hazabaza1 said:
Never heard of it.
Sounds like an RTS of somesort though.
Well it's this...
FinalDream said:
What? I never heard of it! Sounds good though.
...alright, so it's an awesom...
Tahaneira said:
Age of Wonders?
Never heard it.
But it sounds right up my alley. Research ho!
*drives off in the wikimobile*
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Now I'm just getting depressed, Age of Wonders is seriously an excelle-
Irridium said:
I have no idea what Age of Wonders is. So far all I know is that Notch is funding this and not Psychonauts 2. So it better be damn impressive.
To google!
OH COME ON!
Seriously, Age of Wonders was a fantastic series of strategy rpg ala Heroes of Might & Magic from ye olden times of 1999-2003. A combination of part Civilization and Heroes with an emphasis on hero characters and world-shattering magic.
And when I say world shattering, I mean literally. One of the coolest features of AoW was how if your race specialized in a certain 'sphere' of magic and you became powerful enough, you could cast spells to start changing the environment around you with often catastrophic results. If an ice and a fire culture each are trying to take over and both are extending their realms, you'll see volcano exploding where the two borders meet as both sides magic grapple for control. Play as one of the death races and you could make the world die around you, with the most powerful hero leaving literal trails of death and destruction in their wake as they cross the campaign map.
It was fantastic. Surprisingly fun combat, tons of spells both on the overmap and in battles, tons of races to play and a huge variety of units, leveling paths for heroes, even underground and otherworldly dimensions for maps. The games were huge and awesome.
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic in particular is just amazing. It's a shame the series was so little known, although I didn't know it was
this obscure, and it's great to see it emerging again.
