Разработчик: Triumph Studios
Описание
The Age of Wonders, once a time of magic and peace. An age swept into the ravaging gale of chaos by the arrival of a single, uninvited race: the Humans. The fragile balance that existed between the ancient races, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and others, has changed into a struggle for power and survival in the wake of the turmoil the Humans have brought to the land. Prepare for a strategy adventure where you will uncover wondrous ancient artifacts, awesome magical power, and the secrets of a shattered empire. Ally with the forces of light or darkness to determine the fate of the world in the Age of Wonders!
Key features:
- Age of Wonders is a turn-based game combining the best elements of strategy, adventure and role-playing.
- 12 unique fantasy races, over 50 different heroes with upgradable abilities, dozens of spells and scores of locations to explore.
- Employ strategic and tactical skills to command troops in capturing vital locations and defeating enemies.
- Battle your way through vast open lands, breach the outer wall in city sieges and explore deadly dungeons.
- Forge strategic alliances with compatible races to leverage each race's unique skills and abilities.
- Experience captivating single player campaign playable from the light and dark side.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS: Windows
- Processor: Intel Pentium 166+ CPU
- Memory: 32MB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX compatible graphic card
- Hard Drive: 350MB hard disk
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the only age of wonder i experienced was the joy of hitting the uninstall button
I never played Age of Wonders when it came out, so this is my first time playing. And it shows that you can enjoy a 25 year old game without nostalgia factor.
-The campaign is quite unique for its time, and even to this day, because you can make grand choices like Will you help the Dwarfs or the Frostlings. And this of course changes the story. Simply unheard of in a strategy game. The story/script is full of character, describing details of one's culture or relations between the races.
-I didn't like the music at first, because it's different from what I'm used to. There's lots of flutes and plucked instruments to give you that medieval vibe. And melodies that sound a little alien to me. But it slowly grew on me and now it sits comfortably in my list of favorite game soundtracks. My favorites are Content Workforce and March of the Halflings. Both have very cheerful rhythmic melodies. Battle music, especially Races At War, is more tense, but nothing outspoken. It fits the relaxed genre of Turn-Based Strategy. Actually the title music is the only bombastic piece in here, and was an instant favorite for me. Man, I've never heard such convincing, forceful drum beats that seem to radiate an Unreal level of confidence that i imagine a fantasy leader would have.
-The sound design is highly effective. You can almost feel the impact of a unicorn stamping an orc archer into the ground, just from the sound alone. The groans and death screams are also hilarious because of how clear, loud, and blunt they are. All in all, very over-the-top late 1990s, if you're old enough to have played those games.
-I generally enjoy these tabletop style turn-based strategy games, simply because the numbers are so intuitive. Quantities rarely exceed 20, so you have a much better grasp of the unit capabilities, and can literally make calculated decisions.
-The other thing is the experience concept. Each unit can level up by making kills, and the first level increases the accuracy and HP by 1, which is a pretty big deal for the cheapest units that have 4 or 5 of each. This leveling up of units creates a sense of progress and attachment to your soldiers. Sadly, units can only lvl up twice in this game.
-Another interesting thing is that you can bring soldiers from the previous map to the next, though I haven't really understood which units become available for that.
-There's also dungeons to explore where you can find weapons that give bonuses to your heroes.
-I also really like that the cities are fixed in AoW. You can't build more cities or expand them beyond their size, and this makes the cities and maps more memorable and the capture of a city more impactful. Not to mention it simplifies the gameplay a lot. How annoying is it to find new cities in places where there were none and having to conquer those as well.
-but THE big unique selling point of AoW is the turn-based battles. I've been looking for games like this, but haven't found anything so far. The turn based battles, which load when two or more armies meet, make the game feel so much more alive and less abstract, it's the biggest attraction of this game series for me.
A big downside of AoW is that it's old, which means the graphics are very low resolution. But you can clearly see there's a lot a great art underneath the pixelated surface, more so than its contemporaries. Every pixel gives you a glimpse into this beautifully drawn fantasy world.
The controls are also outdated. Clicking and moving units is both done with left mouse button for example. And I wish right click would exit the city, but instead you have to click on that tiny EXIT button. A lot of these minor things make it very uncomfortable to play on a Steam Deck. So I stream it to my desktop, but that introduces a bit of lag, and may stutter or even stop entirely when the connection isn't optimal.
Despite that, AoW still has very compelling gameplay and an epic soundtrack. You might say it has aged wonderfully. I would've played hundreds of hours more if I didn't have such a massive backlog of games to play, including AoW sequels. So now, onwards to AoW2!
Also, they should change the Steam Deck Compatibility rating, because, funnily enough, it only runs on Steam Deck and not on Windows. You just need to select Proton 4, as mentioned in the Guides. There was only one time the game broke and that was when the enemy killed my leader, which was frankly hilarious. It seemed like, instead of going to the Game Over screen, that final attack was so powerful it crashed the whole freakin game giving me a fatal error!!
