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2/3 Story While Age of Wonders I had a spectacular story that seemed to do almost everything right, Age of Wonders II fails at achieving that. However, overall, the presentation of Age of Wonders II: The WizardвЂ™s Throne is good enough. The voice acting, what little there is, is sometimes bad, sometimes simply alright, which is saddening. The sound effects have also changed a bit, and I canвЂ™t truly find the comedic nature they had in Age of Wonders I. The music of this game was a lot less memorable than the music of Age of Wonders I, which is quite impressive, as I felt that the music from the first game was passable, not great. Alas, it also loses out on some other things. 2/3 Presentation Age of Wonders II takes what Age of Wonders I had and makes it look better. Overall, the gameplay was a bit more interesting than the previous game. The AI has improved, somewhat, but there is still a lot to be desired.

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The fact of the matter is that manual resolution of combat has been made even slower and more tedious than before. Some changes I like, others I did not truly appreciate. I find that the added bonus of having a semblance of city management in a game that is about building up an empire is always a good implementation. The added complexity is, actually, a welcome addition, even though it is hard to manage and hard to find information on, due to the fact that population has always been some invisible stat that I could not find, even though I looked for it. Having low production, which could mean not having built the appropriate buildings to increase it, means that the speed at which the player will complete the building, or unit, is vastly lowered. The bad news are that the process of building up a town has been massively slowed down, due to the presence of production. The good news are that any town can produce any level of units, as long as said town has the required building. Now, there are values like production, growth and population, which makes the game a tad more intricate than before, although management of those things is left to whether or not the player is building things and how many turns have passed. More buildings than just walls and upgrades that allow the recruitment of units. That field of influence can be expanded by having the wizard simply stand still in the middle of a town that has a certain building, capturing a certain world-map object, or having a hero waltz about. The wizard also has a field of influence, which is the range of all the spells that can be cast by said wizard on the world-map and the area in which some persistent spells take effect. If there are no such towns with that kind of building in the domain of the player, the player loses. It gets revived, after being killed, at any friendly town that has a specific building constructed. The wizard is a new entry into the game, a new unit, if one will, that is pseudo-immortal, and the player loses the game if that unit actually dies. Alas, the changes made have not added a value to mana, other than for casting spells, but now it can also be used as a means of upkeep for some units, which makes it somewhat more impactful. As some might remember from the review of Age of Wonders I, that was something I leveled critique upon - the magic system, although interesting, felt as if it was lacking something. The fact of the matter is, however, that magic has been expanded.

As one can expect from a direct sequel, the game has retained many features it had before, but it has also gained quite a few new ones, or has undergone some dramatic changes. Gameplay Age of Wonders II is, much like Age of Wonders I, a turn based strategy game that also incorporates RPG elements. Also, I am a gameplay designer and a writer so I got the credentials to talk. Simple review details - I rank games on an out of 10 basis, granting up to 3 points in 3 categories, as well as a last, single point from my own self, depending on my experience with it. Hello everyone, I am the doubly wonderful Gordoth Enodious, a super gamer who has no bias, and IвЂ™m talking about Age of Wonders II: The WizardвЂ™s Throne.

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