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"Great Follow up to AoW I", Several new changes that make it more of a challenge, yet keep the spirit of AoW I. Really enjoyed this game play.

"best tbs game around", i bought 4 copies of age of wonders to give out as christmas
presents to the friends who enjoy table-top wargames and that
liked to get together every so often to play.
about a year later i bought 2 copies of age of wonders 2 for me
and my brother inlaw to play,we've even got my wifes dad
involved in playing..
great game,just as good as Heros of Might & Magic.


"Finally played it", As I clear the back log of games to be played, I was surprised that I enjoyed the game. I play AOW and didn't really care for it. There were different races but they all felt the same to me.

AOWII changed that. There were definatly strength and weaknesses to each. You get to find them as you have to play each in the game

The underground made for some planning as the enemy could double back and attack lightly defended rear cities.

The main character(you) isn't all powerfull on the battlefield. I found it was best to put Merlin(could there have been a better name?) in a town with a level3 tower and farcasting ability and let him rain death from afar. At times it carried the battlefield.

Probably the hardest level was Death 1. You could not build up forces on a defense war. Starting out attacking didn't help either. I found it was best to pull a "Shermans March" and build up a few bone dragons, leave some forces and to delay the enemy and march and look for Meander. As I found a town with a tower, I took it sold off they tower and the champion builds and moved on. Maybe I was lucky.

The finaly battle I did find the AI to be a little stupid with Juliach. She would come in with superior numbers and I with one Red Dragon and she would use two hell storms and wipe out her army. Red dragons carried the day.

Many spells to choose from. Didn't get to use them all.

Overall I played for many hours and was happy to see it finished. Though the final movie could have been more.

Hopefully an AOWIII will happen!

"Good game, but campaign mode is difficult", I would recommend getting Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic over this game. It is basically Age of Wonders 2.5 and adds its own campaign with an easier starting gradient as well as new units, races, spells and balance tweaks. All of the single-player downloadable maps for AOW2 are still available and useable for Shadow Magic as well as new maps just for it.
Oh, and this is a turn-based strategy game if you didn't know already, kind of like a complex boardgame (think Fantasy version of Risk times 5) where the computer takes care of all of the complicated stuff.

"Good, but lacking", After playing the original Age of Wonders (and becoming hopelessly addicted to it), I was ecstatic when AOW2 was released. I rushed right out and picked up a copy, hoping for great improvements to one of my now favorite games. Unfortunately that was not the case. While the graphics and audio are mildly improved, I felt gameplay took several steps back, at least in the single player campaign. The new units were nice and had a good variety between the different races. Unfortunately, the wizard/hero system that this game revolves around is terribly one dimensional - spell reasearch is your only real option, unlike the original where you had many different skills to choose from, so you could basicly make your leader/heros into whatever you envisioned them as being.
The single player campaign is fun to play through, the first time. After that it's gets pretty boring. Scenarios are fun, but I liked the campaigns of the first AOW, where you really had a choice in the direction the game went. You could start as good guy and end up on the side of evil, or vice versa. You be righteously good (as the Highmen), plain old good (as the Elves), run-of-the-mill bad (as the Dark Elves), or evil incarnate (as the Undead). This made for massive replayablity, which is lacking in AOW2 - You're Merlin and no matter what you do the game ends the same. The multi-player options are fine and might give more play options, if you like multi-player gaming (I don't, as I prefer to start a game and play at any time - not worrying about others schedules).
Overall, not a horrible game and fun for a while, just not up to the standards of the original.

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"Good graphics and sound..but worth your time?", It had nice graphics and music, and I played about 10 hours on the same map trying to get a better feel for it as well as to see the new and different units. It's fun to control/meet fairies and unicorns and other fantasy characters. But it took too much time to do even the basic city management.

Maps were filled with lots of places to visit and explore..but on the other hand, that only draws out the battle to a point where the player is thinking, if this one small map takes this long, how will i ever finish this game? Consider my statement above that I spent 10 hours on the first single player non-campaign map that I tried. I didn't even finish it totally since that would take several more rounds to gather my armies for the big fight at the one last remaining enemy town which happens to have a big army on it; I just played it to the point where I knew I would win.

It reminded me too much of Kohan, which I enjoyed much more and took less time to play because it was RTS instead of turn-based.

"Enjoyable, but flawed", Building on the original Age of Wonders, it's an enjoyable fantasy strategy game.
Unfortunately, it suffers from graphical glitches with some graphics cards, mine included (GeForce 4 Ti4400, 30.82 drivers); the only remedy is to turn off DirectX acceleration, which costs a moderate amount of performance and eye candy.
Given that this glitch is still present after the 1.20 patch ... not so impressive.

"VERY buggy", I am an avid fan of Turn-based strategy games. I also adored the original AOW. Naturally, I rushed to buy AOW2. Sad to say, it was a mistake. The game locks up, is very quirky on map transitions and the technical support from the website seems to consist of the phrase "Have you tried reinstalling?" Lest someone think I am playing on some esoteric, exotic machine, I am not. It is a 3 month old Dell Dimension that plays almost all of my games flawlessly and didn;t even quiver over Neverwinter Nights, which I am told is near miraculous... Anyway, I cannot recommend this game simply for the bugs, technical glitches, lock-ups and total invisibility of tech support.

