Where Celtic Kings shines, however, is providing a huge number of units to play with – a total of 5000 per map, claim the developers. This is an odd problem experienced in Windows XP, but pressing Alt+Ctrl+Up fixes the issue. A bigger technical glitch involves the game running with the screen upside-down. Usual problems include the lack of variety between units: The unit roster is shallow and simply doesnâ€™t measure up to current RTS standards. Now youâ€™ve got to tackle typical RTS duties such as raising and training units, hiring and developing heroes (very similar to Heroes of Might and Magic IV), finding powerful artifacts to aid your cause (Age of Empires, anyone?), and conquering strongholds and villages to add their resources to your growing empire. In the multiplayer Strategic mode, you can play as either Romans or Gauls against a field of up to seven human or computer opponents, the latter of which can be given different playing â€œpersonalitiesâ€ ranging from hermitically defensive to chaotically aggressive. Itâ€™s actually a cool innovation to play single-play without the tedious chores of needing to harvest resources and manually build up your army with each new map â€” typically, resources are provided for you and the strategy is how you spend them.

But even so, the Adventure mode is engrossing and delightfully open-ended. You gain experience points and level up, though you have no say in how the experience points are spent.

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