazgûl do with their hell-hawks.Shadow Of War’s Nemesis system adds a lot of flavor to the gameplay, with rivals falling and rising as players trash the forces of Sauron, and some of them even preparing ambushes to surprise the player as he roams the Lands of the South.
The immersive and huge experience of survivalthatConan Exilesproposes includes the possibility of raising an army of slaves and commanding them to defend the base or assault other enemies in spectacular battles for supremacy. Since its last expansion,Age Of War, it has been maintaining a steady active player population, so joining a PvP official server or the many custom servers available is always a good experience.
Though being a multiplayer survival/base-building game can make it a bit frustrating for inexperienced players, it also has a strong RPG component and a considerably well-balanced combat system that is hard to learn but easy to master. Magic and Religion of the Hyborian Age play a fundamental role in the game’s mechanics, and players can gather favor from their preferred gods (human sacrifice included) and raise powerful Avatars to destroy their enemies in the most brutal of ways.
Developed by the creators ofLast Oasis, this game offers a medieval survival/village-building experience where players cangather, fight, hunt, and create their ideal hamlets. The game also offers the possibility of recruiting villagers to help players in their quest to dethrone the local lord. This includes mustering forces, training them, assaulting Brigand fortresses, and liberating towns from the evil feudal lord’s oppression.
This game is still in an Early Access stage, so there are bound to be some issues, but its devs are dedicating a lot of time and effort to balance out combat and mechanics and that’s commendable. The AI also received a lot of tweaks and it is primed for combat, which ensures players will be able to gather up a lot of combatants and direct them into battle to conquer the valley. Another strong point of this game is that players can control and optimize equipment, stats, and even fight their followers one by one in friendly spars to enhance their combat prowess.
The ultimate medieval combat experience. Gather forces, trade, negotiate with factions, and raze the lands with an army as they explore an enormous open-world sandbox, withthousands of hours to enjoyand fight for glory. Arguably, the very best game that allows players to raise and control an army and undoubtedly finely crafted. Ever since its release in 2020, it has received dozens of patches and minor fixes, and it is pretty well optimized. The game has a fully integrated command system that allows players to execute tactics on the go, an RPG-like system to administrate and customize their recruits, as well as a morale system that controls loyalty and performance.
The combat and progressions systems are nuts, a mixture of RPG and action that will require players to combine tactics, movement, and of course: lots of patience. The battles are massive, brutal, bloody, and sometimes unfair. But what kind of war game would it be if everything was easy? There’s a whole armory of weapons to try, and all of them have their strong and weak points and that’s another of the good points of the game: there’s a weapon for every kind of player.
