Age of Gods

AoG is a true spiritual successor and the depth strategy runs deep! Don't underestimate this game, you can easily put in a hundred hours. Even after all these years it has a dedicated community that does multiplayer with great social features akin to those on FunOrb

Gameplay is very solid. For multiplayer, the factions are pretty balanced generally speaking and the devs have done a great job of diversifying the meta over the game's existence (pre-steam launch). There's a lot of different playstyles that are viable. There's also a lot of singleplayer options as well.

I never played the game that this was based on, but I decided to give it a go regardless. ITS GREAT! obviously there's a few bugs but that's every game at the start. Music is amazing, and honestly the UI is better then I expected. Of course a downside is the Ai generated art but I can look past that and appreciate the other work put into it. Cant wait to see what else is in store for this game!

At the very start of the game, right after downloading it, they immediately annoy you by forcing you to register an account instead of using the usual Steam login. And judging by the screenshots, the game itself looks like AI-generated garbage. My condolences to everyone who seriously decided to play this. The developer clearly put more effort into review manipulation than into the game itself.

I'm gonna be honest; when I first came across this game while searching for PvP turn-based strategy on Steam, I was extremely put off just by the sheer price of the DLC that was available. The prices have since been lowered, but it was still a bit of a whiplash for a free-to-play game with seemingly simplistic graphics to have such expensive options for supporting the game (I 100% understand that devs need to survive, of course). However, when I actually started playing and came to a few realizations, it became an extremely easy recommend. First off, the DLC is in no way required, any multiplayer/PvP content such as factions can be unlocked in-game, and the game is in no way "pay 2 win," as the starting factions are among the strongest in the game anyway. In addition, the game is notably a charmingly inspired throwback to an old strategy game called "Armies of Gielinor," borrowing the majority of the rules and mechanics from it and building upon it with its own unique additions and improvements; this explains the graphical style, and utilizes a proven strategy PVP formula for intense yet relatively quick matches instead of needing to build an entire new system from scratch, which would call this indie game's future into question a lot more easily. The dev is also very responsive, and even plays games sometimes (and is good at it too, lol) but the point is that he fixes bugs, makes an effort to understand the game, and listens to/engages with the community. A slight warning; all the players I've met are friendly, but some of them played Armies of Gielinor and are very good at this game as well, so it will be difficult for a brand new player to get into ranked. But the game is easy to learn, just hard to master, and many players are willing to help. The music is also surprisingly really good; the snow map theme is my favorite. I even suggested a music player/picker and the dev put it in almost immediately. If you like turn-based strategy with both PvE and PvP, try this free but amazing game; if you end up liking it, feel free to support it!

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A great game that offers plenty of content for free! The developer is very dedicated and is constantly making updates to the game trying to improve it. The best part is, all extra content can be acquired by simply playing the game. You can pay for stuff if you want to skip the grind but its worth it to play and experience everything that this game has to offer. Nice campaign, plenty of multiplayer options, and i especially like the map editor. I recommend it.

A bit off old skool pimped up nice