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Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne

Age of Wonders II is the wildly anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy phenomenon. Delivering an invigorating mix of Empire Building, Role-playing, and Warfare, Age of Wonders II brings turn-based strategy to new heights. Awakened to join an immortal group of Wizards in the Circle of Evermore, you must restore balance to a world on the brink of collapse.

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Steam User 7847STEAMRecommended

Jogo clássico e difícil.
a nostalgia remete a algo positivo...
jogo vale sim a pena jogar quem jogou quando jovem.

Mar 26, 2026·92h·Verified

Steam User 1450STEAMRecommended

Bra gammalt strategispel

Mar 22, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 4337STEAMRecommended

This is a go to game for relaxing turn based strategy. Good story line, nicely done. I bought this game when it came out in 2002, and have played it every now and then since.

Feb 18, 2026·908h·Verified

Steam User 5508STEAMRecommended

Проверенная временем классика!

Feb 12, 2026·56h·Verified

Steam User 5752STEAMRecommended

Feb 8, 2026·118h·Verified

Steam User 6173STEAMRecommended

My favourite game, I love it

Jan 26, 2026·101h·Verified

Steam User 6347STEAMRecommended

I enjoyed Age of Wonders 2 immensely the first 40 hrs. It felt like a good fantasy novel: moody and atmospheric and slow-burning in the best of ways.
However, after 40 hrs, serious fatigue set in. That slow burn novel suddenly turned into "The Wheel of Time": strong first few books, sluggish middle. And I put the game aside after 80 hrs without completing the campaign.

THE GOOD:

- Sweet spot of complexity. Whle not as deep as Paradox games, it's deep enough without needing a 20hr learning curve. There are enough axis of progression (heroes, cities, spells, map etc…) that the next goal is always just around the corner.

- Sphinxes that mind control enemies, giant slugs that swallow units whole, dragons that can teleport, dwarven steamtanks, heavily armored orc warlords etc… As a fantasy lover, I was very happy with the unit selection. I especially loved the female units. I’ve always gravitated towards factions with large female roster (High Elves and Dark Elves in Warhammer comes to mind), and this game has a sexy roster: Nymphs, brave Valkyrie maidens, Angels, to name a few. There’s something very satisfying about a doomstack of elegant, lethal beauties tearing across the battlefield.

- The atmosphere! The game may look low-res… but I found the same charm as sprites of the PS2 era or Diablo 2. Someone once said: “Books can be the greatest medium, because it requires you to co-create with the author using your imagination.” And this game has a bit of that same effect. On my wide screen it looked like a pastoral renaissance painting, and coupled with the moody almost ambient music… it captivated me completely.

- The campaign map has so many little stories. Often you’ll wander into a remote part and find something interesting. Whoever crafted the maps did so lovingly!

THE MEDIOCRE:

- The story is… serviceable. The elements are there: wizards, elves, magic, betrayals, yet it has that vague feeling of the writer pulling plot points out of his ass, without proper narrative arcs or planning.

THE BAD:

- Here's my main issue with this game, and it's a BIG one: the loss of hard-earned progress:

The campaign is split into 6 spheres, and every time you progress to the next, you lose all your heroes, research and progress. What do you mean the hero I spent 20+ hrs leveling disappears never to be seen again? And all those spells I researched have to be researched again? Is this what Lord Buddha meant when he said Attachment leads to suffering, for all in life is transient and impermanent?
The greatest fun I had was playing this like a slow-paced, fantasy builder: nurturing my heroes until they became capable of soloing entire armies; pushing pioneer wagons out until my cities covered every inch of the map, interconnected by lattices of teleportation towers, and exploring every vault, camp, and ruin for rare spells and items.
But once I realized none of that mattered, that all of it was going to be lost once I progressed, I played only to finish each mission. And with that, the game lost its core charm.

- Related: but later maps have a lack of respect for time. You’ll either fight the same doomstacks again and again, losing and taking the same city (like Stalingrad)...or clearly already won but have to spend 40 turns scouring all over the map because the enemy wizard hid her last tower in a town, behind a river, under a cave.

To conclude, Age of Wonders 2 is a game I will remember fondly… like a relationship that was beautiful and passionate but ended in unfortunate divorce. It created such a lush, immersive fantasy world: and I wanted so badly to get lost in it (and I did), but ultimately it’s lack of progress retention, grindy last few missions, and mediocre plot made me come back to reality. Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad I experienced it, and I will cherish the good memories, but I wish the game had made some different design decisions.

