PC - Windows : Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic Reviews
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Doesn't capture what made the original good
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Rating: 2,
Useful: 4 / 11
Date: April 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User
I loved the original Age of Wonders. I stayed away from the second game in the series (Wizard's Throne) when the focus shifted from armies to characters (your "wizard"), and the need to stay within a certain distance from your home base to be able to use magic. This, the third game in the series, continued along that vein, but I gave it a shot, mainly for the random map generator, which was absent in the first two games. I should have stayed away from this one too. The graphics aren't even as good as the first game, the pace seems much slower, just dragging along, and the scenarios I played (and the quests I got within them) weren't really explained very well, so it wasn't clear how to go about beating them. Finally, the part of the manual giving descriptions of the races and all their units was not included, at least not in the manual. They were on the cd itself, but it was a long pdf file (just under 100 pages if I remember), and not too many people are going to want to print all that out.
Impressive
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 4
Date: May 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User
This game has to be one of the best games I have ever played. It's a good thing it came out after I graduated from college or else I would have missed even those few class sessions that I attented. Bottom line, if you haven't gotten it by now, DON'T WASTE ANOTHER MINUTE!
Great entertainment!
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 3 / 27
Date: August 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User
This game is great. I loved Age of Wonders II and Age of Wonders Shadow Magic is even better.
Very similiar to Master of Magic or the Heroes of Might and Magic series. But much better. The graphic is great, the sound is very good and the gameplay simply addictitve.
A lot of strategy and fantasy, fighting and magic, creatures and heroes ...
A lot of fun ...
Nice graphics but this game is a step backward
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 0 / 8
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User
This game has spectatular graphics, but every other aspect of the game falls short. The gameplay takes FOREVER. It is turn-based but the incremental change in cities and hero levels changes extremely slowly. High level units cost a fortune and take several turns to be created. The economy is horrid. The only way to gain gold is via cities. No gold is given for kills. One of the biggest disappointments is that your main character is confined to your main city. The character's powers are amplified by the character's wizard tower. You cannot cast spells in battle if you are not with your hero or not at your tower.
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