Worlds of Magic 1.0 released

[bbmike]

Worlds of Magic just came out of early access. Time to give it a try.

[Martok]

Argh.  Never thought I'd actually be complaining about *too much* fantasy 4x gaming goodness at one time. 

I'm still playing the hell out of FE:LH, and with both the impending release of AoW3: Eternal Lords and now WoM being officially out, it's a happy time to be a fantasy-strategy gamer.  :) 

That being said, I do also worry that WoM still might not be quite ready for prime-time just yet.  Will be interested to hear your thoughts bbmike. 

[Tpek]

So what about all the kickstarter extra-stuff we were promised / made to pay more for?

[bbmike]

Well, you may be right Martok. There were big issues with the game but the developers working on it. For the game seems to be running fine right now. So for it's fun. Can't compare it to MoM as I never played it.  :-[

[Nefaro]

Worlds of Magic just came out of early access. Time to give it a try.

That's.. interesting.


Last time I played the Early Access game, two or three months ago, I figured they still had another half year to go before it'd be in release shape.  Hopefully I was wrong and they crunched all the issues and additions quickly.

[Greybriar]

My email today from Kickstarter:

"Version 1.0.0
Posted by Wastelands Interactive
US

Well guys, the day has come at last. We're very happy to announce that Worlds of Magic version 1.0.0 has been released. It's been a long road guys and this is really just one of the mile makers along the way. We're going to continue to develop and improve the game as well as add more content. We've come a long way, but we plan to go a lot further before we're done. :)

You can check out the Steam Store page here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/265970

As always guys we want to thank you all! We could never have done it without you!!"

No information yet as to when Kickstarter backers will be able to receive our DRM-Free version of Worlds of Magic.

[Huw the Poo]

You can get a steam key by shooting an e-mail to:

leszek.lisowski[at]wastelands-interactive.com

We are working on the DRM-Free version.

Physical rewards should be sent out by May.

We don't have all the digital backer rewards in place yet, but we're working on it.

[bbmike]

Yeah, so far I like it, but I can't help but feel it might have been released a bit too soon.

[Swatter]

I was very excited about WoM when the developers were around talking about it, but I have read many negative opinions on it. I suppose I will just wait to see how it pans out.

[Anguille]

I kickstarted the game but chose the GOG edition...will have to wait a little bit longer.

[Martok]

I kickstarted the game but chose the GOG edition...will have to wait a little bit longer.

I originally chose the GOG edition as well.  However, I opted into the Steam version so I could play the beta (when the Dwarves were added), so I wonder how that will work.  I hope I still get my GOG version (although it won't be the end of the world if I don't); will just have to wait and see, I guess. 

[solops]

I have Age of Wonder III w/ all DLCs and Fallen Enchantress: Elemental Heroes w/ all DLC and I have put in 100+ hours on World of Magic. I like AoW3 the least, though I am not sure why. I like FE quite a bit, but I think WoM is going to be my favorite. It was released too soon. Game balance is lacking just a bit, especially in the beginning. A few bugs still pop up. There are a lot of features that could be added, such as research speed options, variable monsters, etc, and the UI is still a bit cranky. The team has been great about squashing bugs but have been headstrong on insisting on certain UI features, in spite of constant complaints from new and old players. All in all, I like it best of the three and expect it to only get better. I will probably play FE again, but AoW3 will soon leave my hard drive. WoM has the one-more-turn thing for me.

[Dread Rlyeh]

I have Age of Wonder III w/ all DLCs and Fallen Enchantress: Elemental Heroes w/ all DLC and I have put in 100+ hours on World of Magic. I like AoW3 the least, though I am not sure why. I like FE quite a bit, but I think WoM is going to be my favorite. It was released too soon. Game balance is lacking just a bit, especially in the beginning. A few bugs still pop up. There are a lot of features that could be added, such as research speed options, variable monsters, etc, and the UI is still a bit cranky. The team has been great about squashing bugs but have been headstrong on insisting on certain UI features, in spite of constant complaints from new and old players. All in all, I like it best of the three and expect it to only get better. I will probably play FE again, but AoW3 will soon leave my hard drive. WoM has the one-more-turn thing for me.

Glad to hear that.  I've had the game since early access, but have been waiting to play.  I do wish the graphics were better.  I prefer sprites, even like Dominions 2 sprites, to indy 3d.  Fingers crossed this all comes together as I would love a decent fantasy 4x.  I was hoping AoW3 would be an improved Shadow Magic, but for me that fell through, and I didn't even bother picking it up. 

[Huw the Poo]

I was hoping AoW3 would be an improved Shadow Magic, but for me that fell through, and I didn't even bother picking it up. 

AoW3 is to SM what Oblivion/Skyrim were to Morrowind: higher graphical fidelity but a step backwards in all other departments.  Shadow Magic is the best game in the series by quite a margin in my opinion.

AoW3 isn't bad, it's just not an evolution in the series either.  It plays more like Warlock than AoW:SM.

[solops]

The map is a bit busy, and locating threats is difficult. They instituted a real half-assed notification system recently in response top complaints. Also, figuring out which army belongs to who is almost a mystery. Like I said, some real rough spots still here.