Jan 12, 2026·73h·Verified

Steam User 8778STEAMRecommended

I like the painterly style of the older age of wonders games

Jan 6, 2026·12h·Verified

Steam User 7842STEAMRecommended

Old classic fun game

Dec 26, 2025·18h·Verified

Steam User 6806STEAMRecommended

👍

Dec 18, 2025·1h

Steam User 4970STEAMRecommended

A focused, atmospheric fantasy strategy with real wizard vibes

Age of Wonders II: The Wizard’s Throne feels like playing a proper archmage running a realm, not just a generic strategy ruler with a spellbook on the side. The whole design revolves around your wizard, their tower, and their domain of magic, which gives the game a strong identity and a more focused feel than many other fantasy strategy titles.

The campaign has a good sense of progression: unlocking new spells, improving your spheres of magic and slowly turning your wizard into an absolute powerhouse is very satisfying. Cities, units and races are varied enough to keep things interesting, but it’s the interplay between global spells, local battles and your expanding domain that really makes the game shine. Tactical combat is fun and readable, with positioning, flying units, ranged support and spell timing all playing important roles.

Presentation has aged, but in a charming way. The art style, unit designs and music build a cozy, slightly old-school fantasy atmosphere that still works. Once you get used to the interface, it’s easy to lose hours hopping between world map, tower management and battles.

It’s not flawless. The interface can feel clunky by modern standards, some maps drag on longer than they need to, and the AI can oscillate between overly passive and suddenly annoying. Balance can also be a bit swingy depending on spell selections and race matchups.

Even with those issues, The Wizard’s Throne remains a very enjoyable fantasy strategy game. If you like the idea of ruling from a wizard tower, expanding your magical domain and mixing empire management with tactical battles, this one comfortably sits in the “really good, very much worth playing” category.

Dec 15, 2025·1·Verified

Steam User 7029STEAMRecommended

Eins meiner Lieblingsspiele auch wenn es älter ist.
Gutes rundenbasierendes Spiel mit vielen unterschiedlichen Völkern.

Dec 7, 2025·128h·Verified

Steam User 6737STEAMRecommended

One of the best games of its time. The UI/controls surprisingly take some minor steps back, and the storyline is less linear (less customization/no "choose your own adventure" - campaign/mission selection), but a worthy successor to AoW.

Nov 21, 2025·58h·1·Verified

Steam User 3606STEAMRecommended

très bon jeux de ma jeunesse. Peut être un peu ridicule vu les amélioration techniques depusi lors mais toujours un bon amusement pour moi

Nov 17, 2025·109h·Verified

Steam User 0670STEAMRecommended

Очень интересная игра

Oct 26, 2025·114h·Verified

Steam User 4321STEAMRecommended

old school. graphics are not great, AI is a joke. Pretty good game otherwise.

Oct 23, 2025·144h·1·Verified

Steam User 4826STEAMRecommended

it is good

Oct 11, 2025·190h·Verified

Steam User 8363STEAMRecommended

[h1] Увлекательное путешествие. Битвы волшебников. Останется только один. [/h1]
В игре отличная, волшебная атмосфера: вы можете перекроить всю карту с помощью магии, посеять чуму или плодородие, встретиться с безумными и благородными волшебниками. Никогда не видел такой магической силы и контроля над картой от магов, даже в AOW3 и AOW4 это так не выглядит. Заклинания затрагивающие всю карту, боевые заклинания, заклинания на глобальной карте по площади, волшебники здесь и в правду очень мощные.

[h3] Сюжет [/h3]
Сюжет второй части и волшебники отсюда очень классно сочетается с концепцией миров в 4 части, такая ранняя проба пера в мини-вселенной, которая переросла в большую. Каждый волшебник обладает своим характером, мотивацией и строит в своих владениях удобный для себя мир, у каждого свой сад, скажем. Кампания позволит изучить расширенный мир AOW вдоль и поперек, изучить все заклинания и расы, познакомиться с кучей персонажей.

[h3] Звук [/h3]
Очень классное звуковое сопровождение, помимо самой музыки так атмосферно вплетено пение птиц, щебетание всякой живности и другие сторонние звуки. Все композиции подходят под свой мотив, когда оказываешься в лесу эльфов сразу представляешь, что тебя ждёт охота). Дух природы так и прёт.

[h3] Минусы [/h3]
Из минусов, серьёзная настройка игры перед первым запуском, после всех настроек всё равно пришлось играть с рамками от окна, слишком крупное меню и концовку в компании ждал более эпичную, так много миссий, а конец слабым показался, просто победил, интереснее было предпоследнюю миссию проходить.

[h3] Вывод [/h3]
Если сильно не режет глаза от старых игр и готовы к ретрогеймину, рекомендую. Только лучше до Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic играть, сразу видно, как вторую часть сильно улучшили во всех смыслах и она уже не конкурент Shadow Magic. Поиграв до этого сохранил тёплые чуства и скорее всего ещё вернусь к этой игре, а теперь пора Shadow Magic проходить потихоньку.

