Age of Wonders for Windows, Mac

Pros: map editor, multiplayer is great, campaigns are interesting.
Cons: combat combat combat.. it is disgusting!

There is something about Age of Wonders which intrigues me further than Heroes of Might and Magic. In AOW there is this thing called "Simutaneous turns". This means everyone can make their turns at the same time. Suddenly multiplayer isn't so...

Pros: Will tide you over until MOM2
Cons: No random maps

I seized upon Age of Wonders hoping for an unofficial sequel to Master of Magic. It comes close, and is an excellent game.

For those to whom "Master of Magic" is a foreign concept, the gist of the game is this: 1) Raise...

Pros: Excellent gameplay, graphics, and developer support
Cons: First release buggy, don't play without patch!

Warlord Hero Masters of Magic...

I know that is a confusing title, but Age of Wonders does something I have waited years for. Take the best elements of Warlords, Masters of Magic, and Heroes of Might and Magic, put them all together in one...

Pros: Good Graphics
Cons: Expensive

Age of Wonders is an excellent, addictive and fun turn-based strategy game with great 2D graphics, fun game play and inspired level design. Its flaws are minor when compared to its ample strengths. I loved Warlords, the old classic strategy game, and Age...

Pros: impressive spells/spell system
Cons: inferior to heroes of might and magic 2 and 3; minimally original; been there done that gameplay feel

I've been a big fan of the Heroes of Might and Magic series since Heroes 2 came out. So, naturally, after playing the entire series for years I finally took it off my hard drive. (Heroes 2 and 3, not the original.)
And I've been trying to find a...

Pros: rich and lush battlefields of amazing depth and color
Cons: besides the battlefields this game is more of the same

Age of Wonders is by no means a bad game, however it says: Ease of gameplay! And that is wholy true, but it's true at the cost of a city interface. When I look at Age of Wonders I see a newer version of Heros3, except when you hit the city and town...

Pros: Nice graphics, simultaneous multiplayer turn resolution
Cons: Prepare for long, involved multiplayer games

Version Reviewed: Playable Demo (multiplayer only, single player campaign not included in demo)

Age of Wonders is a title that bills itself as an "RPS," or Role-Playing Simulation. On the surface, it resembles the turn-based...

Pros: Always busy, entertaining, good interface
Cons: no random map generator, predictable after a long time

There are games that you must play. This is the principle on which our church of videogames is founded. Some recent examples include Half-Life, System Shock 2, and Homeworld. And then there are games that you must play over and over again. Games...

Pros: Hero and Leader playability and advancement.
Cons: Poor multiplayability

When I first walked into best buy looking for a copy of Daggerfall (which seems to be missing from every store) I came across this game. It looked like quite an interesting turn based strategy game - A cross-over between Heroes of Might and magic and...

Pros: Good strategy. Can play for a few minutes or hours. Great replay.
Cons: Unbalanced races

I love turn based games, and this is the type that really exemplifies the best of this genre. The object of a turn based game is pretty simple. You let the computer play first. It stops, and then you get to play. This allows for you to think about...

Pros: Nice graphics
Cons: Not nothing i never seen before

Age of Wonders is a game of strategy and conquest that successfully brings together adventure, exploration and role playing situations. These situations, together with a very good story line and heavy stress on global strategy without repetitive little...

Pros: excellent AI and sound. Crisp video scenes. Excellent gameplay factor.
Cons: AI can be dificult. new players to this genre may find it difficult to proceed at first.

I purchased this game because I am a fan of dark elves. I thought that it would be stupid at first and then I would get used to it and it would grow on me. How wrong I was. I was interested and hooked from the start. I loved the opening sequence...

Pros: Turn based, building strategy game
Cons: Not challenging enough, crashing bugs

...but ultimately unsatisfying. I admit, I did stay up a few nights playing until 1 or 2am, but I finally threw up my hands in disgust when I kept getting crashing bugs. No game is perfect but crashing bugs are really unprofessional.
You start...

Pros: Campaigns,Diplomacy
Cons: Took a while to learn

I had seen quite a few favorable reviews for Age of Wonders before buying it so I'd started out with high hopes. I'd really enjoyed Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3 and the entire strategy genre. However, Age of Wonders fell short of what I...