Age of Wonders is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. The game is very in depth, strategic, and fun. I have owned the game for years and I still play it quite often. When you first load the game you can either play the campaign or play multiplayer. The campaign is hard, I won’t lie to you. However, the story is very good and the missions are very interesting. The game is solid and very balanced, which unfortunately is very rare when it comes to turn-based strategy. Much like the second game in the series, the multiplayer is the best part. You probably won’t find any active games on the net, and you will probably have a hard time finding a good PBEM (Play By E-Mail) game, but if you have a buddy with another computer or you don’t mind playing against the computer, then you won’t be disappointed with this game. The multiplayer scenarios that come with the game are very well thought out and all very interesting. The game ships with a map editor that allows you and others to create your own scenarios, and there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of fan made scenarios available for download off of the internet. There are a total of twelve playable races to choose from such as humans, dwarves, drow, undead, etc. Each race has its own units and any race can have any sphere of magic. For example, an elven king could practice death magic or an undead king could practice life magic. There are a total of six spheres of magic to practice: life, death, fire, earth, air, and water. Maps can have a total of three layers: surface, caverns, and deeper caverns. This can make for some very, very large maps to play on, some taking even a month to get through. Of course, old games have old graphics. The graphics in this game are *very* dated. To me, good graphics are nice but they are not important. Instead, game play is what matters and this game has it in great detail. If you like turn-based strategy and graphics are not terribly important, then grab this game from the bargain bin or an online retailer and you’ll be getting a lot for your money.
Its always quite amusing to find stories of alternate histories for earth, and its also quite fun to have a game that incorparates two types of gameplay into one. Age of wonders is a turn based strategy and RPG at the sa... Read Full Review
Age of Wonders starts itself off seemingly with yet another tale of the fiendish besieging the well-mannered. After the end of the rather sparsely animated cutscene, the game presents the player with the choice of schemi... Read Full Review