Sep 22, 2025·93h·1·Verified

Steam User 4325STEAMRecommended

Pretty big improvement over the first Age of Wonders. The pixel art sprites are more smooth looking. The controls for developing the cities and training units and researching spells are more intuitive. And you now have the option to start new cities of your own. The turn based strategy still rocks. There's now little side quests within Skirmish mode. However it is annoying when late in the game everyone is spamming their strongest units. There should've been unit caps for that. the "good" and the "evil" races still do the same horrible things to each other.

Sep 22, 2025·16h

Steam User 4469STEAMRecommended

great game, lots of nostalgia

Sep 15, 2025·62h·Verified

Steam User 3270STEAMRecommended

teşekkürler

Sep 10, 2025·6h·Verified

Steam User 5405STEAMRecommended

excellent jeux tour par tour

Sep 3, 2025·130h·Verified

Steam User 5043STEAMRecommended

♥♥♥♥ todos los bots en modo "estupido" me pegaron tremenda culeada igual, RECOMENDADISIMO

Aug 20, 2025·3h·Verified

Steam User 6717STEAMNot recommended

Игра вылетает при попытке поменять разрешение экрана - играть в маленьком окне не вариант :(

Aug 18, 2025·1h·Verified

Steam User 7225STEAMRecommended

excelente jogo de estratégia e guerreiros.

Aug 10, 2025·98h·Verified

Steam User 1108STEAMRecommended

It's a fun, turn-based strategy game, reminiscent of Heroes of Might and Magic 2&3.

Jul 28, 2025·99h·1·Verified

Steam User 4762STEAMRecommended

одна из "игр детства"!!! даже не помню сколько раз ее проходил. Конечно была с переводом где ледяной дракон назывался Ледяной селезень. На удивление стимовская версия работает (правда пришлось образ скачать) 9/10

Jul 20, 2025·103h·2·Verified

Steam User 1150STEAMRecommended

Best RTS games ever created

Jul 12, 2025·37h·Verified

Steam User 2935STEAMRecommended

Jul 11, 2025·89h·1·Verified

Steam User 5011STEAMRecommended

Maybe it´s due to nostalgia but I love the sounds, feeling and everything about this game.

Jul 6, 2025·15h·Verified

Steam User 7098STEAMNot recommended

3/10

Jun 23, 2025

Steam User 4568STEAMRecommended

Excelent game for Lore Lovers!

Jun 10, 2025·18h·Verified

Steam User 0292STEAMRecommended

Classic fantasy strategy game!

Jun 10, 2025·1102h·Verified

Steam User 1441STEAMRecommended

Gra jest super, troszkę inny gameplay niż Heroeski, aaaale normalnie istnieje polska wersja językowa, a tutaj takowa nie widnieje, szkoda Steam :(

May 27, 2025·29h

Steam User 0617STEAMRecommended

One of my all-time favs.

May 18, 2025·19h·Verified

Steam User 8117STEAMRecommended

- Game I previously played cracked and with friend, I buy it now and its in even worse shape and multiplayer is not supported. Does it work for someone?
+ for old time sake and becouse single player mode worked somehow, I give also + and good review so far.
I am not sure about the crashes.. Will change the review.

May 16, 2025·2h·Verified

Steam User 9614STEAMRecommended

The best AOW and it has one of the best scores.

May 8, 2025·182h·3·Verified

Steam User 8347STEAMRecommended

Amazing, and enthralling. Many many hours of enjoyment. Well worth the price!

May 3, 2025·9h·2·Verified

Steam User 0632STEAMRecommended

I love this game so much that I've bought it twice (I still have the disc somewhere). I love all of the characters, details, and the world in general of AoW. I tried AoW 3 & 4, but they don't scratch the itch like 2 does. (I will say 4 is much better than 3.) I cannot recommend this game enough!

Apr 23, 2025·119h·1·Verified

Steam User 4807STEAMRecommended

For anyone having issues running this game, try the following steps to uninstall and reinstall the game and applying the following suggested fixes:

1. Uninstall Age of Wonders 2.
2 Delete all remaining installed files in the game directory.
3. Reinstall Age of Wonders 2.
4. Set compatibility for aow2.exe and aow2setup.exe files in install directory for windows xp service pack 3
5. Go into config and set your resolution, check "use direct 3d" and uncheck "allow resolution switches".
6. Run game and startup a scenario or campaign mission. If game crashes or has display issues, uncheck "use direct3d" or try downloading this zip file and extract to the root game directory: https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/download/v0.3.2/DDrawCompat-v0.3.2.zip

Direct3d option is not needed to play but allows you to zoom in and out with the mouse wheel (my preference).

Apr 19, 2025·1h·13

Steam User 3557STEAMRecommended

massa

Apr 11, 2025·344h·Verified

Steam User 7361STEAMRecommended

This game is a timeless classic. I replay it every few years and it never disappoints.

