Really really good game.
User Rating: 9 | Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne PC
really enjoyed playing this game and still would but my disk broke in half :( enough different civilizations to keep you playing, loads of different units, large maps. its got everything really. similar fighting style to a total war game with a overview campaign map and a separate battle map which changes depending on where you are in the campaign map. although there aren't thousands of troops in the battles, they have enough kick in them to make the dozen or so troops you would normally take into a battle feel like a powerful army. the wizards you start with in particular can change the outcome of a battle with stunning looking spells and powerful area affect spells as well as casting magic beings on the campaign map which you can then take into battle with you. all of this together makes for a good combination between brute force and cunning magic. The resources system is complicated enough to make it interesting but not so overly complicated that it becomes frustrating. All in all a fun and interesting experience, not a perfect game but still very very good. highly recommended to anybody who enjoys games similar to this.
