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Fantasy General

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4.5/5

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4.5

124 Reviews

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Fantasy General
Description
  Fantasy General includes the "Island Challenge" add-on.  For over a century, the world of Aer was a place of peace, joy and prosperity. Through advances in technology and magic, its inhabitants created a harmonious society, rid of disease, destruction and evil. All was well within the land of A...
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4.5

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Product details
1996, Strategic Simulations, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
41.5 hMain
53.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
46.5 h All Styles
Description

 

Fantasy General includes the "Island Challenge" add-on. 

For over a century, the world of Aer was a place of peace, joy and prosperity. Through advances in technology and magic, its inhabitants created a harmonious society, rid of disease, destruction and evil. All was well within the land of Aer... Until the Shadowlord came. Once a mere man with a voracious thirst for knowledge and power, the Shadowlord explored where no other dared, forsaking his humanity for absolute control. Summoning forth creatures of evil and attracting the most despicable of men, he created a powerful army and conquered Aer, engulfing it in pain, suffering and death. With the populace kept weak and divided through brutality and fear, few dare to openly challenge his reign. But now, The Council of Five, a leadership of Aer’s wisest rulers and mages, has selected a powerful general to unite its people and challenge the Shadowlord’s rule. With magic, beasts, mortals and mechs at your disposal, you must construct and lead your army across the lands of Aer, defeating the Shadowlord’s forces and generals.. Join the battle and restore peace and happiness to this broken world. 

Fantasy General is the third instalment in Strategic Simulations’ Five Star General Series, and invites you to leave the trenches of World War II and enter a world of heroes, swords, magic and beasts. As a turn-based strategy game, you must lead your army into battle with the Shadowlord’s forces and defeat each of his lieutenants across varying terrain and battlefields. Build your army from the ground up, research upgrades to strengthen your forces, and augment your army with items and heroes who will aid you in your plight. With an atmospheric choral soundtrack, a user-friendly, point-and-click interface and engaging strategic gameplay, this contrasting addition to the Five Star General Series will have you hooked from the opening cinematic and will keep you plotting and battling to the very end. 

- Battle the Shadowlord’s forces and lieutenants across 5 continents 
- Choose your general from four champions, each with its unique traits and abilities 
- Customise and upgrade your army, with over 10 unit classes and four races to recruit from 
- Uncover hidden items and heroes to upgrade your troops and lead your army 
- Choose from three game modes: Campaign, Scenarios and Local Multiplayer

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Goodies
Fantasy General Manual Fantasy General Manual (DE) Fantasy General Soundtrack
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

This game is powered by DOSBox.
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
41.5 hMain
53.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
46.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04), Mac OS X (10.15+)
Release date:
{{'1996-03-01T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
202 MB

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Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
français
audio
text
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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (13 November 2024)
  • Fixed an issue where intro music would be cut in the English version
  • Updated DOSBox configurations for smoother performance
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
Update 1.0 20211006 (11 October 2021)
  • Improved track cuts and volume levels
  • Slightly changed volume balance
  • Limit speed so scrolling the map is okay
  • Hopefully keept number of audio drops low
  • Forced doubling the size in order to improve output on some chipsets
Internal Update (21 March 2019)
  • Added Cloud Saves functionality
DLC addition (21 May 2015)
  • The English version of Fantasy General now includes the rare Island Challenge add-on
  • The Island Challenge add-on is accessible via the main menu by clicking the "Mini-Campaign" button
  • A huge "Thank you!" goes out to our community member Artki!
Language addition (14 May 2015)
  • We've added the German version of Fantasy General for all three supported operating systems along with the German manual for the game. This addition was made by possible with the help of our community member, Mondfels. Vielen Dank, Mondfels!
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Posted on: December 26, 2022

evild4ve

Verified owner

Games: 183 Reviews: 21

Works on Ubuntu 22.04 + Wine+PlayOnLinux

GOG says this is a single-player game, but hidden amongst the menu options is an "Arena" where 2 players can choose a set gold value and buy whatever armies. I'm so old that I can't remember if I ever finished the single-player campaign, but it's challenging and the battles can be extremely tight. There is a lot of emphasis on levelling up some cheap units from mission to mission. IIRC it was on the side of being too difficult but it's certainly still worth a few dollars. Modern games often forget that what makes a game fun is its core mechanics, and Fantasy General is the quintessential hex-based fantasy.


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Posted on: December 24, 2018

Czajnik9999

Games: 34 Reviews: 2

Panzer General, but with swords

I played the heck out of this game ~20 years ago, it's a great panzer general like tactic game, but with fantasy setting - nothing more has to be said. You have few campaigns, don't remember how much or how much hours of single playthrough gameplay there is, but its worth every penny.


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Posted on: May 7, 2015

JackSmith.775

Games: 119 Reviews: 5

Pnazer General in fantasy setting.

Man I've spent many hours on this game. It's a bit longwinded and requires some stamina, but it's a great army management game.


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Posted on: April 7, 2019

mrguy08

Verified owner

Games: 43 Reviews: 30

Hex Game, Civ's Great-Great Grandfather

I booted this up because I got it for free and wanted to see what it was like. It loaded fun, unlike some other 90s games I've tried on this computer, and I honestly found it much easier to understand the controls than I was expecting. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, this game is a precursor to things like the Civilization series, which I play regularly on Steam. This game though, while the controls aren't too difficult, did seem a little wonky in some other ways. The mouse movement moves the map camera so quickly I have to be very careful in order to focus on what I'm trying to see. Also, animations happen so quickly I couldn't actually tell what was going on or what information was supposed to be conveyed. I only did a couple short compaigns, but the game isn't great at telling you what your objective is, and so even though I was winning battles, I lost fairly quickly, and I'm not sure why. Overall though, not as bad as I expected, especially compared to some other things from this era that I've tried.


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Posted on: May 29, 2015

vandal316

Verified owner

Games: 35 Reviews: 1

One of my favorite games ever!

Finally i can play the game with the sound and the music!! so much memory!!!!!


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