Apr 3, 2025·96h·Verified

Steam User 1631STEAMRecommended

Shadow magic has all this and better, such a classic and there's quite a few good mods out

Mar 24, 2025·50h·3·Verified

Steam User 7552STEAMNot recommended

the defenses are made up and the stats don't matter. Shadow magic is probably superior to this version, except that you won't know why anything is happening because the campaign for this game isn't in that game. The game, is rough, it feels unfinished. I stepped onto a poison plant with a pirate, and the unit that was already standing on it, my hero, took damage from that and died. Then I rage quit. 50 60% it doesn't matter. Just spam tier 1 units, never tech up, unless you are teching up to flyers. But if you don't care about the campaign, you really don't need to bother with this version....I will say, the battle music is, better in wizards throne, which is weird, you'd think they'd have the same songs in shadow magic but no.

Mar 16, 2025·23h·2·Verified

Steam User 4217STEAMNot recommended

Game is outdated and should not be bought to play it on modern systems since it crashes frequently.

Mar 4, 2025·1h·10·Verified

Steam User 3922STEAMRecommended

Childhood

Feb 21, 2025·78h·3·Verified

Steam User 4341STEAMRecommended

good o;d game!

Feb 20, 2025·20h

Steam User 9324STEAMRecommended

I enjoy this more than the civ games, but it is hard to have short games. I have enjoyed it so far. the campaign is quite good. Something about this game and its systems being just complex enough draws me in and keeps me playing for hours.

Feb 17, 2025·102h·2·Verified

Steam User 3957STEAMRecommended

Знову і знову повертаюсь до класики.

Jan 17, 2025·149h·1·Verified

Steam User 7871STEAMRecommended

heroes 3

Jan 16, 2025·Verified

Steam User 4040STEAMNot recommended

Están mal armadas las posibilidades de golpe de los personajes, no puede ser que un Fénix que lo cagué a flechazos con unos arqueros undead, luego me mate, estando el fénix herido, unos 6 Warlock orcos, eso está pésimo. Deberían arreglar la cuestión de los combates porque es ilógico que haga tanto daño a un pájaro de mierda con 3 arqueros petes y con 6 Warlock ni la sombra le hacen.

Jan 15, 2025·90h·Verified

Steam User 0713STEAMNot recommended

5/10

Dec 26, 2024·1·Verified

Steam User 0326STEAMRecommended

Stara, ale jara gra turowa, z mieczem i magią w roli głównej. Przyjemnie się w nią grało, kampania nawet wciągała, dużo czarów i przedmiotów dla herosów. Jednostki były ździebko podobne do siebie pomimo innych ras i zamków, ale z drugiej strony ich siła musiała być zrównoważona, inaczej jedna rasa byłaby zbyt mocna od drugiej. Poza tym w wielu grach można to zauważyć. Polecam dla odskoczni od ''Heroesów'' :)

Dec 25, 2024·152h·Verified

Steam User 4286STEAMRecommended

Game...of legend!

Dec 24, 2024·66h·Verified

Steam User 1183STEAMRecommended

Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is the sequel to Age of Wonders the epic fairytale classic.
I owned the box edition along with Age of Wonders and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic back in 2004, so it's somewhat of a nostalgic title for me.
To get this to work on Window's 10, I had to set compatibility to XP Service Pack 3, Disable Full-screen optimisations and Run this program as an administrator.
Also, for configuration i had to untick Allow Resolution Changes and Use Direct3D. However, the game would still crash every now and then.
I did not have any problems with autosave becoming corrupted or deleted like i did with the first AoW here on steam, even so i still kept manual saves.
Anyway, i still prefer the original over the sequel.
Like Its predecessor its still a really fun game if you can get it to run.

Dec 20, 2024·95h·6·Verified

Steam User 4453STEAMRecommended

Like all of age of wonder series. Do like this much better than first one. This is a nice mix between 1 and 3. Older game feel, but with some of game 3 aspects. Would buy this over 1 for sure. Game is quite difficult even on easy. Seems like A.I. has a lot more of everything, but maybe I missed something when it comes to strategy. Looks good and sound goods as well. for a couple dollars well worth it. Takes some setting adjustments to get it to run on windows 11 laptop.

Dec 18, 2024·6h·1·Verified

Steam User 5256STEAMRecommended

I've very fond memories of this Turn-base strategy game and it is definitely what I would recommend to those that would want a challenge.

Oct 12, 2024·9h·Verified

Steam User 9465STEAMRecommended

Is fun, nice to look at for an old game, having played 3 this one has a few better features than it.

