Age of Wonders 4

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It's a 4X game set in an established fantasy multiverse. The primary distinguishing feature is the sheer amount of both customization available for your factions well split between both pregame faction building and ingame faction evolution. These options are incredibly well done and provides an immense amount of variety whether you're optimzing your factions internal synergies, putting together something for thematic effect, or trying to adapt to a rivals strategy. I've heard some people try playing it more like a roleplaying game. I can see the appeal as you can set up your little fantasy kingdoms each with their own very distinct themes and put them all in the same world and then run your heroes around engaging in quests, cleansing dungeons, and otherwise focus on thematics. However, there is an issue with this approach and that is that the games victory objectives are 4X style and despite there being 4-7 of them depending on the world you created, most of them practically come down to gaining control of as much of the map as possible (whether through diplomacy or conquest) and the AIs are all playing to win in this context. As such, although you can give the AIs different personalities, you cannot rely on them to play their setting roles as they determine the most effective way to pursue the objectives. I don't consider this a huge limitation but it seemed worth mentioning.

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I was rather critical of this game near release. It did not impress me at all. It had a couple of issues with the AI, which seemed unable to put up much of a challenge, and quite frankly there did not seem to be a lot of features that, as a player, I might have been interested in. But I must be completely honest: they have turned that around almost miraculously. I cannot really think of another example like it, other than No Man's Sky. Every new season has added very interesting mechanics, features, content, and things to explore and play around with. Not only that, but alongside every new DLC, aspects of the game that are considered weak or lackluster by the community are reworked and brought up to par with the rest of the game, which is excellent. We've gotten complete overhauls to the hero system, to unit experience and veterancy, and a new rework of the Empire Tree is due to arrive soon, alongside all the excellent reworks pertaining to cultures. As a result, no piece of content in the game becomes irrelevant, and everything feels fresh. Alongside all of this, there are also smaller tweaks that, while too focused to be called reworks, continue to improve and iterate upon the game's systems. Overall, playing this game feels excellent, and every new DLC feels like a treat. The developers are very proactive and passionate about the game, and it shows. I very highly recommend it.

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Goat strategy, civ 5 meets MTG. Requires literacy.

It's a great game, even without the DLCs. You don't have to buy them and with every DLC there is also a free big Patch including new content and reworks. But I kinda understand the hate.

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