Age of Wonders 4 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
Age of Wonders 4 is a strategy, 4x and character customization game
developed by Triumph Studios
and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on May 02nd 2023 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 18,251 reviews of which 14,901 were positive and 3,350 were negative resulting in a rating of 8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit (version 21H1)
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1600X
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 670 (2GB) or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2GB) or Intel® Arc™ A380 (6GB) or Intel® Iris™ Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) or AMD® Radeon™ Vega 8
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p (30FPS)
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Well, here we are. I have played over 1000 hours of age of Wonders 4. I still fell like a beginner and I still enjoy every minute of it. I would like to share my experience with other potential players. This game is unique and simply amazing. The graphics, map, music, gameplay are probably the best in the gaming industry of our time. You start out with 5 introductory story missions that immerse you in the lore of the Age of Wonders series. (The game lets you play regular maps and factions if you choose not to start the story missions). After that, you move on to your own adventures with pre-made characters and maps or create your own factions and map parameters. I haven't yet purchased a single one of the many DLC and I am still learning new things from each game played. When you start a new realm, ( RANDOMIZED MAPS ! ) you are the ruler of a single small town in a beautiful but very hostile world. You must research, develop your cities, explore, expand, exploit and exterminate. (4X) The game is a wargame at its core. There is a subterranean level to explore exploit and conquer. And ancient Wonders to explore and annex. And multiple resource nodes guarded by enemies to clear with your forces. Create your own leader, species and traits or use one of the game pre-made faction. Diplomacy is one of the best in all of the 4X games I have ever played. It finally makes sense, and once you get a good alliance going, you can even share a victory with a faction stronger than yours if you survive and help your ally. The grievance system is a mini game of it's own. ( I don't miss the psychotic leaders in the Civilization games, that change their minds every couple of turns ) Once you have an enemy, they fight to the bitter end or sometimes offer you their vassalage if you hurt them enough, and when you have an ally, they remain reliable unless you stab them in the back. Whispering stones are used to improve diplomacy with free cities. ( Pure genius) There is so much to learn such as: city sieges, magic tomes, magic affinities, use of imperium, magic materials, weapon and item crafting, the skill paths of every different heroes you can recruit, special city constructions such as dungeons to imprison live enemy heroes and extract mana, gold and research from them or crypts where you can resurrect heroes who died in battle but your army was victorious. In my opinion, the heart of the game is the turn based tactical combat. I know some players who are lazy or much more experienced than myself use auto-combat. I have fought every single battle manually since I purchased the game, (which accounts for the insane number of hours of gaming I have accumulated so far). But you learn so much from the manual control of all your troops and tactical strategy and proper use of combat spells. The game is very forgiving with combat: If you lose auto-combat or manual, you can retry as many times as you want until you get it right or you realize you were just not strong enough for that battle. I have no plan to switch to auto-combat any time soon because I really enjoy the beauty of the combat and the triumph of using a winning strategy to defeat an enemy army of superior power. It's addictive !!!!!!!!! Some players have left negative comments about the number or cost of DLC. In my opinion, that's unfair. I have not purchased any DLC yet. I will, eventually, but only when I feel I have attained a certain mastery of the base game. I think if a new player buys all the DLC, they will be overwhelmed by all the possibilities and the new game mechanics introduced. The player base seems very enthusiastic about the DLC, based on their online comments. DLC support the developers who work hard to bring us quality entertainment. The DLC package costs about $100 + Compare that to one restaurant meal or one month of cell phone billing or one crappy airline trip. The developers of AoW4 deserve your respect and deserve to earn a decent living. Now I need to give you a few statistics because the game is probably more difficult than you think and some players simply don't have what it takes to understand the game mechanics, do some research and experiment with different strategies. Found your first city 69% Breach a city's wall 65% Reach a military victory 44% Complete the first story mission ''Rise if the godir Valley of Wonders" 38% Complete story mission 4 ''The eternal court'' 13% (percentage of players who got these achievements) Most YouTube videos on AoW4 are awful or out of date. Anything before the Griffon update is useless. If you like strategy games such as previous AoW titles, Warlock master of the Arcane, Endless Legend, Heroes 3 complete, the odds of enjoying this game are excellent. Just know there is a learning curve. All good things in life require some skill and effort and luck and AoW4 is one of those good things. Technical: no problem to report, no in-game crashes, a few post game pop-up crash reports after game exit to Steam with no data loss and a box to write comments about the possible cause and circumstance of the crash. Have fun! Addendum: works in Linux, Rated Gold on Proton DB . Also runs on Steam deck according to Reddit.
