Kingdom Elemental

Funniest! Tutorial! Ever! If you get the chance, you really have to check it out In fact, it's so entertaining that it's almost worth the entry fee alone. But not quite...

See, the problem with Kingdom, Elemental - a third-person real-time tactical combat game - is that despite some slick presentation and a solid core concept, it's also extremely flawed.

Starting with just a couple of warriors, you must defeat waves of enemies in order to accumulate stacks of gold (with which to buy more units) and Unlock Points. The latter gives you access to a multitude of new melee, ranged and magical units, each with its own collection of special abilities.

However, with the Al usually intent on chasing after your slowest and most vulnerable units regardless of how much you try to stop them, there's often little point buying anything other than durable and agile melee warriors.

Kingdom Elemental is also monumentally difficult and it doesn't take long for you to start questioning whether it's all worth the effort. There's certainly some promise here, but in its current guise, Kingdom Elemental is far too frustrating to recommend.