Just saw these game play videos were available!
Let's Play Age of Wonders III (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSvGqucXU5s)
Let's Play Warlock 2: The Exiled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpBMZKE3irc)
Both look like must buys for me. :)
Yup :)
Cannot get enough breath to properly squee. Forgetting this thread exists so I can keep my buying to a minimum this year. Reminding myself I still haven't played five minutes on Warlock 1 (plus DLCs) yet.
I don't even look until its released...just torturing myself
Here's a new
Age of Wonders III video featuring the Theocrat leader class:
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{looking}
I love these games, but the tactical battle trailers leave me somewhat uninspired. The battle looks almost identical to Shadow Magic. That worked well enough in its time, but all I see so far is an updated graphics overlay for a game play mechanism that's 10+ years old.
I'm excited about this title, and there's still lots to look forward to, but the tactical combat gives me very much a "been there, done that" feeling.
and didn't they lower the number of units per hex from SM?
Quote from: FarAway Sooner on March 16, 2014, 02:23:02 PM
I love these games, but the tactical battle trailers leave me somewhat uninspired. The battle looks almost identical to Shadow Magic. That worked well enough in its time, but all I see so far is an updated graphics overlay for a game play mechanism that's 10+ years old.
I'm excited about this title, and there's still lots to look forward to, but the tactical combat gives me very much a "been there, done that" feeling.
That's pretty much been my reaction to Warlock 2. Other than some new avatars, updated graphics, and a campaign mode that seems to be ripped off from Eador, I'm not seeing anything new here.
I even reinstalled the original today to confirm my impression.
"If it's not broke, don't fix it."
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The biggest complaint I heard about Shadow Magic was about the poor AI in the tactical battles, so perhaps that got fixed.
Ao3 is down to 6 units per hex yes.
My biggest gripe against Warlord I were: no modding capability and dumb AI. I really hope that they did not go the easy way by just fancying further the already good looking graphics. They publish under Paradox, so hopefully modding & AI will be improved.
Quote from: Pocus on March 17, 2014, 07:04:05 AM
My biggest gripe against Warlord I were: no modding capability and dumb AI. I really hope that they did not go the easy way by just fancying further the already good looking graphics. They publish under Paradox, so hopefully modding & AI will be improved.
I'll add lack of hotseat to that list.