![]() ![]() Elves, orcs, dragons-somebody started a war and somebody else felt betrayed and on we go. The infodump nature of this method makes it hard to care about anything the campaign has to say. Most of the story is told through lengthy interludes between chapters, presented to you through one of the slowest text scrolls this side of Star Wars. Vital tactical techniques, such as the game’s reliance on flanking, are left to these text explanations, so it’s easy to lose the game’s relatively easy battles early on without understanding what you’re doing wrong.Īge of Wonders III’s story is delivered in big walls o’ text. Most of the tutorial hints are presented in text tooltips lengthy enough to have been written by Proust. You can feel like a decent strategist without delving too far into the game’s mechanics, even if there’s a lot of room left for you to improve.Īge of Wonders III throws up roadblocks. While 4X games are always complicated-there are a ton of systems to learn-a game like Civilization is good about giving you the small victories up front. Age of Wonders III simply neglects about a decade of improvements in user experience, resulting in a game that feels opaque and unintuitive up front. Getting started with Age of Wonders III is a hostile and intimidating experience, and not in the Dark Souls-esque “purposefully obtuse” way. For more on the game, check out our preview and interview with director Lennart Sas.Click to enlarge all images in this article. Following a delay from its initial 2013 launch date, Age of Wonders 3 is set to launch this year for Windows PC. In Age of Wonders 3, players command an army and conquer new lands to establish their own empire the game features more than 150 units, six races and classes and up to six heroes per army. Triumph Studios previously released a gameplay video featuring 18 minutes of the Archdruid Leader class, which can summon Shaman and more on the field. Check out the video above to see each unit perform in battle alongside the Theocrat. Theocrats also have the ability to summon units such as the Evangelist, Exalted and the Martyr. Using powers such as Instant Wrath and Mark of the Heretic to deal damage or tag enemies, the Theocrat class offers players a combination of offensive and defensive skills. ![]() ![]() ![]() The video above takes the Theocrat into battle. The latest video for Triumph Studios' upcoming turn-based strategy game, Age of Wonders 3, features 19 minutes of gameplay centered around the Theocrat class. ![]()
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