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Summary: Finnaly, Turn-Based Fantasy that Does Everything Well
Review: Take it from me, i have been playing games of this type all the way back to the days of Kings Bounty (which still rules and fits on only one disk) I spent hours playing Heroes 2 and 3 as well as with the Warlords series and this takes the best from them all, thrown in some of its own unique charecter and ends up with one of the most well balanced, downright fun games to come down the turn-based pike in quite some time.
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Summary: Dont forget the music!
Review: The best part of this game, in my humble opinion, has GOT to be the music. I am a student of music myself and I must say, the music of AOW is unparalleled in it's approprietness to the atmosphere. Even after 2 years I still find myself humming "Snowscapes" over and over again.
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: This game is Civ II meets D&D. Its horrible. One of my five LEAST favorite games.
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Summary: This game is wonderful. Really.
Review: This game is going to be on my hard drive for a long, long time. The only thing it lacks is a random map generator, which I think will be added in a patch or an add-on later. If you're a turn-based strategy fan, this game is a must have. It blows Heroes of Might and Magic (an already superb series) out of the water with more detail, better combat, and just plain better everything (even better MUSIC, which was very hard to beat!).If you don't love this game, you're not a gamer. (Either that or you're just a twitch gamer, which is allmost as bad. :-) In all my years of PC gaming, this is my favorite turn-based game (tops Master of Magic and even X-COM! those two games held the "longest on hard drive" awards up until this one came along, and I know it will unseat them). It might actually be my favorite game of all time, bar-none, but that remains to be seen in the test of time. Buy this.
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Summary: wow... this is FUN
Review: This game is plain fun! The atmosphere and graphics are compelling (if you remember it is a game), there is room for story telling in the game, the AI is decent, you have 12 sides to choose from, loads of magical spells (the effects are fun!), ships, the whole nine yards. I love that you get a game editor with it and can create your own magic items and heroes and story-line. The game is very well balanced and involves actual strategy. The simplified economy is a BIG PLUS over MOM which was micromanagement hell and why I gave it up eventually. There are little details of hte game that go pretty deep, such as the weaponry needed to hit a Wraith or a Dragon, how the alignments and races interact and sometimes desert your army, how best to attack a fortified and walled-in town (loads of fun), choice between tactical and strategic combat. And overall, it flows just so much smoother than MOM ever did. I actually get lost in the story and details much more than I did at MOM, and the AI is not as much of a push-over as the MOM AI was if oyu factor out cheating... I can't believe I overlooked this game and glad I found it!
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Summary: Age Of Wonders
Review: This is a very good game. I think this one of the best games in the world. It can get boring for people that like action. If u like fantasy go fo this game. There are plenty of levels to keep you busy. If you like just doing fights and making armies it will last you forever.
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Summary: A great game
Review: This is simply a great game. Easy to learn but lots of play value. Combinations of strategies make it sort of a "rock, paper, scissors" game where no unit (except maybe for heroes) can always beat any other unit. Hero development also has a new twist bringing ability development closer to role-playing games. Simply a great game!
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Summary: A terrific turn-based fantasy strategy game
Review: This is the most recent turn-based fantasy strategy game and is arguably the best of them. The game includes two full campaigns (choose between good guys and baddies) and several single scenarios. You control one main hero with the option to recruit units and secondary heroes. Each race you control has 4 levels of units unique to each race. Heroes improve through experience in the campaign, gaining spells, higher stats and unique abilities. Units can also improve gaining better stats with experience. Heroes, units and magic items are carried forward to the next scenario subject to a points maximum. Unlike Heroes of Might and Magic, your heroes actually fight in battles (finally!). If you liked Master of Magic or the Heroes of Might and Magic series, you'll love this game. The good parts: Multiple races (all controllable through capture even from opposite alignments). Simple intuitive interface. Deep strategic battles, where each unit has srong and weak points. Improveable heroes with spells, magic artifacts, and a large number of unique skills. Units and Heroes carry forward to the next scenario you get to select which ones. Superb replay value (many races to play, two branching campaigns, scenario editor included). Rock-solid stability (haven't had a crash since I installed it a month ago) The bad parts: If you didn't have much of a life before, you'll have even less after you buy this game.
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Summary: I waited 10 years for MoM 2 and this is what I get!
Review: To compare Age of Wonders to any game other than Masters of Magic is ludicrous. This game is blatantly an MoM clone with deprecated gameplay and better graphics. Granted MoM was a terrific game, but surely Triumph Software could have improved on more than the interface. The few improvements over MoM are: - better (barely better) graphics - a couple new races - a few new spells (most spells are exactly the same as MoM) - tactical combat inside monster lair locations - simultaneous turns - game doesn't end when someone researches the mastery spell. Its list of features that are lacking from MoM are: - brutally simplified town management (is this a shooter?) - can't build new towns - no town growth - an 'upgrade' option to replace individual building - one player per race - confusing diplomacy that changes round to round - no improvement to combat, identical to MoM - no improvement to heroes, identical to MoM - no improvement to magic system, identical to MoM Perhaps I shouldn't be so hard on this game. Other reviewers and friends say that the simplified interface is a blessing. That the micromanagement of MoM was tedious. But what is wrong with having an AI do your town management for you if you choose? In all fairness I have, and will, be playing Age of Wonders for hours. Buy it for MoM with a facelift, but it is not MoM2.
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Summary: Nice Fantasy Game
Review: Very nice graphics and nice story. Tactical battling gets a little slow at times, but over all a game which will give you some fun evenings of gaming. If you are into ongoing action, this is not for you - Get a RTS instead, but for us fantasy loving players, who like to dream a little bit, it is a nice game to have.
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