Oct 8, 2024·103h·1·Verified

Steam User 4752STEAMNot recommended

too many issues with this game. from random black screens on startup.. to really old graphics which doesnt work well with the larger monitors (and unable to select anything but 'window' in the options).. to REALLY bad RNG.. constantly getting squashed by low level units.. yet my units miss miss miss! there is no real strategy.. just spam basic units (no point in advanced units.. because they die just as easily!!) until you have enough to attack a town.. accept the ridiculous losses and move on to the next target..but whats REALLY bad about this game is that your own spells hurt your own troops instead of the intended victim! and the enemy mage can cast spells at you even when you're NOT in their territory (which you can NOT do)!! how pathetic is that!?!

then there is the story... nothing worthy to write about. its just not a fun game

Oct 7, 2024·15h·3·Verified

Steam User 7068STEAMRecommended

I really enjoy the turn based component. There are so many possible combinations!

Sep 21, 2024·90h·1·Verified

Steam User 2123STEAMRecommended

Its a classic... a little wanky with limited keyboard hotkeys... but ok

Sep 12, 2024·103h·Verified

Steam User 6082STEAMRecommended

[h1]Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne – Stratejinin Zamansız Bir Klasiği[/h1]

[h2]Giriş[/h2]
[b]Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne[/b], ilk olarak 2002 yılında piyasaya sürülen ve sıra tabanlı strateji türünde bir dönüm noktası olarak kabul edilen bir oyundur. Empire Building, RPG unsurları ve büyüleyici savaş mekanikleri ile dolu bu oyun, o dönemde strateji severlerin büyük beğenisini kazanmıştı. Bugün bile, klasik strateji oyunlarına ilgi duyan oyuncular için hâlâ cazip bir deneyim sunuyor.

[h2]Oynanış[/h2]
Age of Wonders II, sizi büyücüler meclisinin bir üyesi olarak kadim güçlerle dolu bir dünyaya davet ediyor. Göreviniz, [i]Circle of Evermore[/i] adlı ölümsüz büyücüler topluluğuna katılmak ve dünyadaki dengeyi yeniden sağlamak. Bu süreçte 7 farklı büyü küresi arasında uzmanlaşarak hava, ateş, yaşam ve ölüm gibi güçleri kullanarak kendi imparatorluğunuzu kuruyorsunuz.

[b]Sıra tabanlı strateji[/b] oyunlarına özgü şekilde, her adımınız dikkatli planlama gerektiriyor. Oyunda keşfedilecek gizemli topraklar, karşılaşacağınız mitolojik yaratıklar ve yönetmeniz gereken tehlikeler var. Hem savaş alanında hem de diplomasi masasında zekanızı göstermeniz gerekiyor.

[h2]Ana Özellikler[/h2]
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[*] [b]Büyüleyici Hikaye Modu:[/b] Oyunun 20 senaryodan oluşan [i]tek oyunculu kampanyası[/i], derin bir hikaye ve zengin karakterlerle dolu. Her bir görev, oyuncuyu stratejik planlama ve karar verme konusunda zorluyor.
[*] [b]Çok Çeşitli Irklar:[/b] 12 farklı ırk arasından seçim yapın. Elfler, Cüceler, Frostlingler, Drakonlar ve hatta Ölüler ile ittifaklar kurarak dünyayı fethedin.
[*] [b]Zengin Birim Çeşitliliği:[/b] [i]130'dan fazla benzersiz birim[/i] ile savaş alanında farklı stratejiler geliştirin. Buharlı toplardan hava gemilerine, mamut süvarilerine kadar birçok seçenek mevcut.
[*] [b]7 Büyü Küresi:[/b] Hava, Ateş, Yaşam ve Ölüm gibi 7 farklı büyü küresinde uzmanlaşarak, dünyayı alt üst eden büyüler yapabilirsiniz.
[*] [b]Çok Oyunculu Seçenekler:[/b] 8 oyuncuya kadar LAN, internet, e-posta üzerinden veya [i]Hot Seat[/i] ile multiplayer modlarda rakiplerinize karşı mücadele edin. Oyunun dikkat çeken özelliklerinden biri, tüm oyuncuların aynı anda hamle yapabildiği [b]Simultaneous-Turn System[/b]’dir.
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[h2]Grafikler ve Ses Tasarımı[/h2]
2002 yılına geri döndüğümüzde, [b]Age of Wonders II[/b]’nin grafikleri o döneme göre oldukça etkileyiciydi. Haritaların ve birimlerin detayları, stratejik mekanikleri destekleyecek şekilde tasarlanmış. Büyülerin görsel efektleri ve oyun içi ses tasarımı, atmosfere katkı sağlıyor. Modern standartlara göre biraz eski dursa da, nostaljik bir tat sunuyor.

