However, it does come with a new twist. You now select the order in which your individuals fight, then watch as they face off against an opponent. When one carks it, another one takes their place until one side runs out of combatants.
You can also choose which spells to cast if a hero unit is a part of the group. Problem is, the battles look more comical than watching a bunch of midgets slapping each other about, but at least it remains true to the Warlords ethos. On a further negative point, the script is unimaginative and is delivered by a disinterested grandad who sounds like he just wants to get it all over with before he dies. Despite its flaws, though, there are endless hours of fun here, the intuitive gameplay sucking you in and keeping you hooked.
The campaign map offers a semi-freeform path through the game, which combined with some fiendishly merciless Al especially on higher difficulty levels makes for a consistently challenging and entertaining experience.
Although saying that, the Al on easier levels does tend to be overly passive. However, had the graphics not been so utterly hideous, this could well have been pushing an Essential.
Why us turn-based fans have to put up with ugly games is beyond me. Wise up developers, we're not bloody blind you know.
But we do know a fun game when we see one, and Warlords IV fits that category perfectly. These Turn-Based fantasy games have changed little in the last few centuries. The graphics are just as unsightly, the mechanics just as simple, the gameplay just as addictive. Warlords IV, the latest in the turn-based branch of the family, presents a more streamlined account of the formula, doing away with many of the management options in favour of more combat.
He doesn't move, but can be used as a powerful defender if your capital ever gets attacked. Each city you own is capable of producing troops. These fall broadly into the categories of general combat units, support troops like archers or siege equipment, and heroes. They don't cost any resources to build, but more powerful units take more turns to build. You can also recruit mercenaries from the groups that will come calling from time to time, or use magic to summon new allies.
Each unit under your control also requires gold payments every turn, so if you build a huge army, you'll end up bankrupt. The troops can then be organised into armies, which can consist of up to eight different units, or be left to defend your cities in case of attack. Your armies can then roam around the map, attempting to capture enemy or neutral cities, exploring ruins, completing quests, or fighting enemy armies that are attempting to do the same thing.
Much of the strategy in Warlords IV comes from creating effective combinations of units - many troop types have passive bonuses that can greatly improve the potential of the others in the group. Once you're actually in combat, most of the tough decisions have already been made. Your forces line up on one side of the screen, and the enemy troops are arrayed on the other. You each choose a unit to fight, and they duke it out in the middle of the screen until one or the other is killed. Then the losing player picks a replacement unit, and the battle continues until one or other player is out of troops.
Some units have healing abilities that will restore some hit points from damaged allies in between rounds, and others have special attacks that cause extra damage to certain types of enemy. Your warlord can also cast certain kinds of spells to affect the progress of the fight. Once you're done with the battle, the victor's troops will gain experience and level up, once they've accumulated enough.
You can choose which of their attributes to improve when this happens, and while they won't rival more powerful troops, a level four or six basic unit is a significant improvement over their initial potential. After a mission is complete, you can choose a handful of units usually high-level heroes to accompany your warlord to the next game.
Each race has its own selection of troops - six each, counting heroes. If you take over a city belonging to another race, you'll be able to construct some of their more low level units there, rather than your own. This can often be important, as you'll get access to their racial benefits in addition to your own. Mixing good and evil-aligned troops in the same army can lead to morale difficulties and combat penalties, though.
The graphics do a good job of conveying information clearly and cleanly, but they are certainly functional rather than pretty It's not exactly an attractive game, but then it's hardly an FPS.
The sound, too, is best described as efficient, with the exception of the vocal taunts and phrases that the different units have, which are horrible. In other words, it looks and sounds pretty ugly, but that doesn't really affect the gameplay too much. The different difficulty levels are well balanced, going from a pushover at the easiest setting good for getting to grips with the rules, and what constitutes a good army to a very real challenge at the upper ones.
Enemy turns are carried out quickly, though, and without much Civ 3-style messing about. There's also a gratifyingly wide selection of multiplayer options. Their joy will be influenced by taxes, food availability, wars and more.
They can always be blessed with the construction of a new temple or park. Instruments for torture, which can be placed right in the center of the city, will help to fight the dissatisfied. Public tearing of the dissatisfied will discourage the desire to rebel for a long time, but will create a special reputation about the player. Diversity in the eastern military world will also bring: 4 cultures with their own troops.
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