History YMMV / KingArthurTheRolePlayingWargame

* OvershadowedByAwesome: In a meta sense; while never huge the game was not unsuccessful and a good chunk of that was the chance to play a fantasy version of VideoGame/TotalWar. Since the VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer franchise came out King Arthur can look a bit small time in comparison.

* GameBreaker: Attaching a Knight with the [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Strike]] ability to a cavalry unit. The Lightning Strike massively outranges all archer units, and can almost completely wipe a unit on the higher difficulties. You can win very easily by sending the knight ahead of your forces to annihilate enemy ranged units, then retreating back, still throwing lightning.

* TierInducedScrappy: Rebels. They look like real badasses in their portraits, with their black longcoats and intimidating longswords, but that's just a big front. These guys are amateurs who are worse in battle than the cannon fodder Footmen and can barely outfight Bowmen in melee. You'd think for such a unit they'd be cheap. Nope at over 400 gold per season, they're one of the most expensive units around, being about 4 times more than most elite heavy infantry. In a game where balancing the budget can be difficult, hiring these guys are mostly for experimental purposes since you can only recruit them during certain quests.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For ''I'', the Arthurian campaign plays nothing like the Saxons and Welsh campaigns, with its railroading and overwhelming advantages to Arthur's various enemies.
** Exaggerated with ''II'', as kingdom management is nothing like the first game's (no passive income for starters).
* GuideDangIt: The main campaign of the first game has this; nowhere in-game are you pre-warned that you can only ''recruit troops'' after you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur; the quest itself does indicate this reward, and woe betides those who missed reading the quest.]] In addition, you can only build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: establish a stronghold, which also turns the AI kingdoms aggressive]], increasing the challenge drastically. May the Lord / Old Gods help you if you rush to [[spoiler: establish the stronghold]] without grabbing more land to support a larger army, and/or parking your armies on locations to increase their experience levels.

** Averted with ''II'', where linear progression was the norm (though not to the extent of railroading).

* UnderusedGameMechanic: For ''II'', Castles' ability to hold units in reserve. At the beginning when the player can only field one army, the mechanic is useless as the player needs to concentrate their power in that army. The mechanic becomes more useful when the player gains the ability to field more armies; even then, it requires an army to visit a castle in order to bring the reserve units into play.

* TierInducedScrappy: Rebels. They look like real badasses in their portraits, with their black longcoats and intimidating longswords, but that's just a big front. These guys are amateurs who are worse in battle than the cannon fodder Footmen and can barely outfight Bowmen in melee. You'd think for such a unit they'd be cheap. Nope at over 400 gold per season, they're one of the most expensive units around, being about 4 times more than most elite heavy infantry. In a game where balancing the budget can be difficult, hiring these guys are mostly for experimental purposes since you can only recruit them during certain quests.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For ''I'', the Arthurian campaign plays nothing like the Saxons and Welsh campaigns, with its railroading and overwhelming advantages to ARthur's various enemies.

* GuideDangIt: The main campaign of the first game has this; nowhere in-game are you pre-warned that you can only ''recruit troops'' after you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur; the quest itself does indicate this reward, and woe betides those who missed reading the quest.]] In addition, you can only build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: establish a stronghold, which also turns the AI kingdoms aggressive]], increasing the challenge drastically. May the Lord / Old Gods help you if you rush to [[spoiler: establish the stronghold]] without grabbing more land to support a larger army.
* TierInducedScrappy: Rebels. They look like real badasses in their portraits, with their black longcoats and intimidating longswords, but that's just a big front. These guys are amateurs who are worse in battle than the cannonfodder Footmen and can barely outfight Bowmen in melee. You'd think for such a unit they'd be cheap. Nope at over 400 gold per season, they're one of the most expensive units around, being about 4 times more than most elite heavy infantry. In a game where balancing the budget can be difficult, hiring these guys are mostly for experimental purposes since you can only recruit them during certain quests

* GuideDangIt: The main campaign of the first game has this; nowhere in-game are you pre-warned that you can only ''recruit troops'' after you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur; the quest itself does indicate this reward, and woe betides those who missed reading the quest.]], and you can only build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: establish a stronghold, which also turns the AI kingdoms aggressive]], increasing the challenge drastically. May the Lord / Old Gods help you if you rush to [[spoiler: establish the stronghold]] without grabbing more land to support a larger army.

* GuideDangIt: The main campaign of the first game has this; nowhere in-game are you pre-warned that you can only ''recruit troops'' after you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur; the quest itself does indicate this reward, and woe betides those who missed reading the quest.]], and you can only build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: establish a stronghold. Establishing a stronghold also turns the AI kingdoms aggressive]], increasing the challenge drastically. May the Lord / Old Gods help you if you rush to [[spoiler: establish the stronghold]] without grabbing more land to support a larger army.

* GuideDangIt: The main campaign of the first game has this; nowhere in-game are you told that you can only ''recruit troops'' after you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur]], and you can only build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: establish a stronghold. Establishing a stronghold also turns the AI kingdoms aggressive]], increasing the challenge drastically. May the Lord / Old Gods help you if you rush to [[spoiler: establish the stronghold]] without grabbing more land to support a larger army.

* GuideDangIt: The main campaign of the first game has this; nowhere in-game are you told that you can only ''recruit troops'' after you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur]], and you can only build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: establish a stronghold. Establishing a stronghold also turns the AI kingdoms aggressive]], increasing the challenge drastically. May the Lord / Old Gods help you if you rush to [[spoiler: establish the stronghold]].

* GuideDangIt: The main campaign of the first game has this; nowhere in-game are you told that you can only ''recruit troops'' after you [[spoiler:meet the Lady of the Lake and restore Excalibur]], and you can only build new structures or conduct research until you [[spoiler: establish a stronghold]]. Establishing a stronghold also turns the AI kingdoms aggressive, increasing the challenge drastically.