The above reveal trailer is mostly a fancy teaser, but a few quick seconds of what looks like in-game footage show a little more, from idyllic fantasy castles in green fields to siege warfare and a spooky skeletal dragon.Ī press release for the title promises "unexpected levels for storytelling" for a 4X game and the ability to craft followers by combining "bodily forms, societal traits and arcane powers", in order to build an empire that suits your preferred designs. Here's a quick first look: Age of Wonders reveal video. It also marks a return to the series' more traditional fantasy setting, following its dabbling with sci-fi in 2019's Age of Wonders: Planetfall. The game also thinks it’s being clever by allowing up to 42 units (spot the nerd reference) in a battle, but that’s just too much and the bigger fights become bogged down and overlong.Paradox Interactive and Triumph Studios have announced a new numbered sequel in the Age of Wonders series - the first for nine years.Īge of Wonders 4 will launch for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 2nd May this year, and revive the franchise's strategy empire-building and tactical combat. Once you’ve a few battles under your belt though that doesn’t really matter and you can start to enjoy the differences from XCOM, which include a much greater variety of units, including vehicles, and mechanics like being able to stagger an enemy to stop them using a special attack or still doing a lesser amount of damage with a missed shot. 1, by Albert Marin and Cris Morales Age of Empires II - Definitive Edition FitGirl Repack Age of Wonders - Planetfall FitGirl Repack AI Shoujo - DODI. Even though most of the systems, like taking cover and preparing overwatch to fire at enemies during their turn, are very similar everything always seems to need just a couple of extra button presses to get working. As with everything else, you do get used to the controls eventually but it’s interesting just how fussy and unintuitive everything seems compared to XCOM on consoles.
The turn-based combat takes place on a hex-based grid and works very much like XCOM’s more introverted brother.
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