Is this a fantasy civilization game?

[J]

I wasn't much into the civilization games but I do like the fantasy genre. Is this game worth it for someone who plays fantasy rpgs and stuff.

[⎝Wyrd Deofol⎠]

If you like turn based fantasy, yes.

[Terrkas]

If you compare it with civilization, it kind of is similar but with way higher focus on battles.

Essentially you get to create your own faction, for example industrious elves with bulky armor and shields, specializing in defense and summoning more units. You build up a few cities (like 3 or 4 is the cap at the beginning), negotiate with other factions and neutral cities and either try to win by stomping everyone, being friends with all who are left or going for a victory, where you have to build special buildings and have to defend them some time.

[The Former]

The combat is more tactical than Civilization, though the world map layer is quite similar in many ways. The tactical combat is... If you've ever tried mass combat rules in D&D, it's vaguely similar in spirit to that.

[CrUsHeR]

It's basically a classic CRPG with 2d tactical turn-based battles, and your typical hero characters, skill trees and loot.

But you don't run through inns and dungeons for storyquests, instead you build an empire piece by piece, then go to war with other empires or ally them. This empire building part is the only similarity to the Civilization series.

World exploration in a 100% randomized map is a huge factor for replayability, especially alongside the large variety of race/class combinations.

AOW3 didn't have any storytelling in its random maps, so you were mainly focused on your battles and empire building.

AOW4 should have its own system for story-driven content on the random maps. So that's a new feature.

[Tactical Drongo]

rather then civilisation this is comparable to heroes of might and magic
as much as the ip has suffered in ubisofts hands...

[yourself859]

so comparatively, is this like the Heroes of Might and Magic series?

[⎝Wyrd Deofol⎠]

Originally posted by yourself859:

so comparatively, is this like the Heroes of Might and Magic series?

Much much better.

[darkbird1000]

it's like MOM fantasy 4x game at least that were the last 3 AOW games I have not played much planet fall but it seems like SMAC

[Tombstone]

Its got aspects of Civilization, aspects of Heroes of Might and Magic and aspects of Master of Magic

[yourself859]

Originally posted by ⎝Apostate⎠:

Originally posted by yourself859:

so comparatively, is this like the Heroes of Might and Magic series?

Much much better.

I dont mean like better or worse, but like style of game. This is turn based where you take your turn and do blah blah blah, then click end turn and then it goes through the ai/other players to do their turn kinda thing? Kind of like the Total War series? Or is this more like AoE?

[⎝Wyrd Deofol⎠]

Originally posted by Tombstone:

Its got aspects of Civilization, aspects of Heroes of Might and Magic and aspects of Master of Magic

Xcom

[Tombstone]

Originally posted by yourself859:

Originally posted by ⎝Apostate⎠:

Much much better.

I dont mean like better or worse, but like style of game. This is turn based where you take your turn and do blah blah blah, then click end turn and then it goes through the ai/other players to do their turn kinda thing? Kind of like the Total War series? Or is this more like AoE?

The former, its turn based not an RTS like AoE

[Terrkas]

Originally posted by yourself859:

Originally posted by ⎝Apostate⎠:

Much much better.

I dont mean like better or worse, but like style of game. This is turn based where you take your turn and do blah blah blah, then click end turn and then it goes through the ai/other players to do their turn kinda thing? Kind of like the Total War series? Or is this more like AoE?

Well, you can play it with classic turns but there will also be simultanous turns. So, while you move your army, your opponent might try to intercept and attack them.

Simultanous is basically, all do their turn at the same time.

[yourself859]

Thanks for the info!

[Baiganx]

Originally posted by Terrkas:

If you compare it with civilization, it kind of is similar but with way higher focus on battles.

Essentially you get to create your own faction, for example industrious elves with bulky armor and shields, specializing in defense and summoning more units. You build up a few cities (like 3 or 4 is the cap at the beginning), negotiate with other factions and neutral cities and either try to win by stomping everyone, being friends with all who are left or going for a victory, where you have to build special buildings and have to defend them some time.

So, the focus is all combat then? Does the other actual civilization managing aspects like cities, people and anything non-combat have any meat to it or is it an after thought in this game?