I don't know what to say..I thought that Triumph is working on a fantasy game, so I am not very excited about this upcoming game. I love strategy games, so I will buy it regardless of the setting.
Why is this game called "Age of Wonders"? Marketing?Or we are going to have a deep magic system as well with spell tiers etc.?
When can we read about the detailed feature list? What is the planned release date? [The game is in development for 3 years afterall.]
I found 2 things very interesing so far:
"Strategic Turn-Based Sci-Fi Combat - Perfect your combat strategy in intense turn-based battles that offer tactical challenges, a large cast of races, units with customizable weapons, and destructible environments."
1. I really like the idea of customizable weapons. But why only weapons are customizable? What about armor and other stuff? Like in Endless Legends.
2. Destructible environments - Lovely! However how is that going to work? This is mainly useful in tactical games, like X-Com, Silent Storm etc. The "battles" in those games are played on a big map. There is a cover system etc. in those games. In AoW we have tiny battlefields. This means, that the battlefields will be much bigger this time + we are going to have a cover system [& other tactical elements] as well?
You can mod your units & leaders with new technologies; this incl. new ammunitions, armor upgrades, shields, jetpack etc. These mods are going to keep lower level units more relevant in the later game. Heroes and leaders have more options
Yes much is destructible. Yes and there will cover, overwatch, stagger and many more tactical elements!