Lords of Magic: Special Edition

Urak, once peaceful, is now a land of darkness, chaos and death. The people yearn for a champion to drive away the forces of evil. That champion is you.

Lords of Magic: Special Edition is a strategy, rpg and dwarf game developed by Impressions Games and published by Rebellion.
Released on December 03rd 2015 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 480 reviews of which 443 were positive and 37 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 1.27€ on Steam and has a 90% discount.

The Steam community has classified Lords of Magic: Special Edition into these genres:

Strategy RPG Dwarf Turn-Based Classic Fantasy Real-Time with Pause

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: NNVidia/ATI 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 with Hardware T&L support (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)
Storage: 600 MB available space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

I played this for the first time in 2024 so the following review is not biased by any nostalgia for the game. However, it is biased by a fondness for retro games and the fantasy genre. If you enjoy retro fantasy games like myself, then this game is for you. Lords of Magic is an easy to learn, turn based strategy game with real time combat in which you develop your buildings, build up your army, and go out to conquer your enemies while exploring the world of Urak. The artwork and audio is stereotypical of the dark, ominous portrayal in which fantasy was represented to audiences of the 70's and 80's which creates a wonderful ambience to the game. The artwork is particularly reminiscent of the Heavy Metal franchise if you are familiar with that reference. Unfortunately, the gameplay is quite shallow. After one playthrough, there is not much more to experience. Nonetheless, I can see myself coming back in a year or so to relive the joy of playing this game. But even if I never play it again, I definitely got my money's worth as it currently costs less than a cup of coffee. Gameplay tip: the pause feature is one of the greatest tactical advantages you will have in every fight.

Nov. 2024

This game was one of my earliest favourites, and I couldn't help picking it up again after I saw it for sale in the shop. I'm very pleased that my nostalgia was justified and that it's still a lot of fun. Lords of Magic is a turn-based strategy game, set in a fantasy setting, where your chosen Lord vies for control over the map against seven AI controlled opponents, each ruling their own unique faction. This means a lot of replay value as you can choose to play as each of the eight different "faiths", all of which have different strengths and weaknesses. You level your champions and units by sending them to fight against your opponents and the countless neutral strongholds dotting the map. The main win condition is to defeat Balkoth, the Lord of Death. A few gripes:- I often found that my most difficult fights (hardest difficulty) were at the start of a new campaign, when your army is fragile and you have to protect and level a limited amount of units until your forces are strong enough to liberate your temple. It is important to note that a faction is defeated when their Lord dies, so care is necessary when using them in battle. Defeating the opposing AI is actually quite easy, especially later in a campaign. The AI will even sometimes suicide themselves against trash mobs before I was even capable of invading. The poor Chaos Lord AI is especially bad and almost never gets out of the early game. My main goal during a play-through was rather to defeat all the neutral mobs guarding the most difficult strongholds. Despite the few drawbacks and dated graphics, I've still enjoyed many a play-through since my rediscovery.

Sept. 2024

This strategy turn-based builder game is what I consider the pinnacle of the Lords of the Realm series. The interface is bulky, and some aspects are redundant once you encounter a new aspect, but it is a game from the mid 90's. This game was built to last, and has lost very little of it's charm. Especially considering the fact that it is a game released bug-free.

Aug. 2024

Old school graphics, but the sounds effects, game play and strategy are still a lot of fun!

May 2024

I love this game. If you do as well, you can get a WORKING Version from GOG website. As this one is broken if you have windows 10-11. I don't have another version of windows so I cannot tell you if it does work just with a earlier version. That said, I do have a laptop with the original CD of the game, purchased back when I was a little kid. That does work and the version of windows I had back then was Windows XP.

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