Age of Wonders III and Warlock 2 Gameplay

[bbmike]

Just saw these game play videos were available!

Let's Play Age of Wonders III
Let's Play Warlock 2: The Exiled

Both look like must buys for me.  :)

[FlickJax]

Yup :)

[JasonPratt]

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.

[mikeck]

I don't even look until its released...just torturing myself

[Greybriar]

Here's a new Age of Wonders III video featuring the Theocrat leader class:

[JasonPratt]

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[FarAway Sooner]

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.

[RedArgo]

and didn't they lower the number of units per hex from SM?

[tgb]

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.

[Nefaro]

"If it's not broke, don't fix it."

?

The biggest complaint I heard about Shadow Magic was about the poor AI in the tactical battles, so perhaps that got fixed.

[Pocus]

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.

[bbmike]

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.