Age of Wonders: Planetfall

I don't really play turn based civ type games since I usually find the combat to be underwhelming but the combat here was very fun

Can't get past Zelestian-4

Скучная унылая хренотень. Начиная с 3 части Age Of Wonders начала скатываться в швах. Увы, графонистая и красивая планетфол не уступает третьей части, а даже превосходит ее в унылости. Унылые герои, унылые маунты, превращающие героев в бтр и танки, и отбирающие оружие и умения, а также унылая компания. Перевести всех на огнестртел, как основное оружие было бы не плохой идеей, еслиб разрабы завезли также баланс. Теперь все, кто не стреляет - отхватывает. Боты не совершают ошибок и до пикселя выверяют расстояние, на которое ты не сможешь достать, а еще ИИ внезапно в курсе всех твоих улучшений, поэтому если ты не считаешь пиксели и не проводишь рассчеты всех модификаторов перед каждым своим движением, то начинаешь неистово получать люлей от вообще всех. Кароч, унылая поделка скатывающейся в графоний, некогда хорошей студии. 2 хода из 10! Цена на 30.07.2024 - 1600 рэблей.

I was excited to play this game. That excitement was pretty much dashed though when it CTD on attempting startup. Oddly enough I have a similar problem with another game from the same developer "Stellaris." In the case of Stellaris that wasn't always the case. Several years back I played it a lot and only recently re-installed it to find that it was having a CTD problem as well. Look, I get it, I'm sure that not everyone is having this issue with these games, not by a long shot. However, from googling I know I am certainly not the only one experiencing these crashes. In comparison, I am also currently playing Cyberpunk 2077 and Starfield a ultra high settings - no crashes. Also Pathfinder: Wrath of the righteous (a less graphic intensive game) at full settings. This tells me the "problem" isn't on my end. I am an old school PC gamer. I know that sometimes a little tinkering is required to get things to run just right. However, some of the suggested fixes for both of these games to get them to launch successfully are so arcane and lengthy, that I just don't want to waste my time on a developer that puts out games that won't even launch properly for some players. I refunded the $80+ I spent on the game and DLC.

Played the game and all its expansions on PS4, even preordered the expansion pass. Been a fan of AoW since the beginning. Out of the entire series, I think this has the tightest gameplay loop and best world building for the various factions. The sector based gameplay mixes up the map exploration and expansion formula enough that it still feels meaningful to do both without it being just dropping new cities everywhere. Unit mods help keep lower tier units interesting and capable into later stages. You usually arent just fielding stacks of t3 and t4s. T4 units are actually pretty rare in most maps. The campaign is really weak compared to earlier entries, but a masterpiece compared to AoW4. Unfortunately the empire mode that is one segment of the game here became the entire game in AoW4. The map generator in PF feels like it has a better understanding of how to generate good maps, which keeps replayability high. I still play AoW3 and PF. AoW2 and SM are my rose colored favorites (although now have aged poorly). The best part of AoW4 is that is makes me appreciate 3 and PF. The best way to experience both 3 and PF is with all expansions, but they're cheap enough now when they go on sale that really anyone who likes 4x turn based combat should consider this as one of the best 4x wargames you can try.

A solid scif- 4x game even in the year of our Lord 2025

This game is easily one of my favorites in the 4X genre. I have played several of the Age of Wonders series and have thoroughly enjoyed the multiplayer experience in all of them. If you're into multiplayer 4X games be prepared to spend hours on your turn while playing with or against your friends. I haven't played single player campaign so I have no opinion on that.