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Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic

Description

Age of Wonders : Shadow Magic (AoW:SM) is a stand alone sequel to Age of Wonders 2 (AoW2). As the other AoW games, it's all about turn based strategy in a fantasy world.

In the campaign, a corrupt new empire led by the wizard Phobius, has launched an aggressive assault on the ancient races and all things magic. Meanwhile, an even greater evil in the form of hellish demons, breeds within its shadows. The wizard Merlin has been captured by the demons, but can still communicate with his old wizard friends. You play these wizards as they fight the human empire and the demons.

The main character is the Wizard, who most of the time stays in his wizard tower casting spells in his domain. The wizard researches new spells and abilities and becomes more and more powerful as the game moves on.

One unique feature is the Simultaneous turns mode, where all players move their units at the same time. For those that like it old-school there's still a Classic turns mode.

The news and improvements from AoW2 are:

• Three new races.
• One new unit for each race, and all the old units has been balanced to make the races more equal.
• A third level, the Shadow world.
• Several new structures.
• Improved graphics.
• Improved AI.
• Random map generator
• Better editor with modding tools and campaign editor.

Alternate Titles

• "奇迹时代：暗影魔法" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Age of Wonders: Магия Теней" -- Russian title
• "Age of Wonders: Magia Cienia" -- Polish title

Part of the Following Group

• Age of Wonders series

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User Reviews

The sad end of the AOW saga.	Technocrat (176)
Best fantasy TBS there is	Grov (637)

The Press Says

ActionTrip	Jul 28, 2003	90 out of 100	90
1UP	May 09, 2004	9 out of 10	90
Pelit	Oct, 2003	90 out of 100	90
GameSpot	Aug 12, 2003	8.7 out of 10	87
IGN	Jul 30, 2003	8.5 out of 10	85
GBase - The Gamer's Base	Mar 06, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
PC Action	Sep 22, 2003	85 out of 100	85
Fragland.net	Sep 22, 2003	83 out of 100	83
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network	Aug 28, 2003	80 out of 100	80
Strategy Informer	Sep 17, 2003	7.5 out of 10	75

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Trivia

Steven Woltering, credited for "Scenarios & Additional Design", was before he was hired by Triumph one of the fans hanging out in the AoW forums at HeavenGames. Among other things, he made the map "Rise of Kings" that came with patch 1.3.