This is a secondary thing the player chooses at the start of the game, and they are game changing abilities based on some larger ideas within science fiction. Whereas Sid Meier's Civillization VI gives its cities more depth by having players build improvements on the surrounding tiles, each area in Age of Wonders: Planetfall will feel unique and strategic due to its specialization.Īfter learning about all of that, the turn I saw kicked off with The Assembly using their Doomsday weapon, which is based on their Secret Technology. Each sector can specialize in something like food production or research. Every colony is also run by a special leader that players can either create themselves or pull from one of 50 preset options. It has cities and tech trees galore as one would expect, but Age of Wonders: Planetfall spices things up by dividing the map into sectors that can be absorbed by colonies. Once I got into a match, I was debriefed on the more general mechanics on the world map of this 4X game.
While many 4X games will just through you into a match and task you with making your own story, Age of Wonders: Planetfall is establishing a lore heavy and engaging world to serve as a backdrop for the matches played.
The developers went as far as describing the fallen Star Union as its own character.
That being said, the current status of all the factions stems from the fall of the once powerful Star Union though the reasons behind its demise will be shrouded in mystery at first. Age of Wonders: Planetfall has a variety of classes for players to choose from, and they are all more interesting than the typical sci-fi cliches everyone is used to by now. The lengthy mid-to-late game turn I played was fun, interesting, and gave me a decent overview of everything this title has to offer, but I can tell that Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a game I will need to spend hours on to truly fall in love with.Īs part of my short 30 minute demo, the newly revealed race of The Assembly was shown off to me. Age of Wonders: Planetfall plays as one would expect a 4X game to outside of enemy encounters, but once the fight begins things transition to an XCOM style turn-based strategy game. If you haven't heard of Age of Wonders before and are wondering what Planetfall may have in store for you, the best way to describe it would be Civilization meets XCOM. And unlike 2014's extremely underwhelming Civilization: Beyond Earth, this 4X game is taking advantage of the opportunities science fiction gives creators to craft interesting races and worlds for games to take place in. Instead of delving into a fantasy world, Age of Wonders: Planetfallembraces sci-fi to great success. The Age of Wonders series is making a return in August, though it may not be in the way many fans would expect.
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