Age of Wonders III
Age of Wonders III, like the previous games in the series is a turn-based strategy game set within a high fantasy universe where the player assumes the role of a political-military leader. Gameplay is 4X-based…
Age of Wonders III is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Triumph Studios, released 31 March 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $7.49 at Steam.
What Age of Wonders III is
Age of Wonders III is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Triumph Studios and released in 2014. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Before the events of the first game, the elven court was decimated by humans, an invasive race new to the Blessed Continent at the time. The elves split into two factions. The son of the slain king Inioch, Meandor, led the dark elves and the Cult of Storms, a group that intended to wipe out the humans. Inioch's daughter, Julia, led the wood elves and the Keepers, a group that had no genocidal intentions. These factions and others clashed in the Valley of Wonders, around the ruins of the razed elven court. The High Elf race was founded many years later when Julia married a dark elf and reunited their two races. Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Empire began as a joining of races for mutual…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 74 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Age of Wonders III holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Players rate it 71, 9 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @2.6 Ghz, 2 GB RAM and nVidia 8800 / ATi Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB or Laptop integrated Intel HD 3000 with 3GB system ram. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.49 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Age of Wonders III launched on 31 March 2014, within three weeks of Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and Titanfall. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Titanfall.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Age of Wonders III yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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