Fantasy General

Some good ol' hex-tactics game right here, it's easy to understand, even for newcomers of the genre and even manages to be challenging ( at least for my personal level of skill in this kind of games). Some minor issues with camera control but overall solid gameplay, from managing your army (be careful to not lose too many troops or it will become impossible to go on) to the engaging battle, that could have used a bigger or more detailed map, but at the time I think it was not possible. Not a masterpiece but still a game that can be picked up even today and play surprisingly well.

There is hardly more to say that that. It's the best game in the Panzer General series. Well balanced, challenging but not unfair gameplay, a nice Fantasy setting and a great soundtrack. If you like turn based strategy, get it!

When Fantasy General was brand new, the 5 Star Series (aka General series) was already my favorite. Yet because of coincidence/life I didn't get to play it more than a battle or something. I didn't even buy it to be exact and only tried the demo. I was in love with previous and following games of the series and still am. I think they are great games. Now, in 2023 I decided to finally give this game a proper go. In particular for my Twitch stream (same name as here). It was all fun for the first several battles, though I did notice something which I didn't want to believe. I could see spawning of units out of thin air and also units which just happen to be the perfect units to counter mine, no matter what I did. The last two stream sessions as I was advancing more in the game, it became clearer that there was something wrong. The AI cheats. Big time. Tonight was my last stream and my last attempt of this game. The AI cheating can be accepted depending on the game as long as it is well hidden and not broken. Broken it is. Just spawning units out of thin air, having whole armies appear without cost consideration and just the perfect composition. I play strategy games since the mid 1980s and this is one of the worst cases of cheating I have ever experienced. The General series is not perfect, but this is ridiculous. I would have no problem giving the rest of the games anything from 4 to 5 stars, but this I can't go over 2. The two are for the art, graphics drawings, music and for the game mechanics which are definitely very "general". But the actual cheating is not acceptable. Bad game. At least single player campaign.

DISCLAIMER: I got the game for free when it was up as a giveaway on GOG An amazing Turn-based Strategy game, with great sprites, chalenging strategy from the enemy AI, and a plethora of units to choose from (including some Heroes, magical units, beasts etc.). Its one of my favorite additions to my library because i wasn't able to play it when it first came out in 1996, but i can appreciate it right now and even 28 years after its release its still better in my opinion compared to other games of the genre. Truly an extremely "old but gold" game from the golden age of gaming. Thank you GOG for restoring it.

All I can really say about fantasy General is it's a classic and it's true to its the classic form it's basically Panzer General or allied General but in a fantasy setting it's done very good it's easy to pick up easy to play definitely a good game very dated graphics it's an older game but it plays well and it's definitely a fun game to play I definitely recommend it.