Available: late August 2002  Celtic Kings - Rage of War ©
Strategy First Article by Don 'Beaver' R.  Before playing this
Haemimont Games beta title, I had never heard of it before. I
installed it with an open mind and only the knowledge that it
was an RTS similar to Age of Empires. I admit, I (as a newer
contributor to the site) have little background on this company
or their games, but was pleasantly surprised.  The beta I played
didn't have much storyline or plot, so this preview will be
strictly based on my experiences with the game and not the mood
or anything (along with some other small nitpickings I found).
The graphics were closer to Age of Empires than the impressive
Warcraft III. But that doesn't mean they were bad. Amazing
graphics in real time strategy games are generally a bonus and
not a necessity. I found the darker areas (not the "fog of war"
but the areas already explored that have no characters present)
to be a bit tough to see, which made it a little tough to
remember where you want go. Th