"Good Turn Based Strategy Game", Age of Wonders 2 is a turn based strategy game set in a fantasy world. The player plays an immortal wizard, and can control different races (Dwarves, Elves, Draconians, etc), each with its own special units. The player can learn specific spheres of magic (Air, Earth, Fire, etc). The main difference, in my opinion, between AoW2 and other turn based strategy games is that there is a story line. Basically, there are twenty episodes. Every three episodes are a part of a "Sphere" story, such as fire, air, water, and the character you develop continues in them. (If you learned X spells in episode one, you'll still know them in episode three). However, the story continues in all the episodes sequentially - episode four follows episode three. I'm not sure exactly how that makes sense (how can the player forget what he learned between episode three and four if the story continues?!), but that's how the game is. AoW2 is pretty much a "standard" turn based strategy game. However, the graphics and music are gorgeous. I've never played a strategy game with such richness and depth: all the units are animated, and are absolutely a joy to watch. Strangely enough, the tactical AI (I'm usually too lazy to actually do my own tactical combat, I like to use the 'Auto' feature and watch) is beyond terrible. I've seen times I attacked an enemy with ten of my units against seven and lost without killing a single enemy unit, and when I controlled the combat myself I won without any loss. This happens ALL the time. I've stopped using 'Auto' because of this feature. I wonder why AoW2 is so bad in this aspect.. never seen anything like it. Other than that, the game play feels pretty much like other games of the genre. The scenarios are somewhat repetitive, but it's such a refreshing idea to be "forced" into a situation, and the scenarios are different enough that you have to try different tactics.
Overall, I think AoW2 is really a great game. The AI could use a serious overhaul, but it's still a lot of fun.

"Turn-based Fantasy Fans: Be Advised! Check It Out!", Age of Wonders is a turn-based strategy game that is very closely related to Disciples II or Heroes of Might and Magic IV; however with its own unique gameplay specifics. The previous reviewers, I think, have already described how the emphasis of this game is on wizards who, for the most part, reside in wizard towers and aid their subject heroes in battle by casting various spells ranging from simple healing to catastrophic fire blasts. For the most part, rival heroes lead small groups of soldiers throughout the Age of Wonders world searching for gold, mana, artifacts, and allies while battling hostile forces wherever they encounter them, eventually capturing their cities, resources, and killing the enemy wizard.

Generally, you play on a main world map in your troops move through colorful terrain seeking to capture mines, energy nodes, gold, and exploring ruins and caves. When you battle, you can choose to command your troops personally or have the computer automatically resolve combat. Combat is fought on a large tactical map in which you choose a target individually for any ranged units (e.g., archers, slingers, swashbucklers, etc.) and assign targets for your melee units. The battles are fought in sequential fashion (defender fires, attacker fires, repeat) and take into account magic spells, distance, height, protection, morale, etc. It is complex without being complicated.

I really enjoy Age of Wonders 2, and for the most part, would say that it is a relatively safe purchase for those players who like turn-based fantasy strategy games: it is not stunningly original but it is fun and almost a must for players of this genre and type.

I must beg to differ with some of the reviewers' comments about Age of Wonders:

1) You do NOT "need at least 256 RAM," to run AOW2. I use only 128 RAM on an 800 MHz Athlon and it runs well with no slowdowns of any sort.
2) The differences between races are not "more cosmetic than functional." There are real and important differences between the races that greatly affect the way a player commands them. Don't be misled by a superficial glance at the game manual and say, "Oh, each of the dozen races has 8 unique units, each of which has a counterpart in the other races." Not really true at all: no one has a counterpart to the Tigran's prowlers which are fast, pantherlike, and scale city walls like level ground. Only the humans have the swashbuckler who, being armed with pistol and sword, is tough on defense and offense. Each race has something that will change the way you play them. Elves are fast through forests and very good at concealment. Dwarves move through mountains easily and the Undead have large, cheap zombie armies capable of regenerating if not quickly beaten. Saying that the units are generic "Age of Empires" type units, I think, is completely inaccurate.
3) It is not true that the "interface is awkward and you must click 10,000 times" to do anything. No. No. No. It is simple to click once to find the next active unit, simple to learn how to detach a unit from a battlegroup, simple to access your stats. As for not having a "restart a level from the beginning button," I have to roll my eyes; all you need do is quickly load the original scenario.

So, am I simply an uncritical admirer of AOW2? No, there are things that I wish were included or different in the game:

1) I like random map generators but AOW2 doesn't have one. It's so much fun to just be able to quickly generate a map and play without concern about winning or losing since you can always create a new, unknown map. Still, there are about 20 huge maps in the campaign and over 20 individual scenarios, as well as player-designed and Triumph Studio designed scenarios to download, so I don't think I'll run out of maps anytime soon - if ever.
2) The story line (or plot, if you will) is not particularly compelling. Your task is to master each of the spheres of magic and once you master, for example, the fire sphere, you move on to the next and DON'T TAKE your heroes or new abilities with you.

Overall: A polished game, with interesting battles, spells, races, and a complex, but not complicated gameplay. I enjoy it and I'll be playing it for months!

Gameplay: Simple to learn, similar to HOMMIV or Disciples 2, very low learning curve and a simple interface. Tactical combats are turn-based and allow for thoughtful, contemplative decision-making. Should you concentrate your crossbowmen's fire on the manticore or take out the more vulnerable Tigran shredders? Is a powerful (but mana expensive) fire spell needed or only a less deadly but cheaper energy bolt? There's time to choose whether to fight or flee, to charge or move into better position.

Graphics: A matter of personal taste (of course) but I like them: they're colorful without being too busy or crowded, units are acceptably different and easily distinguishable (although don't zoom in!) and I think they fit well with the fantasy world of Age of Wonders.

Sound: Acceptable, even enjoyable. I don't mind the background music, in fact, I enjoy it for the most part. However, what's really cool is that I get easily use my "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings" soundtrack mp3s in place of the background music. I like the sound effects of combat, movement, and other events, but they're mostly of secondary importance.

I strongly recommend that you download the demo and find out for yourself.