Abstract
- The Silver Seas, the most recent growth for Age of Wonders 4, is out now and is loaded with pirates, sharks, and extra issues our gamers have been asking to see.
- Neighborhood reactions to the sport have helped form the brand new issues we’re including at the moment and sooner or later.
- Additionally, there’s a sea shanty, as a result of why shouldn’t there be a sea shanty?
Ahoy there, of us! I’m the Captain of Age of Wonders 4, a recreation we’ve been sharing with you for both 4 years or twenty-seven years, relying on how lengthy you’ve been enjoying the collection. Everybody right here at Triumph Studios has spent a lifetime developing with fantastical concepts so as to add to our video games, however now that Age of Wonders 4 is getting into its fourth 12 months and kicking off its fourth set of expansions, it’s formally the longest-running title within the franchise by way of ongoing help.
It makes me proud to work on a recreation whose gamers are nonetheless hungry for extra new stuff, from dragons to vampires to otherworldly terrors past comprehension. It makes me even extra proud to have gamers who’re so enthusiastic that we have now sufficient nice ideas and concepts from all of you that we are able to make whole expansions themed round your requests, which is what The Silver Seas is all about. It’s out at the moment, and it’s loaded with goodies that you simply’ve requested to see!
Let’s begin with Pirates. Age of Wonders 4 is a recreation the place your empires and armies sprawl throughout forests, deserts, underground caverns, on land and at sea, however our gamers have been asking for extra seabound gameplay since launch. After all, you all made it very clear that you simply didn’t need to broaden onto the ocean with out having the ability to construct your individual swashbuckling pirate fantasies within the course of, so we began there. The guts of The Silver Seas is the brand new Mercantile Tradition, which lets you place cities at sea, and rework them into floating fortresses to rule the waves. We constructed round two completely different “flavors” of piracy, including the Cartel, who develop by way of smuggling and secrecy, and the Barony, who use their lavish fortunes to position bounties on their enemies and import no matter their empire wants.
After all, we couldn’t do an aquatic growth with out including some watery new varieties to your folks to take. The Silver Seas comes with Sharkkin and Aqualon, two seafaring people who find themselves each, consider it or not, primarily based on participant ideas in their very own methods. The Aqualon made their debut (kind of) as a chunk of idea artwork that we shared with our group whereas engaged on the Eldritch Realms growth. So lots of you commented that it was a singular and intriguing design that we determined to dive again in and discover what they could change into! As for the Sharkkin, each time we’ve requested gamers what kind of new folks we ought so as to add to the sport, there has at all times been a wholesome portion of “Sharks!” within the responses.
Now that we are able to see how that appears, yeah, truthful sufficient; you have been proper. Simply take a look at these smiling faces.
As soon as we had all of those concepts to construct out The Silver Seas, the remaining got here along with designs that simply made sense. If we’re going to play out within the water, we ought so as to add a Magic Tome that makes use of water magic, and ice magic is a pure development for water magic. We didn’t add any vapor magic this time round, however who is aware of? We additionally added new Pirate Dwellings and pirate-themed tales, terrifying sea creatures to battle, and a lot extra.
I particularly need to thank all of our gamers for these concepts as a result of it’s not simply all of you who get to get pleasure from enjoying your Inside Pirate selves. We’ve been indulging in all issues buccaneer and swashbuckler right here at Triumph, and it’s lastly given us an excuse to jot down a Sea Shanty for work. As you sail The Silver Seas, could this tune maintain your compass straight and your sails full. We’ll be seeing ye, me hearties!
Age of Wonders 4
Paradox Interactive
$49.99
Rule a fantasy realm of your individual design in Age of Wonders 4! Discover new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature mix of 4X technique and turn-based tactical fight. Management a faction that grows and modifications as you broaden your empire with every flip.
Triumph Studios’ award-winning technique collection has emerged into a brand new age, evolving the sport’s iconic empire constructing, role-playing, and warfare to the subsequent stage. A brand new storytelling occasion system and vastly customizable empires present an endlessly replayable expertise, the place every recreation provides a brand new chapter to your ever-growing saga.
Highly effective Wizard Kings have returned to the realms to reign as gods amongst mortals. Declare and grasp the Tomes of Magic to evolve your folks, and put together for an epic battle that can decide the ages to return.
Create the Empire of Your Wildest Fantasies
◾Craft your followers by combining bodily varieties, societal traits and arcane powers. Construct something from a clan of cannibal halflings to mystic moon elves, or recreate your favourite fantasy tropes
◾Search highly effective tomes of magic to enchant your armies and evolve your folks! See your folks bodily change as they morph into angelic beings or scions of chaos to face their enemies. Search glory by way of brutal domination, crafty alliances, or final arcane information, and write your legacy into the very material of the realm itself!
Technique Meets Position-Taking part in Like By no means Earlier than
◾Each alternative opens up new prospects and tactical benefits; deep, multilayered technique lets you attempt new techniques or discover new powers at each flip
◾Tactical turn-based battles deliver your armies to life, showcasing their energy in an setting formed by your selections. From skirmishes with roaming monsters to huge sieges with dozens of models on either side, with the addition of a morale system and extra options, each battle brings a recent problem
◾Super selection in empires, models, and environments maintain the sport endlessly replayable. Age of Wonders is extra moddable and open-ended than ever within the collection’ historical past
Make Your Mark on a Huge, Reactive World
◾Discover a brand new realm with every recreation – or create your individual! Problem new variations and combos of places and options, from frozen wastelands dominated by ice queens to desolated ruins the place dragons roam
◾A brand new occasion system gives sudden ranges of storytelling for 4X video games. See your selections form the world round you, from rising cities and roaming armies to world-warping magic results
◾Information your empire to greatness – however the story doesn’t finish along with your victory or defeat! Ascend your rulers to an in-game pantheon and unlock methods to additional customise your expertise. Encounter your individual creations as potential rivals or allies in subsequent video games, and expertise the subsequent chapter in your individual story!
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