[h2]Artılar[/h2]
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[*] Zengin stratejik derinlik ve taktik çeşitlilik
[*] Irk ve birim çeşitliliği
[*] Kapsamlı büyü sistemi ve araştırma mekanikleri
[*] Güçlü hikaye ve atmosfer
[*] Multiplayer desteği ve eşzamanlı sıra sistemi
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[h2]Eksiler[/h2]
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[*] Grafikler günümüz standartlarının gerisinde kalabilir
[*] Öğrenme eğrisi oldukça ♥♥♥, yeni oyuncular için zorlayıcı olabilir
[*] Zaman zaman yavaş ilerleyen oyun temposu
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[b]Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne[/b], döneminin en başarılı sıra tabanlı strateji oyunlarından biri olarak anılmaya devam ediyor. Eğer nostalji arıyorsanız ve zengin strateji unsurlarına sahip bir oyun deneyimi yaşamak istiyorsanız, bu klasik oyunu oynamaktan keyif alacaksınız. Strateji ve RPG unsurlarını mükemmel şekilde harmanlayan oyun, hala zamanının ötesinde bir eser olarak kabul ediliyor.

Sep 11, 2024·85h

Steam User 3706STEAMNot recommended

Since the Ai can see you in the fog of war, there's no way to really come up with tricky strategies.
It just becomes a slog.

Sep 6, 2024·7h·2·Verified

Steam User 3471STEAMRecommended

Un clásico de fantasía y estrategia, si no lo conociste en su momento te lo recomiendo. Es bueno jugar los antecesores del Age of Wonders 4 (Actual) y todos los relacionados a este tipo de juego, al igual que sagas como Civilization, Stronghold etc, si sos del palo te va a gustar.

Aug 16, 2024·24h·1·Verified

Steam User 5103STEAMRecommended

Шел 2024 год, прошел основную компанию,
Из плюсов - красочная картинка, великолепный саундтрек, огромное количество тактик и возможностей
нейтральное - модельки юнитов выглядят значительно хуже окружения
из минусов - она очень затягивает, в отличии от других пошаговых стратегий такого плана, времени потратите много, но оно того стоит

Aug 11, 2024·58h·2·Verified

Steam User 9316STEAMRecommended

Good intro to online games.

Aug 1, 2024·219h·Verified

Steam User 6819STEAMRecommended

No hay nada como tener tu héroe nivel 10 y tener 50 caballeros en el ejercito, solo para ser masacrado por un grupo de 8 fenix que andaban casualmente por ahi.
Compralo, los crasheos que tiene son temporales, la gloria de los orcos señores de la guerra sigue siendo eterna.

Jul 30, 2024·196h·4·Verified

Steam User 4353STEAMRecommended

Do not know, may it's the best of AOW, may be AOW:SW was better. Anyways. they do not make games like this anymore. AOW 3 is worse.

Jul 30, 2024·44h·3·Verified

Steam User 6775STEAMRecommended

Old school game. I like this more then Heroes of Might and Magic.

Jul 29, 2024·64h·2·Verified

Steam User 0949STEAMRecommended

Good classic.

Jul 25, 2024·53h·1·Verified

Steam User 8140STEAMRecommended

This game is very good!

Jul 20, 2024·1h·Verified

Steam User 0915STEAMRecommended

Легендарная игра!

Jul 10, 2024·105h·2·Verified

Steam User 6221STEAMRecommended

Wizards Rule!!

Jun 15, 2024·4h·Verified

Steam User 5396STEAMRecommended

Se non altro è meglio del 3. Con più fazioni unità e contenuti senza dover pagare svariati DLC aggiuntivi per sbloccare cose.

Ce l'avevo come dischetto e l'ho ripreso per steam perché non lo trovavo più.

Jun 14, 2024·145h·1·Verified

Steam User 2673STEAMRecommended

"Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne" is a worthy continuation of the legendary series that successfully evolves the mechanics of the first part, offering players a deeper and more diverse gameplay experience. The developers have taken into account all the strengths of the original and added many innovations, making the game even more engaging.

The story of the second part focuses on the Wizards, who have mastered one of the spheres of magic and rule over a race most compatible with that sphere. The wizard Gabriel is on the brink of defeat at the hands of conspirators. If he falls, they will seize the Wizard's Throne. To prevent this, Gabriel finds an apprentice in Merlin. The leader of the humans was on the verge of death, and his race was almost completely destroyed. Under Gabriel's guidance, Merlin must master all spheres of magic to protect the remaining humans and the Wizard's Throne.

However, Merlin clearly has psychological problems and a tendency towards mood swings. He is a noble person, but his actions are often illogical. Merlin attacks first and thinks later, his way of negotiating involving open military actions against other wizards. For example, he decided to enlist Arachna on his side by killing her people and capturing her cities. And when Merlin began to study the sphere of death, he went to the extreme and started exterminating all living things.

Playing through the campaign involves mastering various spheres of magic. After mastering one sphere, Merlin forgets all spells and starts learning the next one. This mechanic is understandable from a balance perspective but is still annoying. All spells return in the final mission, but they have to be learned again.

