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And here is Dominions 5. The magical world full of wonders and treasures in the beginning of the Ascension Wars. It offers the same experience as its ancestors but for modern screen resolutions and machines. It is a turn based strategy game, but quite sophisticated, that take a lot of positional thinking in the middle and late stages. Multiplayer games some times are played 1 day per turn for each player. Plenty of magic schools, summoned creatures, regional and terrain units makes it very deep to explore. The units and commanders in combats can not be controlled, but only given orders - then like in our world they some times make stupid things :)
The next sequel of Warlock series takes place after the great mage have defeated the Dremers and have been exiled by the another mage who meanwhile cast the Unity Spell. The game engine is similar to the first one but the story and the gameplay is different. Now we need to pass trough different shards (worlds) to reach Ardania and defeat the great mage. Also the perk resources are now not unlimited but with specific fount. That mans if we want to make the regeneration perk from the Shrine of the rotten Pumpkin to 10 units, we need two resources with the building. In this expansion there are 2 new races, Planestriders and Svarts. New resources and new heroes are exciting to explore.
Being a great fan of the original Fantasy General game, I had quite the expectations about the next sequence, though at some point in the 10's I stopped to expect any sequence for this game at all. And strange enough I liked it! for a game released after 2015 it is really a progress for me. What is most amazing is that they have kept most of the base concept from the original FG game. The only thing I dislike is the heavy graphic. I have always thought that this types of games need a clear 2D graphic with some beautiful sprites, where we can plan our strategy in a most focused way. For example, I did not take the dragon mount from the Dragon Island, because it was too annoying, weaving those mighty wing over my screen. Some times I had to bend my head aside to look for the unit under the dragon :). Other from that, there are some minor things that are bearable or fixable, compared with the original game.
Story. The story of FG2 take place on one continent. Again, some missions will lock others so we can take different paths. We lead a noble barbarian tribe against the corrupted empire to save the world. Also the mission turn limit now only affects the spoils we get from the mission and is not a loose mission timer.
Experience. In the original FG, the unit with the final blow takes all the all experience. In FG2 all units 3 hex away from the target gets the experience. Except if a unit 4-5 hex away makes the final blow - it also get the XP.
Units. There are 4 main types of units, though they have very different race varieties, like human archers or centaur archers. The upgrade tree is more like Heroes style and we use 3 main resources to upgrade our unis in the path we choose. I just miss the concept about not knowing what is next unit upgrade from FG. One motivation was to reach all units max upgrade and see what is it :)
Items. Items are endless, not like in FG1. There are also rare(purple) items that make which of which more wonderous things. Heroes can carry 3 items and most single entity units can carrry 2 items.
Ruins. There are 5 types of ruins. The real ruins, caves, camps and settlements. The ruins and settlements may drop rare items. The caves I farm for boots (Water walking boots are so so so needed). The camps may drop some mana or health potion. But what is most not good is that there is no some type of shop to sell the unnecessary items at least. I believe this should be considered.
Terrain. Like the loading screens says, the terrain is a major part of the game. There are deep water, where only lizards can go, water, plains, roads, rough, woods and mountains.
Resources. Beside the 3 main resources to upgrade our units, there is an interesting concept with mana nodes on some maps where we get mana to cast spells and summon creatures.
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes is the successor if the 2010 turn based strategy game Elemental: War of Magic. It has enchanted graphics, new monsters and tons of new heroes, which are major part of the game. Now let's see, who will gather more heroes than me? :)
Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is a square turn based strategy game set in a fantasy world, a world once filled with magic that used to house magnificent civilizations. This world has been ravaged by war, and has been torn apart by Titans, immortal beings who sought to control the world. The game is the story about the survivors. The Kingdoms of the West are dominated by men and value the power of the individuals, while the Empires of the East who are dominated by other races believe in raw strength and strive to increase their power.
Northgard is an awesome looking real time strategy game and city management simulator set in the ancient Norse mythology in which you play a clan of Vikings for the control of a mysterious new found lands. In the game, you take care of civilians with professions, military units, random events, military paths, different victories, special tiles, resources and buildings.
Laylines is one exciting turn based strategy game in a fantasy world. Its first development took from 2002-2010 and for 2018 there is an enchanted version coming soon on Steam.
Screenshot from Steam.
Dungeons
& Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara brings reworkings of two of
Capcom’s classic arcade hits - Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara – together in one
definitive digital package.
Heroes of the Storm is the Blizzard's entry in the Massive Online Battle Arena game types. Actually, the fiirst battle arena I witness was in the World of Warcraft game, in something like Warsong Gulch. So I definatelly favor HotS before other MOBA's. In any case, it is a game worth trying when opportunity presents itselve.
Screenshot from Steam.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
Screenshot from Steam. • The epic Viking saga continues on – beautifully 2D hand drawn combat sequences and animations are further enhanced with special effects, once again accompanied by an evocative score from Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory • Player choice that continues to drive your narrative – your story continues based on choices made in the first game as well as hard choices you have to make in this one. • New Characters and a New Race – continue your epic journey interacting with new characters and a new race, the Horseborn.
