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Age Of Wonders Review

5.5
Format PC
Developer Epic Games
Publisher Take-Two Interactive
Genre Unknown
PC Zone Magazine
13-Aug-2001
Dan Emery

The 90's were all about recycling. Recycle your rubbish, recycle your old papers and now recycle your computer games. And Age of Wonders is one of the best examples of recycling seen to date.

Games are recycled all of the time. No crime if you improve on the originals, but sadly this fails to even do that. The turn based combat system is reminiscent of something from 1996. The research spells shows you what you are going to discover. And the environment is beards, swords and leather trousers. Not a bad thing if you like old, rock clubs, but you would have expected this genre to advance slightly in the past few years.

But despite this, the game is fun. You do find yourself wanting to play for 'one more hour' - just to see what the next map's gonna be like. But with a thirty four quid price ticket, you have got to be a fan of the genre. If not, then avoid.

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