Joan of Arc: Siege and the Sword

User Summary

Playing as Jeanne d'Arc the player has to free the future king of France and repel the invasion of the Englishmen. The game starts with a small army and after the coronation of the king leads to larger battles and political choices. The player can send assassins and kidnappers to remove enemy couriers or warlords and conquer lands and castles.

The game consists of different game modes. One is the strategical maps with which the armies can be moved and new castles be build. The larger combats are fought on a side view where each unit type can be commanded on a one dimensional battlefield.

During sieges the player can storm the gates where he has to do some sword fighting and climb the walls where he has to jump from ladder to ladder to dodge stones and hot tar.