Amazing game, but it crashes almost continuously, I have uninstalled and re-installed it and having the same issues... even with the memories I may have to stop playing because the crashes are far too common
Hey hey people. I got this after watching Sseth review. I just played the intro. Pretty good so far. I like the music and the gameplay. The cutscenes are terrible but everything else seems decent. Ill update my review after putting more time in. It kinda plays like one of the rpgs with the grid movement.
This Game COULD be so fun to play but it ist just CRASHING (campaign does not even start). So, unfortunately, do NOT buy.
best game ever made
OLD BUT GOLD
Age of Wonders is an epic fairytale classic.
I owned the box edition along with Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic back in 2004, so it's somewhat of a nostalgic title for me.
To get this to work on Window's 10, I had to install the AoW MapViewer ShowScene Patch and set compatibility to XP Service Pack 3, Disable Full-screen optimisations and Run this program as an administrator.
Also, for configuration i had to untick Allow Resolution Changes and Use Direct3D. However, the game would still crash every now and then.
Manual saving unfortunately becomes very important to progress without losing your entire game to a corrupted or deleted autosave.
Anyway, its a really fun game if you can get it to run.
Game is unstable, and the only way I can get it to run disables the ability to save game
A classic of 3x strategy, Always worth a play
The 'Steam' version will crash to desktop more than anything.
Can't seem to get the 'Steam' version running more than a few minutes.
The original CD version (which I do have as well) will work for the first few missions, then hard crash out eventually late into the mission directly after the 'overland trade route'.
The CD version used to work find on Windows 98, xp, 7, and 10, but now it doesn't on 10 or later.
I have looked extensively for support options in the AoW community, none of which work to make either the CD or the Steam versions work with out persistent crashes that make the game ultimately unplayable.
Not terribly excited to have paid $6 for something that doesn't work; that seems like a nostalgia scam.
Until there is a real 'fix' I have to say I cannot recommend this game. :-(
The game itself, when it works, is one of my favorite amalgamations of simplistic story, hero character development, variety of path changing choices, and combat/unit variety. I do enjoy the blend they made, and of the AoW games I have tried, this is the one that I keep coming back to and want to play more of, no matter how many times I have completed the game.
What are your thoughts?
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Goat game that I play again every couple of years. Get the patch to stop it from crashing on modern systems. Custom scenarios online so you never run out of content.
Pretty nice game. With atmosphere and charm
This shit is unplayable as it constantly crashes. the game is 11/10 but the crashes are infuriating, fk steam for selling this game in this state
it doesn't work.it just crashes
I bought a new chrome book and decided to download steam and the new remote app. but none of the install and the play games buttons work with the click of a mouse. I'm concerned that converting to a new Samsung system is not yet worth it plus every time I try to contact the steam contact nothing works. I'd like to reach out and have help fixing these issues please call me at 1 705 946 9094 or [email protected] I have just bought age of wonders 1-3 and woiuld love help
Very entertaining, somehow difficult at first. Pretty fun strategies and customization. Must download a fix from an external source in order for it to work on windows though.
It's exactly the game I remember spending countless hours in a LAN party playing. What more could I ask for?
Game crashes after a few minutes and waste my time . i wanted to like this game as i'm a huge fan of the franchise . But how can i give a game a chance that does not even work.
The very best of the serie. The graphics, the music, the writing, they all reigned supreme.
The subsequent games have diminished in all aspects from this one (however implausible it might sound).
It's just impressive to witness such a downgrade.
Noteworthy, the game pocess the best written campaign of any strategy game I've ever played, and the reason comes from the inherent quality of its narrative, but also the various branching of the story that depend on the player choices.
Most older games suffer bad rep. on steam, mostly because their release are kinda bugged, or cut of content.
Which often explains why they don't get the positive reviews they ought to get.
Epic atmosphere of fairy tale
Download the patch to make this playable and have fun!
One of the best classic games ever made. The only problem is finding a system that can run it today without issue, as most modern computers are bad at emulating the classics. However, if you get it working, this is amazing.
Impossible to get running without an awful level of work (and then only mostly works), this sorta crap should not be allowed on the store without a massive disclosure about issues to run it on modern systems.
Avoid unless you are happy to try and get it running by wasting far more time than it should take, only upside is paradox hasn't pushed its aweful launcher into this game
its great
Obviously this is an old game, but still holds up well if you like the new AoE games, this explains more of the lore! Obviously not as good as the third or fourth, but honestly the cutscenes are very obviously a labor of love, that intro was longer than most 'modern' games. Great game and I suggest it if you enjoy turn based strategy / AoW in general
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Triumph Studios |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 15.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 77% положительных (550) |