Categories Categories. Special Sections. Player Support. Community Hub. Fantasy Wars. Fantasy Wars is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. Combining both classic strategy gameplay and sophisticated 3D graphics players can experience epic battles like never before.
Taking place in a fantasy world of Human kingdoms, Orc clans, Dwarfs' citadels and Elven forests the player is thrust into a world of war and All Reviews:. Popular user-defined tags for this product:. Is this game relevant to you? Sign In or Open in Steam. Languages :. English and 7 more. Publisher: 1C Entertainment. Franchise: 1C. Share Embed. Read Critic Reviews. Add to Cart. View Community Hub. About This Game Fantasy Wars is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world.
Taking place in a fantasy world of Human kingdoms, Orc clans, Dwarfs' citadels and Elven forests the player is thrust into a world of war and legend. Play the role of an Orc or Goblin boss, a captain of the Human army or lead the elite forces of the Elven army. Participate in castle sieges and village defense, assault and reconnaissance operations and swift raids.
Despite the appropriateness of the generic hack-and-slash sound effects and movements that prevail in battle, the cut-scenes drag the game down with their inflexible animations and horrendous voice acting.
There is nothing worse than listening to a voice actor straining and cracking his way through a poor goblin impression. More often than not, the player will be reduced to silencing or skipping these scenes all-together, and they do not add much to the actual gameplay to begin with.
The sound and visuals may be lacking a bit, but controlling a wide-scope battle has never been easier. As noted before, moving across the board is as simple as clicking the mouse a few times, and the general interface is easily viewed and readily accessible. Finding information on units requires only a right-click, and the clickable spells and buffs for each unit are listed on the left side of the screen for swift access.
Although the game is turn-based and does not require too much reflex action, the simple interface is a welcome aspect. Commanding troops on multiple fronts and the like is only made easier by the game's polished and fluent control options. While Fantasy Wars may not set any new records or break the gameplay barrier, it is a solid turn-based war game with an addictive twist. Whether your cup of tea is trampling Humans or flinging arrows at Elven defenses, this game has what you want and more.
Even with its utilization of a simple premise and an even easier interface, Fantasy Wars is a challenging adventure that requires patience and a knack for strategizing unit placement, while still allowing new players to free their inner commander. But this forces you to start with a small army, which can cause a lot of losses in the early stages.
If you try to save for the latter stages of a mission, chances are you won't survive long enough to get there. Even if you do survive a mission, there is a real possibility of taking so much damage that you won't stand a chance in hell of beating the next one. Units and cash carry over from one mission to the next in the campaign. This means that you start with your back up against the wall if you barely scraped through a level with a few units and a handful of gold.
Losing experienced units with their added combat perks is also a big killer because any fresh recruits are, of course, level-0 rookies. Most missions help you out in the early stages with a hero or some troops that can be picked up on the cheap by conquering a tiny village or something, but this assistance usually comes in the form of a low-level unit that just isn't enough if you're starting with, say, a hero and a few archers.
So even when you win, you often lose. Even the visual design is a blast from the past, with bright colors and heroic characters that pay homage to the lighter fantasy gaming of years past. It seems like you're simply not meant to wrap up a mission in Fantasy Wars in just one run-through. At the same time, however, it doesn't feel like you're being cheated. If you play smartly, you will often come close to victory or achieve a fair number of pyrrhic victories, which only spurs you to keep playing the game and really think about what tactics are needed to master certain maps.
This is one of those rare cases where extreme difficulty makes you appreciate the game all the more. There are even gold, silver, and bronze medals offered for beating missions in set numbers of turns, which is a further incentive for replaying. You'd never know that battles were so murderous here by the look and sound of the battlefields. Visuals are decidedly cartoony, with lots of bright colors and cotton-candy skies more reminiscent of fairy tales than the many grim, goth-inspired contemporary RPGs out there.
The same goes for the one-note music and audio effects, which are dominated by a triumphant "A-ha! It's all suitably retro, which works really well given the gameplay Wearing its old-fashioned origins like a badge of honor, Fantasy Wars is aimed at veteran gamers who remember the days before the real-time revolution. But more than just nostalgia buffs will appreciate its intricate mission design, detailed units, and outstanding interface.
It sure helps if you're old enough to have played such classics as Fantasy General back in the day, especially because the difficulty is aimed at turn-based vets. Still, you don't need to have any previous experience to get into such timeless game concepts as these.
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