Improving does not mean cutting out what is fun and replace it with boring. It would be like taking an rpg and turning it into a shooter. The entire game is build around the battle's.īattle's who are always the same because tier 1 units are just that good.įorget placing a city near a building to give your troops +1 to armor.įorget turning the terrian into a massive moral boost(and pleasent on your eyes) for your troops or a massive debuff for your enemy.įorget about different races with different weaknesses and strenght.įorget about the random spells or the ability to destroy someone city.įorget about anything not related to combat.Īge of wonders appeal has always been the powerful tide turning magic.īecause all it does is remove everything great about the serries and replace it with a tier 1 multiplayer balanced focused waste of time. The ability to wipe armies is not in game.

You have no motivation to get to tier 4 when your tier 1 units are just as strong and a lot cheaper. This started in age of wonders 3 and continued in planetfall.Īs a result you no longer feel like your progressing in power. The brokenly overpowered magic system that could destroy armies. They striped it of what made age of wonders, age of wonders. The map is ugly as hell and i can not tell what is what 90% of the time. You can just build free buildings that offer free gaurds. It started in age of wonders 3 and it continued in planetfall.ĭont worry about upgrade cost because there isnt any. In this game i feel like they spend so much time of the combat they forgot about the rest. It is lacking what made the previous games so great.

But why do you think that could be? For me personaly. Nguyên văn bởi recon64bit:As someone who likes the game, I can see why people would feel this is a generic and soulless sci fi game.

Age of wonders: planetfall tropes