As everyone here seems to consent, Fallout 3 doesn't worth to be played. Even New Vegas was a half-*ss thing, but comparing to it Fallout 3 is a mere crap. Don't buy it, don't feed the greedy Bethesda beast.
As everyone here seems to consent, Fallout 3 doesn't worth to be played. Even New Vegas was a half-*ss thing, but comparing to it Fallout 3 is a mere crap. Don't buy it, don't feed the greedy Bethesda beast.
Well, you can read my mini-review for War Wind 1 (https://www.gog.com/game/war_wind) if you don't know what this game is about. War Wind 2 adds two playable races (both are Human, invading the planet Yavaun) while combining four old races into two, so you get the same four playable factions in the end. Changes are numerous and bring more diversity: more resource types (now you have to FEED your units), more vehicle types (now unique for eacn race), more everything. Graphics are improved too, many terrain tiles are added, unit sprites are now more detailed. Gameplay-wise it's still the good old War Wind, so if you like the First one, you should like the Second too.
Despite my very contradictory attitude towards Stardock, their games and their business policy, I must admit that FELH is one of the best fantasy-4X that I played in my life (and it turns out that I played EVERY fantasy-4X game released up to this day). I think it even surpasses two first Age of Wonders games in my eyes, and now stands side by side with the King Unsurpassable, Master of Magic itself. Brad Wardell (Stardock mastermind) confessed that Elemental world (and FELH is a pinnacle of this serie, 'cause Sorcerer King is a sidestep turned into misstep IMO) is his labour of love. And it shows here in every bit of the whole. Mythology, lore and writing are immersive and mood-setting, just as the unique watercolor-like graphics. Tactic battles are, well, tactical. Exploration feeling is exciting. Variety of monsters, spells, skills, items, units customization variants, playstyles seems endless. Replayability is definitely there, there, and there again. Research is very good balanced. Random map generator is sensible. AI is bearable at Normal and quite competent on higher difficulty (as far as AI may be competent in 4X game at all). No game for a very (and I mean VERY) long time didn't give me that legendary good old 'one more turn' feeling. FE Legendary Heroes did. It has bugs. It has some minor weak points. It may seem not so colorful or outdated to someone. But it has an atmosphere so thick you can eat it with spoon. It has SOUL that Brad Wardell, Derek Paxton (Civ4 Fall from Heaven mods author) and all the stardockians put in it. And there's still patching. There's mods. This fantasy world is alive. And I want to heartfully thank everyone involved in the creation of this amazing breathing world.
