Windows

Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne

Description

Age of Wonders 2 is about a young wizard named "Merlin." The world is unbalanced, and Merlin must fight against other powerful wizards to gain control of all the different Spheres of magic to bring back the balance.

This game is the sequel to the original Age of Wonders, released in 1999. It is a turn based strategy game, and is more like Master of Magic than Heroes of Might and Magic. Some new features in the game are the "Pioneer," which lets the player to build new cities, and the "Teleportation Gate" that allows units to teleport to any friendly city.

Age of Wonders 2 is focused on magic. The leader is a powerful wizard, and for the most part of the game he stays in his "Wizard Tower," a powerful structure built in cities. This wizard has a certain range, or "Domain," in which he can cast his spells. To aid him are individual heroes, which can carry items and gain experience. There is also a wide variety of units to choose from, including the "Glutton" that can swallow his enemies whole, and the pretty "Nymph" that seduces her enemies.

Alternate Titles

• "奇迹时代II：巫师王座" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "AoW2" -- Abbreviated name
• "Age of Wonders II: Tron Czarnoksieznika" -- Polish title
• "Age of Wonders II: Der Zirkel der Zauberer" -- German title

Part of the Following Group

• Age of Wonders series

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User Reviews

A great game, just as the first one.	Grov (637)
A very hard game, but enjoyable to say the least.	Luke Wheeler (2)	unrated

The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Jul, 2002	90 out of 100	90
ActionTrip	Jun 21, 2002	87 out of 100	87
PC Games (Germany)	Jul 23, 2002	84 out of 100	84
Electric Playground	2002	8 out of 10	80
ComputerGames.ro	Jul 05, 2002	80 out of 100	80
Game Over Online	Aug 01, 2002	79 out of 100	79
GameStar (Germany)	Jul, 2002	77 out of 100	77
GameZone	Jun 17, 2002	7.4 out of 10	74
Imperium Gier	Nov 20, 2002	7.4 out of 10	74
ESC Magazine	Sep 25, 2002	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

During final testing it was discovered that the Nymphs' nipples could actually be seen at 200% zoom. The Nymphs were given some more clothes in the final game....