Each sphere of magic has unique spells and abilities:
- [b]Life Sphere[/b]: healing, protection, and ally enhancement spells.
- [b]Death Sphere[/b]: necromancy, resurrection of the dead, and weakening enemies.
- [b]Water Sphere[/b]: control over water, summoning rain, and enhancing units in water.
- [b]Fire Sphere[/b]: fire attacks and explosions.
- [b]Earth Sphere[/b]: protective spells and manipulating the earth.
- [b]Air Sphere[/b]: wind, lightning spells, and enhancing air units.
- [b]Cosmos Sphere[/b]: spells related to space and time, such as teleportation and temporal distortions.

Each wizard can specialize in several spheres, creating unique combinations of spells and strategies. This adds depth and variety to the game, as each sphere choice influences the wizard's playstyle and capabilities.

A new unique element in the game's mechanics is the Spirits. Essentially, they are quest-givers who reward players for completing their tasks and punish them for failing. This addition adds an interesting layer of interaction and challenge.

Another significant innovation is the ability to establish new cities on the map, which drastically changes the strategic approach. This allows players to expand their influence and control more territory, adding depth to the strategic planning of the game.

Gameplay-wise, The Wizard's Throne is similar to the first part but emphasizes magic. Each race can build wizard towers in their cities, increasing the casting range of the wizard there and granting access to the most powerful creatures. Numerous controlled cities with towers allow casting spells across the entire map.

Heroes in the second part have become even more powerful. Combining their level-ups with good artifacts makes them invincible.

The racial units have undergone significant changes:
- [b]Azracs[/b] have been replaced by Tigrans, shifting from an Arabian to an Egyptian theme.
- [b]Draconians[/b] have replaced Lizardmen, associating with fire and air instead of water and poison.

"Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne" is an excellent game, well worth your time.

Jun 12, 2024·2·Verified

Steam User 9554STEAMRecommended

топ

May 29, 2024·1·Verified

Steam User 7625STEAMRecommended

Это отличная игра. По всем параметрам, но дополнение Shadow Magic лучше по всем параметрам. Так что играть в эту часть можно разве что ради истории и ностальгии)

Apr 26, 2024·2h·3·Verified

Steam User 8446STEAMRecommended

REFUND: good old game, unfortunately had to refund because of it being impossible to play correctly due to resolution problems primarily in this version.

Apr 8, 2024·1h·4·Verified

Steam User 1819STEAMRecommended

✅

Apr 7, 2024·1h·Verified

Steam User 0769STEAMRecommended

Clasico infravalorado de estrategia por turnos. Ni sé la cantidad de horas que he jugado este juego, que con sus virtudes y sus defectos da entretenimiento para rato. Este en particular tiene algo que no lograron representar en la siguiente entrega (el Age of wonders 3) aunque no sabria decir exactamente que es. Recomendado a cualquier amante de la estrategia por turnos.

7/10

Mar 26, 2024·33h·1·Verified

Steam User 8223STEAMRecommended

这游戏在当初，与《魔法门：英雄无敌》系列，《圣战群英传》系列，并称当时的欧美三大回合策略游戏。

而该作与前作《奇迹时代1》，有两个极为吸引人的鲜明特点与创新之处：

1、同步回合制

首先，是其独有的“同步回合制”。在《奇迹时代》系列游戏中，敌我双方在战略地图上的行动，都是在同一回合中完成的。而在进入战斗时，则会切换到传统的回合制。当然，这一机制与《Rogue》所开创的“回合同步制”虽有相似之处，但是总归有所不同，笔者更倾向于称其为“同步回合制”。

换言之，在该游戏的战略地图中的每个回合，所有的对手都可在同一回合内行动，且敌我均可在同一回合内独立操作。而在此期间，玩家可调兵遣将、移动部队、建设城镇、研发魔法、进行外交、施展某种战略法术等，采取大量的战前战略方向的行动与操作。不仅如此，如果操作得当，哪怕玩家处于战略上的劣势，亦可通过集中兵力形成局部优势的方式，积小胜为大胜，最终彻底扭转战局。而这一机制，笔者在其他游戏中没见到过。

2、战略策略性

其次，是该游戏的战略策略性设计。例如各种兵种可跨越地形被动特性（如游泳、登山、飞行、挖掘、漂浮、挖掘等），以及各类战略魔法的设计，亦让该游戏极具战略层面的可玩性与策略性。

例如，其独有的战略魔法（如凌波微步、飞行术、结冰术、隐身术、传送术、各种怪物召唤术、末日风暴等大范围AOE法术），以及各类兵种所具有的跨越地形特征的战略特性（如登山、飞行、翻墙、挖掘、游泳、水中呼吸、漂浮等特性），无疑让战前准备阶段的“战略策略”，拥有极高的可玩性和策略性。而这些方面包括：

