El juego me parece bueno, te puede gustar mas o menos pero creo que como base esta muy bien y puede mejorar aun mas a medida que saquen nuevo contenido.

Ahora dejando esto de lado el precio me parece elevado y aun peor, es una vergüenza que te saquen el juego con un expansion pass que literalmente sale lo mismo que el juego

No puedo evitar pensar que vendieron el juego en 2 partes y te cobran cada mitad a precio de juego completo
Al precio que esta no puedo recomendarlo y aun menos la edición premium incluso gustandote el juego esa opción es un robo

Legitimately one of the best 4X games, period.

I don't really have any complaints or things to pick apart here, the game just works, is well polished, and well designed.

Base "race" appearance has been made a cosmetic choice, allowing you to play who you want when you want and how you want. A series of trait options, culture options (sort of like class), in game events, and the tomes you research and spells you cast, all fine-tune your "race" into basically exactly what you want. If you like Elves you can play demon elves, angel elves, plant elves, underground elves, metal elves, undead elves, sneaky elves, armored elves, etc. etc. The combinations are basically endless.

The tome system serves as a tech tree in addition to a means to customize your faction's playstyle and appearance. Dozens of tomes each offer a handful of "techs" to research, many of them include unit and city upgrade options in addition to the various types of spells. You are limited in how often you can choose a new tome to unlock, which means the tomes you pick early-mid game very much define how you play that run. If you play long enough, like hundreds of turns, you can eventually unlock almost everything though and make your race into functional gods. You can only pick one tome from the highest tier though, so you can't "master" everything in one run. It's just implemented really well and is a lot of fun.

City management is amazing. Every time a pop grows you city claims a new tile and can pick from like 1-5 base improvements depending on what exists on that tile. At this point it feels a bit like Civ or similar games, each improvement increases specific yields and works more or less how you would expect. However, many core city buildings require a specific number of a certain improvement to be built, many buildings get construction discounts if a specific number of different improvements are present, some buildings boost the yields of certain improvements, this all creates a bit of a balance game to get the yields you want from a city. It gets better though, many tomes unlock a special stronger tile improvement, many of them get bonuses for nearby improvements or terrain, so suddenly a cluster of quarries/farms/whatever all in one area can super charge one of these special improvements, and this creates a lot of questions and planning about where you are going to build things to get the best yields. It's very engaging, it's not something you feel like just turning on auto and ignoring, every time a city grows it's exciting.

Combat is fine, I usually auto battle so I don't really have a judgement here. I have done a few manual combats, it seems to work as well as previous AoW games. Loading into the combat map and then back to the world map is lightning fast at least.

Performance is fine, my PC is somewhere between minimum and recommend (Ryzen 7 1700, GTX 1060 3GB, 16GB RAM), I can't max out the settings without getting some performance issues as expected for a system not meeting recommended specs. However I have most settings on high, with just things like MSAA and SSOA turned off and I don't have any issues, 99% of the time. There's one screen when upgrading units, or customizing them before starting a game, where the units are standing on like this dark platform with a lot of fog, occasionally my FPS dips quite a bit there, not sure why. Never happens during actual gameplay. I had one crash on day one, been fine since.

The campaign, I don't usually play campaigns in these games, but I figured I would give it a try this time as I learned the game. It's not a blockbuster AAA campaign with FMV scenes or anything like that, but it's functional, has a story, lots of dialog, a narrator voices a number of scenes. The important thing is the gameplay is very relevant to actual gameplay, it's not like a serious of pointless mini-games. You start a campaign map and just play normally, with the objective to win. The campaign will give you quests which will generally help you win faster, providing you with various special rewards, and often giving you options on how to do things. The quests all have dialog and explain what's going on and why you are there etc. I'm mostly going over this part because a number of people are complaining there is no campaign, which is false.

Lastly I'll cover the meta progression. Every time you finish a run, whether through winning or losing, you gain "pantheon" exp, and every time that levels up you get a point to spend on like a meta-progression skill tree type thing. This tree unlocks all sorts of things, cosmetics, new map modifiers, new side-story maps, new racial traits, and new starting gear for your leader. If there's one thing you really want on the pantheon tree, you can probably unlock it within a couple decent length games. Unlocking everything, I don't have any real idea how long that will take at this point, possibly 100 hours assuming levels don't get slower later. It looks like you can respec the tree though, so it's not something you "need" to grind through to do things, it just gives you a reason to keep winning instead of walking away from games half way through, and eventually you can fill that whole tree in. I would say, for my taste, there's a few too many cosmetics on there compared to actual gameplay unlocks, but I think some people would prefer no gameplay unlocks at all, so I guess they found a middle ground.

