Worlds of Magic 1.0 released

[Rayfer]

For another supposedly 'spiritual successor to Master of Magic' (of which we have had many others come and go), there has been little posted here lately about his game.

[Huw the Poo]

It keeps crashing for me so I'm playing the waiting game.  It does actually look bloody good from what I've seen of it though.

[Nefaro]

It's still being patched regularly. 

Hopefully it's sorted at some point.  The game looks enticing, especially with the initial ruler customization options, but I'm unsure about how the campaign map gameplay has turned out because I've not played it much yet.  Been waiting for the bugs & such to get smoothed out.

[Martok]

Yeah, I'm kinda playing the waiting game as well.  I seem to recall reading a major update is scheduled for later this summer; I plan to give it another spin once that gets released. 

...a couple of free DLCs (Sorcerer Lords Pack and Titans Pack ) [almost] released for World of Magic.  ...seems there may be some Steam issues getting these out.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/265970/discussions/0/617336568084416797/

Sorcerer Lords Pack

This free DLC contains five new Sorcerer Lords:
Asmodai, a powerful demonic summoner
Katya, a holy paladin
Hra'tah, a dark elven mutator and biomancer
Tangaroa, a warlord sailor
Shllix'ath, an ancient red dragon
Select them as your avatar or fight against them!

Titans

This free DLC containts Titans: legendary, powerful unique units that can single-handedly defeat whole armies. Fight them for glory and spoils of war, or try to coerce and bribe them to join your empire and unleash their might against your opponents.

Sweet!  O0 

[Huw the Poo]

Oh hi, can I play Worlds of Magic yet?

NO.

Doomtrader, are you guys aware of the reproducible CTD when scrolling the main map?  I've emailed you with a log and posted about it on the Steam forum more than once, and I've heard nothing.  Will I ever be able to play the game?

[Huw the Poo]

Ha!  Two days after posting, suddenly the game works after the latest release of the beta patch!  ;D

(The cynic in me suspects the fix was accidental, seeing as nobody from Wastelands Interactive has ever responded to my bug reports, but I'm not complaining right now)

Credit where it's due, then.  I intend to play the shit out of this game now. :)

[undercovergeek]

so its in a playble, finishable state now?

[Huw the Poo]

so its in a playble, finishable state now?

The devs don't consider it finished and I gather there's plenty more to come (including a UI overhaul if I'm not mistaken), but it's definitely playable now.  I just put in a quick half an hour and had nothing but the most trivial of issues.

[undercovergeek]

 O0

[Tpek]

so its in a playble, finishable state now?

They still have yet to make&release all those paid addons and such.

[FarAway Sooner]

The devs don't consider it finished and I gather there's plenty more to come (including a UI overhaul if I'm not mistaken), but it's definitely playable now.  I just put in a quick half an hour and had nothing but the most trivial of issues.

Issues relating to the game, I trust you mean, Huw?

:)

[Huw the Poo]

Wasteland have uploaded their latest patch and summarised the improvements since 1.0:

Major update for Worlds of Magic - 1.2.2
New patch has been uploaded so now you can update your game.

Among other, here is the list of the major improvements in the game since the release:


Improvements:
- greatly increased stability for Windows, Linux, and Mac
- GUI quality of life improvements
- greatly reduced memory usage and performance tweaks
- new save system
- localization language improvements
- sounds overhaul
- new forests for world map
- many, many fixes for spells and abilities
- tweaks to units, adding Living perk for all normal units
- diplomacy tweaks
- balance improvements
- bigger zoom out

Additions:
- Multiplayer mode
- new Tutorial
- new units
- new spells
- new heroes and many new models for existing ones
- Hot Seat for Arena
- new favorite spells tab keeping last eight used spells
- new informative tooltips on world features
- defensive buildings for each race
- free Titans DLC
- new particle effects for spells
- autoscouting for units
- quickstart mode

New units:
- Sprite
- Chimera
- Phantom Beast
- Slime
- Skeleton
- Wight
- Floating Island
- Angel
- Archangel
- Fire Giant
- Wraith
- Unicorn

New heroes:
- Verne Stargrove
- Dran
- Klickwyk
- Drax
- Guldor Zeugme
- Draylik
- Kjorgi
- Bonebasher
- Ven'dral
- Sigfrida Blackwing
- Gontar

New heroes models:
- Lady Lavinia
- Amu-Hah Shekala
- General Krull Darkheart
- Kathentira Dire
- Autumn Leaf
- Aquestrielle
- Ixi
- Pilarica
- Monica Bloodblade
- Darren Burnett
- Kelithengol
- Adalas
- Izzir the Damned
- Aledar Malar
- Cirrym the Learned
- Tulvan Dreamchaser
- Crombie

New spells:
- Blazing Barrier
- Crusade
- Thick Mist
- Gravity
- Flaming Guardians
- Wall of Fire
- Wall of Air
- Blur
- Circle of Protection
- Flood
- Dragon
- Astral Garrison
- Fire Giant
- Sprites
- Chimeras
- Phantom Beast
- Slime
- Raise Skeletons
- Raise Wights
- Raise Wraiths
- Floating Island
- Unicorns
- Angel
- Archangel

It has to be said, I haven't had a single crash since I posted a few days ago.  It's very slow to start so I'm not exactly crusading around the map yet (other than with my scouts), but I'm confident that WoM is going to deliver just what I wanted from it. O0

[Greybriar]

That's reassuring, Huw. Thanks for the update. I hope it means the DRM-Free version will be out soon.

[Huw the Poo]

It's now listed on GOG as "coming soon".  The devs wanted to avoid a repeat of the horrible Steam launch, so they were waiting for it to be much more stable before releasing on GOG.  It looks like it's imminent.

[-budd-]

I'm defiantly keeping my eye on this one. Anyone notice that wasteland stuff is for sale over at LNL, including WOM.