How to play Warlords Battlecry III on Mac

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Game summary

Warlords Battlecry III further expands the Battlecry tradition of featuring persistent RPG-like fantasy heroes with its retinue of loyal followers fighting massive battles in the Warlords' world of Etheria. It is a true sequel to Warlords Battlecry I & II, featuring many familiar races and troop-types, while also adding some new ones into the mix. Warlords Battlecry III continue to perfect its automated feature system, greatly reducing gameplay micromanagement and quickly proving to be the holy grail of RTS games among gamers of the genre. While being a strong RTS outright, there are also numerous activities for players to engage in between battles, such as obtaining titles and awards, trading and purchasing items & retinue members, and even an upgradeable castle to reflect your importance and influence in the world of Etheria. Extra features included in Warlords Battlecry III are specifically geared to please the legions of previous Battlecry players, including the removal of hero and unit caps, the addition of new special abilities for high-level heroes and the creation of an intuitive hero system. All of these features, coupled with new races and hero classes, new spells and items, and new building and dragons meld to form a Real-Time Strategy game that once again raises the benchmark for other games in the genre. Warlords Battlecry III is poised to receive even greater accolades than the previous award-winning titles in the Warlords Battlecry series.
First released: May 2004

Play Warlords Battlecry III on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Warlords Battlecry III on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Warlords Battlecry III installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Warlords Battlecry III like you would on any PC.
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🕹 Editor's notes

Warlords Battlecry 3 is a third release of the Battlecry series, developed by Infinitive Interactive. It is a real-time strategy game incorporating fresh features, like the new insectoid Swarm and the five new playable races.

You can choose from a wide selection of races in this game and travel between cities to compete at events. The map locations provide many missions, and you will not realize taking part in them until completion.

This game version provides you with more factions and hero types, and new magic spells have also been incorporated into Battlecry 3. Your ultimate goal is to create and develop a hero in the game.

Plot

This game revolves around a group of merchants called the Selentine Merchants, traveling to new kingdoms for trading purposes. They go beyond the South Seas and stumble upon the world of Etheria, where they stumbled across untold riches.

However, in these rich lands resided a race of snake-like creatures that the Selentines killed to steal their gold. Little did the Selentines know about the power of those creatures, and soon war ensued.

In this game, you play the part of the hero in the Selentine group, joining forces with other races in Etheria to become stronger and survive the war. He goes with his crew to different kingdoms in Etheria to conquer new lands and find treasure to build an empire.

Gameplay

In Warlords Battlecry 3, you go on a campaign to numerous locations on the map where there are different events. It has a story-driven plot as the player sets their path through the world.

This game also has spontaneous side missions that you need to complete to build your forces. You can also create alliances with other races in some missions, allowing you to team up in future battles.

To build structures for your forces, you have to locate resources like gold, metal, crystal, and stone. It takes time to build your forces, so patience is the key in Warlords Battlecry 3.