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Age of Wonders II: The Wizards's Throne
It's been a long wait, but the anticipated sequel has arrived and is much improved over the original. Fans of the original Age of Wonders will be impressed with the changes and the graphic upgrades as well as the strong AI. AOW II has been referred to as the true successor of the MoM series, and has simply blown away the current competition out there. People will compare AOWII with HOMMIV and Disciples 2, but there is no comparison. Though Disciples 2 was brilliant, it's rigid combat system will keep it from beating out AOWII. Heroes IV is good, but it's lack of multiplayer and sub-par AI can't hold a candle to THIS well polished gem.
(Notice the picture to your left. Her name is Nimue and she is a water wizard. You'll find that there are different wizards for each realm of magic that you must face to move the story along. There is an initiation phase and mastery phase for each which you must complete to get to the next realm.)
Watch for posted strats in the coming weeks. I'm hoping to get some help submitting strats on all of the scenarios. I wil also post strats on EACH scenario that I finish and let everone know what I have done in the forums or strats page.
It's a good thing that an additional difficulty level was added to the game as well. We should have a few more fans of the series as a result. |
AoWII Update v1.1 Now Available!
The Age of Wonders II patch has come out and is a whopping 7.28 or so megs. It addresses a number of issues one of which is an added difficulty level for beginning players that may have found AoWII a bit frustrating.
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-Tower guard now only fires for the first 5 rounds of combat.
-Random Damage is now more likely to do an "average" amount, with minimum/maximum Damage rolls being more rare.
-Fairy: Concealment added.
-Leprechaun: Taunt added
-Magic Servant: Strike added
-Fire Crossbow: DAM 7 (was 5)
-Hurl Stones: ATT 7, DAM 5(was 6,7)
-Shoot Javelin: DAM 10 (was 7)
-Venomous Spit: DAM 9 (was 6)
-Fire Bolts: DAM 7 (was 5)
-Frost Bolts: DAM 7 (was 5)
-More Hero Experience needed at higher levels.
(Level 10 to 20: 50 instead of 40)
(Level 20 to 30: 70 instead of 50)
-Swarm DAM 5 (Was 1)
-Corpus DAM 8 (Was 5)
-Combat Spells now do from 50-100% of their DAM.
-Healing Spells now restore from 50-100% of their maximum.
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Reviews of AOWII
Well, it looks like the reviews are starting to pop up. It took a fair amount of time which is better than basing a review after 5 minutes of play, but it's not a big surpsrise given the fun factor of this game. You can check out some of the reviews below or by clicking on the AOWII resources link on the left. Here's a run down:
PC Gaming: 4/5
PC Gameworld: 95%
Gamespy: 89%
Action Trip: 87%
Gamersclick: 82%
GameZone: 7.4/10
Games Domain: 4.5/5
The Trades: A-
Gaming Illustrated: 8.8/10
Game Revolution B-
The Armchair Empire 8.2/10
Electric Playground 8/10
ZenGamer 9/10
IGN 8.5/10
Watch for more reviews on a daily basis. There are some pretty good ones rolling through now. I think once people start reading them, they'll get the clue that this game is a true masterpiece. It may be difficult, but starting that scenario over to try something different is half of the fun. Afterall, what else are we going to do with our time than to sit back with our favorite game and enjoy a little wizardry.
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The quiet forums
For those of you that are visiting for the first time, please post in the forums. Without posting, nothing will get started and I'd like to turn this into something cool. Tell all your friends about this site. I know it's nothing special, but I think it could be if we get a good group of people to hang out here.
FORUMS
Looking for good people to help out
This is probably not going to be a huge undertaking, but I'd like to get a couple of people to help out update the site and moderate the forums a little bit. It's a free site, but it still needs to be updated on a regular basis. I can put fourth quite a bit of effort, but will require some help from a couple of AOW or AOWII fans that want to get involved with the community and get the best out of this game. Thanks. |
Age of Wonders II map editor
Although AOWII does not come with a random map generator, it does however come with a robust map editor. This editor will give people the ability to create custom maps which will drive up replayability. We can expect to see a lot from the existing AOW community.
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