So ya, just an all around amazing game. Highly recommend it to fans of 4X games.

If you enjoy 4X games and/or tactical battles, get this game.

I put in 12 hours in on day one, and the only thing keeping me from playing more, is the weakness of my own flesh.

I judge these games based on how long I unintentionally stay up at night stuck in that "One more Turn" rut.

I was up till 5am the day I got it.

I get some visual issues, and I crash every so often, but hey gaem gud.

Came from Total Warhammer, never player a similar game before. This game is a gem.

+ Game design here is really fun, a lot of things to interact with and figure out.
+ Programming is great, hardly felt any bugs, performance is good, never thought like there were missing QoL features or badly needed polish.
+ Customization options for everything are amazing - from your Ruler, to race, to heroes, to culture and even mid-game adjustments via Tomes... Separately those options are rarely new, but it's mind-boggling to see how things stack up.
+ Campaign map play is awesome, building your empire is a lot of fun with provinces, various resources, making your own cities from scratch and so much more.
+ Diplomacy is reasonably fun, a lot less binary than Total Warhammer (or even more advanced games such as in Total War Troy).
+ Combat is good, not Total Warhammer level of detail but satisfying, deep and enjoyable in its own right.
+ Game is fun in all stages, campaign starts off relatively mild and personal, then ramps up and things get cooked in the lategame, potentially reaching breakneck complexity - a lot better than steamrolling Warhammer slog I'm used to.
+ Lots of playstyles and viable approaches, game is very RP friendly too.
+ Updates\expansions add the stuff that would be unthinkable for Total Warhammer or frankly most other games. Whole new map layer for your every campaign? Your entire race changes at your command? So you can play not even a humanoid, but a customizable dragon now - and game won't break for it?! It feels surreal they actually pull it off, amazing work from the entire team.
+ Meta-progression, basically campaigns give progress for tree with unlockables - it feels very good, adds weights to campaigns and entices to come back for more runs over time. Base variety doesn't feel lacking either.
+ Characters exist between runs, like, you know, actual characters would in the universe; creating anything here is breathing life instead of making flat avatars, your people can (optionally) find themselves in your new campaigns, reminding you of the path you've walked before - which is very good for such a customizable game.
+ Modding is there - haven't yet dabbled into it, but at least it's a small pro; Vanilla so far is fun enough for me though.
+ Good atmosphere and music, game has a vibe to get lost in.

- It may be a bit overwhelming if you're unexperienced like me; Take it slow and I promise it's worth learning the game.
- Reliant on magical themes, I would wish that I could do a mostly non-magical playthrough, but I can already go with a variety of more "grounded" magic\alchemy. Besides, it fits lore and atmosphere a lot better the way it is now.
- Some interactions and pop-up events can get repetitive, I feel like there could be more variety\flavor in content like that. Probably fixable by modding, but it doesn't bother me much - it's a relatively small part of the game.

Juegazo, empecé con unos elfos oscuros con habilidades necromanticas y cuando me mataban unidades regresaban como no muertos, luego las unidades que yo mataba las reclutaba como no muertos también.

Muy bueno!

i made a cat faction based on Mufasa and did the good guy route, then i made scar and did the bad guy route.
after , i played another campaign where they were both united against me, and scar betrayed mufasa. 10/10

I want to love Age of Wonders 4. It has so many good bits. I love the customisation of the factions, the tomes of magic that are the development tree, the graphics are great, etc. etc.

But that AI is so bad, and because it is so bad they have to stack the AI players with so many discounts and special costs, that it is a truly joyless affair beyond the first difficultly level. I'm fighting an AI empire with my army of like 5 stacks of 6 units, the most I can afford to pay upkeep on and keep developing. I defeat one full slightly bigger army of the AI, because it is awful tactically. Within two turns it has completely replenished that army, which I also defeat, but now my army is showing some wear. Two turns later...here comes another army of the same size. This just keeps happening. Tactically, the AI is dumb as a post, but I HAVE to play each of these battles tactically because if I use the "auto-battle" feature my general is just as dumb. So I end up playing multiple fairly dull tactical battles watching my army (which takes me a long time to replace) be eroded by the AI's stupid but countless forces.

It ruins a sense that you are playing against an opponent that is vaguely similar to you. You are clearly playing as a human, and they are all weird and stupid computers who just can spam out armies 10 times faster than you can. I'm sure there are ways around this, I'm sure there are strategies I could be using to account for this, but I'm equally sure I would not find any of those strategies fun.

It's a disappointment, I really was looking forward to this game and spent far more than I should have on getting it. I wish I had waited months for a sale. I'm 104 hours in (not much by 4X game standards) and I feel like I am done, it's just no fun to play against these dumb AI players.