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This is my most played single-player game on Steam, so this is a strong recommendation on its own. However, if you're looking for a proper review: WHAT'S AOW4? Age of Wonders 4 is a turn-based strategy game in a fastasy setting. The goal of the player is to lead a player-selected faction and its leader to victory, defeating other factions. The use of force is mandatory, there is no "cultural victory." Turn-based combat between armies is a major focus of the game and of the AoW series overall. You do not need to play the previous installments to enjoy this one. REASONS TO GET THE GAME While there are other turn-based fantasy strategy games, the Age of Wonders series has managed to establish a great setting and a deep and rewarding turn-based combat system. But what AoW4 does better than its predecessors is the degree of customizability of the playable factions. The player is, in fact, incentivized to create his own factions, each with their own characteristics and lore background. My personal favorite creations are the industrious earth-aligned sculptor elves, the spider-worshipping goblins, or the umbral homunculi created by the eldritch monstrosity Zon'Gynoth. REASONS TO SKIP THE GAME While AoW4 is great, it may not be for everyone. First, and most obviously, everything is turn based, so if you don't like that, you may skip this. Additionally, AoW4 is combat focused, so if you are looking for a complex empire building game, there are other games for that (such as the great Endless Legend!). Lastly, as in many strategy games, the AI cheats depending on the difficulty. Human players need to win by outwitting the AI. Yet, despite this, I found the "easy" and "normal" difficulties very approachable. CONCLUSION The game is in its best shape ever at the time of writing (end of season 2, Archon Prohecy DLC). While already great at launch, the exceptional post launch support has perfected AoW4's formula with a greater number of customization options, additional story content, additional ruler types, and more. If it sounds that it could be your cup of tea, try it!
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So the FREE WEEKEND got me. I downloaded and before I knew it had put 10hrs on the game and decided to purchase. It's very fun and very diverse. You can create basically whatever type faction you've always wanted. The scenarios seem interesting and overall the games easy enough to learn but feels like there is a much deeper level to it once you really understand the game. All this said - I ABSOLUTELY HATE SALES MODELS LIKE THIS. I absolutely hate games that have 50 different DLCs and it's specifically why I waited, and had to seriously consider before purchasing, and typically don't buy games like this. I believe it's ridiculous sales practices that aren't necessary. Buy on heavy discount sale or not at all is my recommendation.
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Heroes of Might and magic + Civilization. Even without the expansions it is a very solid game that can be replayed many times over.
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I don't write reviews very often, but this game... man, this game... Let's start with the fact that the only Age of Wonders game I've played before this was Planetfall. This game is a HUGE step up from that experience (not that Planetfall was bad, this is just leagues better.) - The customization is incredible, and provides ample roleplaying opportunities for those who enjoy that. - It's turn based and you can have plenty of fun against the AI, so no need to rely on an active online community. - The game has open mod support, a big win in my eyes. Though the game is perfectly fun as is. Now let's look at a few downsides. - DLC is pricy, especially if you want both expansion packs as it might total the amount of an entirely second game. - Lag and performance issues on large maps with high player counts. - Online co-op suffers from desync issues that may regularly cause you to go through a brief reload, in some cases this can happen every turn. - Matches can be very time consuming, be prepared to save and return later. Even someone who spends all day gaming could find themselves spending an entire day on one massive match. Of course there are other subjective flaws to the game that other reviews may touch on. For me, this game is incredible and is my current obsession. If you like fantasy and strategy games, this is something to look into, especially on sale. Get that wishlist and find an opportunity to jump into this game.
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Age of Wonders 4 is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam.
Age of Wonders 4 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 49.99€ on Steam.
Age of Wonders 4 received 14,901 positive votes out of a total of 18,251 achieving a rating of 8.00.
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Age of Wonders 4 was developed by Triumph Studios and published by Paradox Interactive.
Age of Wonders 4 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Age of Wonders 4 is not playable on MacOS.
Age of Wonders 4 is not playable on Linux.
Age of Wonders 4 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Age of Wonders 4 offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 14 DLCs available for Age of Wonders 4. Explore additional content available for Age of Wonders 4 on Steam.
Age of Wonders 4 is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Age of Wonders 4 supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Age of Wonders 4 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
2,523
Developer
Triumph Studios
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release
02 May 2023
Platforms
Remote Play
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