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Age of Wonders III |OT| Follow The Leader
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That I agree. Though, well, we can't expect to have as many playable races as in Shadow Magic, which itself was basically AoW 2.5. But, yeah, 6 races seems quite small in comparison of the 15 races of SM. On the other hand, independants seems more important, we still have a bunch of summoneable units, and the classes will add some interesting variety to the game (though I'm beginning to wonder if the irregular units restricted to a class will not become the prefered units, and that the regular units from each race will be discarded in favor of said irregulars most of the time).
Yeah, that's true, but if it's successful I guess we can expect addons. And as Nohar says, it's a bit unfair to compare it to SM, since that's more like a standalone expansion.
There's already plans for an expansion, apparently. No DLC is likely.
I'm afraid you are wrong. From what I read on the forums, new content will be added to the game as free updates, patches, DLC and eventually an expansion (but I don't remember them talking about that one at all - which is kinda normal, since the game isn't released yet).
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ambientmystic
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Sign me up chief, day 1.
Looks like my Core 2 laptop will be able take on this game at lowish settings. I'm eager to see how it handles the game lol.
Looks like my Core 2 laptop will be able take on this game at lowish settings. I'm eager to see how it handles the game lol.
Slackbladder
Member
Oh for God's sake, I've already got 4 games this month! And now this? It'll have to wait.
I remember reading an interview where they said a full expansion was more economical for them than developing smaller content releases. According to their Steam posts there may be a communication error on their part in regards to DLC:
But yeah it doesn't sound like smaller stuff is out completely.
I'm fiercely against DLC as a whole. If it is content which could be labeled as a bona fide extension, I'm fine with it. If it is piece by piece, like one faction after the other, all priced individually at 5$ (and I'm not even talking about individual maps), I'm going to be pissed. I have come to have a 0 tolerance policy regarding DLC.
von Stroheim
Member
Alright, pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition from GOG. Haven't done that in a long long time. Bring it on!
tensuke
Member
Yeah the first (my favorite) still holds up really well, although it is a bit easy when you've learned how to outsmart the AI. Also it crashes often (win8x64), and the 1080p UI is tiny. Of course, look at when it came out.
Really hope it has a midnight release and they enable preloading on Steam sometime today...I'd like to play for a bit tonight because if I can't, I'll have to sit through all my classes tomorrow just thinking about AoW. Also, does anyone know how the deluxe soundtrack works on Steam? Does it just download into the game's folder or something?
Edit: For the soundtrack, just noticed this on the store page:
I think it probably will release on midnight, shame there doesn't seem to be a preload for it though (still waiting til 4 to be sure).
Not really. It's the usual unlock time.
http://countingdownto.com/countdown/age-of-wonders-3-steam-release-countdown-clock
tensuke
Member
Disappointing, looks like that'd be 12 noon EST. Where does it get its info from? edit: Just saw it posted in the community hub. Dang.
And ^Dennis, will let you know tomorrow when it releases.
Salvatron
Member
ah, yeah.. was hoping this wasnt the case. but oh well.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/226840/discussions/0/540737414737348828/#c540737414821023658
Not sure normally, but the game dev says they unlock at the same time(Steam and GOG) for this game.
Conkerkid11
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I'm not entirely sure if anybody's mentioned it yet, but the Steam version unlocks at 18:00 CET / 9:00 PDT tomorrow.
Here's a countdown clock: http://countingdownto.com/countdown/age-of-wonders-3-steam-release-countdown-clock
Also, I'm pretty sure there isn't going to be a pre-load available.
Edit: Beaten to the punch.
Here's a countdown clock: http://countingdownto.com/countdown/age-of-wonders-3-steam-release-countdown-clock
Also, I'm pretty sure there isn't going to be a pre-load available.
Edit: Beaten to the punch.
LurkerPrime
Member
Nooooooo! All of my hopes have been dashed.
The hype, however, remains constant.
The hype, however, remains constant.
Sadly, no (which is a tad frustrating). Maybe we will have better luck in 12 hours or so.
On a side note, I met a very nice guy who offers us to release the game earlier than expected. He just asks us to make a contract with him. Sounds like a good deal, we totally should trust him. ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼
Only if you add in cute and stylish pre-order outfits, and muskets. ^_^
You can trade keys for games, http://www.tf2outpost.com/
Odd 'review', almost like it was made for children or someone who'd never played a strategy game before.
What's wrong with his voice? Is he channeling his inner 1930's radio announcer?
And the review itself is really weird as well....
ambientmystic
Member
For the typical Gamespot visitor likely to be viewing that particular review, that's most likely the case lol. This game belongs to PC gamers niche, not the console focused audience that Gamespot caters to lately.
It's not exactly an insightful review, it feels very basic. I am not entirely sure why he is straining his vocal cords like that.
I saw it in my Recommended feed and went ahead and posted it here.
It's a terrible review, either way. Little more than the same descriptive information you could get off the game's website, with a 7.0 tacked on at the end. Why that score? It's hard to say, since the "review" contained almost no critical observations whatsoever. It read like something that could have been written right after the author finished the tutorial.
Gamespot, man. LOL.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I've never played a game like this before, and even I found that Gamespot review to be really, really dumb.
EmergentFocus
Member
That's awesome. Good for them!
I finally broke down and pre-ordered it a little while ago, which is something I very rarely do, but the various YouTube videos completely sold me on the game. Actually, I've never even played an Age of Wonders title before, but this really gives the impression of being a labour of love. I hope I'm not fooling myself.