Age of Wonders III coming later this year!

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JasonPratt

#60
January 23, 2014, 08:37:11 AM
...and squeeing... and squeeing...

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Martok

#61
January 23, 2014, 10:26:51 AM
Just a few more months.  ;D 

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Martok

#63
February 12, 2014, 09:38:13 AM
Excellent; thanks for the link geek. 

I don't mind at all that AoW3 isn't trying to reinvent the wheel.  As long as whatever the game does, it does well (and it sounds like this is the case), I'm quite content.  :) 

"Like we need an excuse to drink to anything..." - Banzai_Cat
"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

"At our ages, they all look like jailbait." - mirth

"If we had lines here that would have crossed all of them. For the 1,077,986th time." - Gusington

"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces

undercovergeek

#64
February 12, 2014, 09:45:07 AM
Quote from: Martok on February 12, 2014, 09:38:13 AM
Excellent; thanks for the link geek. 

I don't mind at all that AoW3 isn't trying to reinvent the wheel.  As long as whatever the game does, it does well (and it sounds like this is the case), I'm quite content.  :)

i got that feeling - theyre staying safe but i think thats exactly what the majority of AOW II fans will want - more of the same

mikeck

#65
February 12, 2014, 01:26:29 PM
When...that's all I care about... When
"A government large enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have."--Thomas Jefferson

FarAway Sooner

#66
February 12, 2014, 11:45:21 PM
Hmmmm...  I'm very intrigued by this game and plan to purchase it shortly after it's released and proven to not be bug-crippled and/or just a plain crappy game that uninstalls Windows when I try to remove it from my hard drive.

But I'm not as on-board with some as "the exact same game with higher polygon count".  Shadow Magic was a very good game, but it also had a certain grindy feel to me.  Certain exploits seemed to work every time against the AI (e.g., "Fighting Orcs?  Buy a Nymph or two to Charm his Orc Warlord and you're home free.") and the game play felt repetitive.  It was a very good game, but I eventually stopped playing because of a "been there, done that" sense.

I don't think they needed to reinvent the whole thing.  They only need to make a couple fairly basic tweaks (inserting a more satisfying Player-vs-Environment component like Legendary Heroes has, or designing spells and game play so that you don't pick the exact same spells each time you play with a certain school of magic), and it'll be fresh enough to be new.

But there have been a lot of innovations in TBS fantasy in the last decade.  I hope these guys don't stay too true to a game that I largely stopped playing 10 years ago.

SgtRock

#67
February 14, 2014, 12:08:07 PM
Shouldn't this be Age of Wonders IV? There were 3 other Age of Wonder games.

Crafting/Forge?
- I haven't see anything about the ability to craft/forge equipment, (this is in AOW shadow magic).

Greybriar

#68
February 14, 2014, 03:32:23 PM
Quote from: SgtRock on February 14, 2014, 12:08:07 PM
Shouldn't this be Age of Wonders IV? There were 3 other Age of Wonder games....

Yes, if Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic had been named Age of Wonders III: Shadow Magic. But it wasn't.
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SgtRock

#69
February 14, 2014, 05:29:42 PM
Quote from: Greybriar on February 14, 2014, 03:32:23 PM
Quote from: SgtRock on February 14, 2014, 12:08:07 PM
Shouldn't this be Age of Wonders IV? There were 3 other Age of Wonder games....

Yes, if Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic had been named Age of Wonders III: Shadow Magic. But it wasn't.

By that logic, they could call it Age if Wonders I because the first Age of Wonders game didn't have a number either! ;)

Greybriar

#70
February 14, 2014, 07:00:11 PM
I guess they didn't know how to number the games in the Age of Wonders series properly. Personally, I would consider Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic an expansion to Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne. It added a lot of things, but the look, feel, and gameplay are identical for the most part.

Once I purchased Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, I never had much of a desire to play any other game in the Age of Wonders series.

Like many others, I am looking forward to Age of Wonders III with great anticipation. Hopefully we won't be let down.
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SgtRock

#71
February 15, 2014, 10:22:48 AM
Agree Shadow Magic was the best of the lot, which makes me wonder what will AOW III have that Shadow Magic doesn't, besides updated graphics?

Martok

#72
February 16, 2014, 03:03:04 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2014, 03:37:53 PM by Martok
By the by, info on the Archdruid leader class has been released: 

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Archdruids lead from natural sanctuaries in remote locales. Their cities are natural self-sufficient places founded on the bedrock of natural balance. Their lands burst with life. Their domains are well guarded by hunters, shamans, and wild beasts. To master the forces of nature, they do not blindly protect life, for death is the natural consequence of life.





...And this game has Dire Penguins as a military unit.  Sweet!! 

"Like we need an excuse to drink to anything..." - Banzai_Cat
"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

"At our ages, they all look like jailbait." - mirth

"If we had lines here that would have crossed all of them. For the 1,077,986th time." - Gusington

"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces

Greybriar

#73
February 16, 2014, 07:47:47 PM Last Edit: February 17, 2014, 08:54:13 AM by Greybriar
Will Age of Wonders III be a Steam-exclusive release? I would prefer to get it from GOG.com.

Edit: I found the answer to my query on the Age of Wonders forums:

Quote from: SikBokHi, posting here to confirm what Tanchiro and JeanLucPicard have already said.

We'll be on Steam, but not exclusively.
We'll also be on GoG for people who prefer that service.

In some countries you can even find us on a good old disk : )>
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JasonPratt

#74
February 17, 2014, 08:34:46 AM
What is this "disk" of which they speak?  :D
ICEBREAKER THESIS CHRONOLOGY! -- Victor Suvorov's Stalin Grand Strategy theory, in lots and lots of chronological order...
Dawn of Armageddon -- narrative AAR for Dawn of War: Soulstorm: Ultimate Apocalypse
Survive Harder! -- Two season narrative AAR, an Amazon Blood Bowl career.
PanzOrc Corpz Generals -- Fantasy Wars narrative AAR, half a combined campaign.
Khazâd du-bekâr! -- narrative dwarf AAR for LotR BfME2 RotWK campaign.
RobO Q Campaign Generator -- archived classic CMBB/CMAK tool!
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