Gameplay is deep but intuitive, and character models are detailed enough that you get a sense of what each unit can do even before delving into their stats and abilities. Some units will also acquire unique abilities during the campaign, so you’ll want to keep them all alive. it’s very rewarding to see the Younglings you hired in the first scenario eventually grow up to become powerful Werebears. Initially you’ll only have access to two basic units, but these can be upgraded to cover various, diverse roles in your army. These resources can be found in caves and other points of interest scattered throughout the battle maps, and by raiding settlements (you are barbarians, after all), and you’ll have to balance exploration with completing objectives – one may net you valuable resources but the other will earn you more gold. But gold isn’t the only resource you’ll need – you’ll also require weapons, armour, and/or liquid mana to upgrade your troops. The story, told through in-game cutscenes and dialogue, is entertaining enough and gives you choices throughout the campaign that influence the narrative and affect which heroes and units you get access to.īattles take place on a hex grid over a number of turns, and the time it takes you to complete a scenario directly influences how much gold you are rewarded with at the end. Owned by Gravity clearly has a lot of love for the original game and you can feel it in Fantasy General 2. The Shadowlord is long dead, and we now follow a young Norse-flavoured Barbarian named Falirson as he seeks to unite the clans against a common enemy – the Empire with their steampunk army of undead and machines.įantasy General 2 is, in many ways, the perfect sequel, building meaningfully upon the first game and making it more accessible to a modern audience without dumbing anything down. It’s beautifully three-dimensional now, for a start (though that probably has more to do with the 20-something years that have passed in the real world since the first game was released). The world of Aer has certainly changed in the last 300 hundred years.
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