It has it's flaws but the AI does actually fight back and use spells, and obviously the game mechanics have been honed through the previous games a lot. Additionally, whatever possessed them to make all units in the game use a weird cardboard cutout cartoony appearance is beyond me, but every unit in the game just looks bad.Īge of wonders is a solid, decent game. Anaemic AI, an incredibly dull and 'unfantasy' appearance, poor city design choices and options and wildly unbalanced heroes make for a poor game. With each release it gets better, but it is still far from actually being good. Also a number of wierd design decisions designed to fix flaws in the original unfortunately have brought their own host of issues that makes the city building aspect of the game unsatisfactory.įallen Enchantress is fundamentally flawed.
It cannot validate terrain, it cannot use spells correctly, it can't do strategic combat effectively and basically acts as a speedbump. Warlock 2 is a fascinating game held back by the fact the AI simply doesn't work. Charming style but gameplay wasn't to my taste.Īge of Wonders 3 is the only real option there, although all 3 are flawed in some way and still can't match MoM. An odd take on the genre that I am not equipped to describe. Skyward Collapse - 4X, Superindie edition. but I enjoyed their other titles.Įador - Really didn't give this one much of a chance as it was a bit clunky when I tried to get into it, but it's gotten updates (and DLC) since. I think it has less DRM over there, not sure.Įndless Legend (early access) - by the Endless Space/Legend of Dungeon people.
It's also available for that price on GOG.com for an hour or two. It's $30 on Steam right now and will be for the rest of the day. The simplicity might benefit a beginner, though. I enjoy both the single and multiplayer but I admit I would appreciate a little more depth from the strategic layer. It's only gotten better and they have been quick to address balance issues. Compared to most games these days it was released in a really nice state - stable, OK balance, feature complete. Lacks multiplayer, if that's a factor.ĪoW3 is quite good. Customizing your own units added some fun and variety to the combat but as others have said the balance is questionable.
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