Finished Age of Wonders, the Keepers Campaign.
As a campaign I liked it much better than the HoMM 3:RoE campaigns and quite a bit better than the HoMM 3:AB campaigns.
As a whole the game is more uneven than HoMM 3. It is overall better, but has some crucial flaws, like the AI not being able to search ruins and such, equip items or buy spells, which makes the SP game feel slightly unfinished. And with über heroes and Leader on Map proper strategy sometimes flies out the window, as Leader assassination is too easy and too tempting.
Also, none of the stand alone maps are suitable of SP; all are designed for MP, which is a bummer.
Fortunately there's lots of user made maps and even campaigns available, but the first ones were made 1.5 after the game was released. I guess the Editor didn't ship with the game originally.
I think I must have played an unpatched version of the game back in the days, since the AI was not as pathetic as I recall. NM, I was using a mod.
Next games on my chronological play list are Opposing Force, PST, They Hunger and (maybe) Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan, and then I will be finished with 1999. But before reaching AoW 2 I will have to play the Cult of Storms campaign for Age of Wonders.
As a campaign I liked it much better than the HoMM 3:RoE campaigns and quite a bit better than the HoMM 3:AB campaigns.
As a whole the game is more uneven than HoMM 3. It is overall better, but has some crucial flaws, like the AI not being able to search ruins and such, equip items or buy spells, which makes the SP game feel slightly unfinished. And with über heroes and Leader on Map proper strategy sometimes flies out the window, as Leader assassination is too easy and too tempting.
Also, none of the stand alone maps are suitable of SP; all are designed for MP, which is a bummer.
Fortunately there's lots of user made maps and even campaigns available, but the first ones were made 1.5 after the game was released. I guess the Editor didn't ship with the game originally.
Next games on my chronological play list are Opposing Force, PST, They Hunger and (maybe) Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan, and then I will be finished with 1999. But before reaching AoW 2 I will have to play the Cult of Storms campaign for Age of Wonders.
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