UPDATED: I'd heard that maybe they had fixed the AI somewhat. But nope, it still does exactly the same things it did before; spamming massive armies at a far greater rate than a human player with minimal intelligence. So disappointing, because there is so much that is well done in the game. Maybe I am missing something? I'm willing to be convinced I'm just playing wrong.

> Make a race of evil barbarian kitties
> Accidentally discover a super broken interaction with some items you randomly got
> Breeze through every other civ, only one remaining.
> Lose everything to a race of Archmage Toad zombies riding ponies that you created for the previous game.
> Shed a happy tear.

Don't feel like reading the whole thing?
Down at the bottom is the conclusion and score given to the game! :)

Age of Wonders 4 is the ultimate fantasy creator; it allows you to design and develop your creations and see them evolve into new beings! From barbaric moles to engineer elves and toad lords, the freedom to create races and imbue them with traits is incredibly rich in this 4X strategy game! It traps you in a world of magic and, well, wonder!

The characters you play reinforce the game's roleplaying, thanks to the cultures one can pick. Playing as the good guys is not an aesthetic but a conscious choice to help neutral parties and keep your citizens happy. It changes the approach to each match and how you play the diverse rulers, whether premade or original ones you made.

The affinities and tomes are the blood that keeps the game fresh, for there are multiples of them, each offering significant bonuses. Chaos benefits from fighting all the time and razing cities, while Materium is about expanding your economy and filling your vaults with gold. The tomes include many spells that serve unique purposes and become extremely powerful as they develop into further tiers.

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The affinities and races try to communicate that Age of Wonder 4 is a game about choices and adaptability: To start new worlds and see what is abundant, what is lacking, and which are the correct decisions. Rulers have their personalities bundled with strategies to defeat their enemies and control their vassals: The world is full of dungeons, provinces, and resources that can make all the difference between joining the pantheon of Gods or being another forgotten mage in the annals of history.

The game's strong point is that it is one of those titles you grab and cannot stop playing; it doesn't become boring or lose its appeal, managing to stay as fresh thirty hours in as it was during the initial three. The secret sauce? It's a colossal library of options when making characters and gameplay styles. The limit is your imagination, for chances are that if you can think of it, you will find a way to make it a reality in the game.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2973035772

The story worlds are challenging and rich in the tale they communicate to the player, featuring some twists. While some players might dislike how unfair some of the story realms can be, others will enjoy the added challenge and some lore to enjoy with the visited worlds. Pulling out strategies is satisfactory, as you can, for example, make a mainland full of ice and undead to keep your foes at bay.

Visually the game is impressive, especially regarding the monster's designs. From giant demons made of black fog to trees the size of a building or gremlins with demonic pitchforks, there is a variety of untold amounts with great personalities that make them come alive on the screen. You can even get bone dragons, archdemons, or golems if that fancies you too.

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The beautiful game maps feature rich diversity, from cold deserts to islands in the void or lands overrun with lava. There is a lot to admire and glance upon as you play the title, and characters' transformations reinforce that even more as their skin becomes steel or they get Gaia's favor and become one with nature. Animations can be lacking in combat, but with so much variety in troops and content, it can be forgiven more easily.

Regarding the sound, Age of Wonders 4 provides some high notes, but others are lacking. Effects in battle are lackluster, as attacks can sound generic between units. Voice acting in the narrator is a treat, particularly when unlocking new tomes as she speaks about their origins, purposes, and authors. The music is phenomenal, which makes me puzzle about why the developers made it an occasional thing rather than a constant one over the world map.

Regarding replayability, the game has enough content to keep you hooked for 30-60 hours for the average player. Those that dig deep will find themselves with a title that can easily net them 100-300 hours as they explore every layer the game offers. The DLC roadmap also adds exciting content, such as new units and dragon rulers, which is something to look forward to!

Performances-wise, I could run the game only at 40-48 ish framerate on High settings. Like most strategy games, Age of Wonder 4 suffers from the issue of not running as smoothly as it could, but by now, that is a trend of the genre and not something new as we have observed in titles such as the Total War series and the such. Some crashes also placate the game, but for now, they are user-generated, meaning you get lucky like me and barely suffer or constantly get them. The developers are working hard on them and have released multiple hot fixes.




Age of Wonder 4 is a fantastic strategy game full of wonder that can provide you with hours of fun, challenge, and surprises that don't get old as you spin your narrative with it. The prospect of creating so much and then taking it to the battlefield and experimenting with it is rich and full of innovation! It is a beautiful game to explore. While it offers less profundity than its predecessor and suffers from issues, it is a breathtaking game for those who enjoy fantasy and strategy.

9/10 AMAZING

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