Story Kingdom Under Fire places players in the ancient land of Bersiah. One hundred years ago, a sinisterly powerful Lich mage ruled the land. Seven heroes of Xok sought the old dragon, Nible, in an effort to discover the source of the mighty power of the evil mage's magic. During their quest, one of the heroes, Rick Miner, is killed. Devastated by their colleague's death, The Xok Knights borrowed the power from the old dragon's heart to resurrect Rick Miner. The resurrection was successful but not without its consequences. Rick Miner returns to the living world as the dark Rick Blood, a twisted version of his former self, possessing all the magical power of Nible. Bent on taking over the land of Bersiah, Rick Blood is influenced by the Lich clan to use the power of the ancient heart to serve them. Now, a new union must stand against Rick Blood and foil the Lich plot. It is up to Gernot, the prince of Azillia, Curian, the leader of the anti-Devil group "Great Origin," the great magician Moonlight, and Dragon Knight Keither, to save Bersiah from darkness. Game Play Kingdom Under Fire's players are charged with the control of over 70 units, led by heroes each with their own background and storyline. As the game progresses, seven character-specific and 20 race-specific missions unravel hidden truths about the races and overall storyline. Set in a typical RTS environment, players build and control the units and resources while devising and executing strategic combat. Throughout the game, the player is expected to maintain three types of resources: gold, iron, and mana. Gold and iron will directly affect combat aspects of the game, like the strategy options or the availability of weapons. Mana affects magic ability consisting of 60+ different magic spells. Granting significant control over character development, Kingdom Under Fire lets players delve deep into the individual aspects of both the Human and Devil races, utilizing different strategies for each unit, and guide them through the 20 specialized missions. At the end of each random encounter and story-relevant battle, survivors gain experience that allow the troops to become stronger and the heroes to level-up. Players will then be able to adjust attribute scores, determining how the heroes will grow within the game and advance through the 14 available experience levels. At various points in the storyline, an RPG mode launches and the hero unit leaders will break away on quests during which players will uncover more of the storyline, as well as information about each race, their subplots and storyline secrets. Kingdom Under Fire's RPG aspect will also offer more detail pertaining to the seven unique heroes. In addition to RTS and RPG modes, a Hero Death Match mode will be available as a multi-player option. Gamers will be able to choose a hero character to battle head-to-head with opponents. Playing through Phantagram's WARGATE.net game server, gamers can play Kingdom Under Fire in three multi-player modes: real-time strategy, hero deathmatch and hero RPG Online Quest. In the real-time strategy mode, up to eight players can join a game simultaneously. Hero deathmatch mode features various magic skills and items. Similar to the single player mode, in the hero RPG Online Quest, players assume the role of a hero and travel through 14 levels of layered dungeons and caves while battling enemies. Features ·70+ units, each with strong specialties. Using combinations of unique characters, various tactics and strategies can be developed and deployed. ·20 missions each for Human and Devil races and 7 story missions for each hero character. ·RPG gameplay elements. After every victorious battle, characters will gain experience that will help them move quicker, have better AI, have better defense, dodge enemies, counterattack and gain new abilities. ·Three modes of multi-player games. A new free RPG/Hero multi-player deathmatch game will be distributed via the Internet post game launch. ·Easy-to-use strategic variations. Players can set the leaders and the battle formation for each character group. ·65,536 colors at 640 x 480 ~ 800 x 600 resolution. ·Visual subtleties like animated water and lava and realistic action and movement due to a total of 120,000 frames of character animation cuts. ·Life-like light effects on backgrounds and character shadows.