Age of Wonders

Unfortunately the game does not work in its current state. You also can't run it at a correct resolution and the house movement is very dodgy. When the map loads in the game will immediately crash. Don't recommend spending money on it in its current state.

As the title says, I've played this game a lot when I was a kid. (My original disk was stolen) So when I saw it not only here but on sale, I snapped it up quick. Needless to say, I am VERY disappointed. Runs great on my PC except for 1 enormous problem. THE COPY PROTECTION IS STILL ACTIVE! Until this issue is resolved, I cannot give a higher rating for a otherwise fantastic game. GOG dropped the ball on this one. So far I have over 50 games in my library, and this is the only one with this issue. BTW, I know it is the CP causing the problems because if I try to run any configuration changes, it asks for the CD! And then I can either choose to ignore it, or exit. Both close it. Not to mention after about 5 or so minutes once the game starts running it will immediately notice no cd and crash to the desktop. Once GOG fixes this issue, will change my review accordingly.

I can't even figure out how to get past the first mission/quest/chapter. I'm sure that's at least 80% on me, and if I put enough hours into it, I could probably figure it out. The gameplay itself is straightforward, but I'm not having any fun. I've only put a couple hours into this, and that's where it's going to stop. If I better understood what my objectives were and how to accomplish them, I might enjoy the game more. But as it is, I'm not having fun, so why bother?

I really love Age of Wonders and I've played it for years, I was so glad to find it on Gog but this digital version crashes every few game turns without explanation. All you can do is close the error message box until it reappears seconds later then you have to force close the game from Task manager. It's so frustrating, I'd rather install the game from my old CD. The game is awesome, but not on Gog.

I thought I'd get the whole Age of Wonders series, since I really liked the 3rd one. Please save yourself the time and money and don't try this. Unless you really have nostalgia for this type of game, it's not worth it. First, I had to go to some other website and download a mod to even start the game. Not a great start. I then finally started playing. The game doesn't look even decent (and I'm not one to complain about graphics lightly, I still play HoMM2 to this day). It really shows its age. Even in my first mission, the AI completely destroyed me on the 5th day. Wtf. At least give me some time to learn the game, jeez. The UI is really confusing and takes a long time to know what and when to press. Do yourself a favor and start with the 2nd one if you really want, at least that one looks decent.