The music was also quite disappointing. The original lively battle music in TA is better than almost all the music in Kingdoms. A bit of the interface has survived but the way the game is played has completely changed. The robotic armies of the future have been replaced with medieval units of the past, however the units are quite original and each one very different from the rest of the units in the game. A complaint about the original TA was that the two battling forces were almost identical apart from looks.
Kingdoms offers four completely different sides that have radically different units and play styles.
Previous players of TA will find the interface familiar but will have to adapt to a completely new game. New players may find themselves daunted with the tons of keys and commands available for controlling units. In all, some TA fans may find Kingdoms to be a disappointment because of the radical change in gameplay. Repeat and rinse for next 2 dozen missions. Kingdoms on the other hand has an excellent story.