.结冰术与凌波微步：玩家可在一道看似无法通过的河流或大海前，通过结冰术让河流暂时结冰，或者凌波微步法术让军队能水上行走，而让部队顺利通过天堑。
.隐身术与隐身特性：在一片看似没有敌人的草原、森林或雪原中，也许亦隐藏着隐身的敌人部队。甚至一些兵种更自带在特定地形隐身的被动技能。例如，精灵族往往就具有森林隐身特性，霜族则自带雪地隐身特性、沙漠族则自带沙漠地形隐形的特性。不仅如此，玩家亦可让原本无法隐形的部队，通过隐身法术隐形。而这就导致你很可能在相关地形遭到对手伏击，或后方防守薄弱的城市遭到对手偷袭。
.大规模伤害魔法：在敌人军队大规模集结的地区，可施展末日风暴等大范围强力AOE法术清场，从而能用较少的代价，就能一举重创或歼灭，敌人辛苦积攒和集结的大量军队。
.召唤技能：一些看似军力薄弱的部队，可以在瞬间用法术招募大量召唤物，从而扩充军力。而一旦玩家被其开始的假象欺骗，则会陷入被动的境地之中。
.邪恶森林术：可用死神等兵种或邪恶森林等法术，将地形变为荒芜地形，或者召唤出一片邪恶树林阻挡你前进的方向，从而导致你的行动路线受阻。而若你强行执意穿过丛林，不仅会导致军队大幅损伤，更会导致军队士气大幅下降。
.翻墙特性：可利用蛛化人、流氓、小偷等职业翻墙，偷袭有城墙但没有太多守军的城市，以及重要战略地点。
.飞行与漂浮特性：可利用空军的飞行与漂浮特性，或者飞行法术，利用空中优势偷袭有城墙，但没有太多守军的城市。例如在《奇迹时代1》中，笔者就经常用龙类单位，无伤灭掉敌人的大批近战部队，或偷袭敌人后方薄弱空虚的城市。
.登山特性：矮人族特有的登山被动，让玩家可在崇山峻岭阻拦之下，仍可让矮人军队翻山越岭，进而深入偷袭敌人的重要战略要地。
.挖掘特性：在地下坑道中，玩家可通过巨型鼹鼠与甲虫单位的挖掘被动特性，开拓出新的地下通道，从而可越过被河流、高山等天堑阻挡的地形，最终利用地道战深入敌后，偷袭敌人在地面或地下的城镇。
.游泳与水中呼吸特性：当你面对蜥蜴族时，需要极为注意。因为他们天生就拥有水中呼吸与游泳等被动特性。而一旦你以为城市有着河流或大海，可作为天堑阻拦敌人时，亦可能在不久后，成为他们进攻或偷袭的目标。

换言之，在《奇迹时代》系列游戏中，因为大量战略魔法和具有战略特性的兵种存在，使得玩家指挥军队翻山越岭、跨过各种地形障碍与天堑成为可能。

而这也导致玩家不加以注意，就会被对方偷袭而占领重要城镇。甚至会因中了对手的末日风暴，而在一瞬间被歼灭大量军队，从而一着不慎，满盘皆输。而这无疑创造出了极具战略层面的游戏可玩性与策略性。

也正因《奇迹时代》系列，采取与《魔法门：英雄无敌》系列所不同的“同步回合制”，外加罕见的战略策略性的设计，也让我对该系列一度非常之着迷。甚至笔者更曾花费数个月的时间，用该游戏自带的地图编辑器，制作相关的MOD地图。

而在《魔法门：英雄无敌4》诞生之后，笔者赫然发现该游戏采取的很多机制，例如英雄可在战场参战、可分拆小兵探路等内容，完全是《奇迹时代》中诸多设计的翻版之后，也让我对《魔法门：英雄无敌》系列彻底失去了信心，并在5代后再也没玩过《英雄无敌》系列游戏了。

而笔者之所以在STEAM购买，也相当于是在多年后补票。

可惜的是，《奇迹时代1》《奇迹时代2》的以上基于战略层面的机制与设计，在《奇迹时代3》中，并没有保留下来。现在看是颇为可惜的。

Feb 22, 2024·2·Verified

Steam User 3837STEAMNot recommended

Регресс по сравнению с первой частью. Не такой конечно провал, как третья.... Но частью возможностей пожертвовали ради картинки и сеттинга. Боевка стала более убогой - карты меньше, соответственно войска появляются в упор друг к другу и стрелки сразу попадают под удар, ибо никакой расстановки конечно же нет. Кампания стала более урезанной и героев теперь нет смысла сильно оберегать и заморачиваться ибо они с вами всего-лишь на пару карт. Уверен для тех, кто рассматривал игру как платформу для соревнований с друзьями эти изменения были к лучшему, но для тех, кто брал её ради сюжета и соло-прохождения - она явно сдала позиции.

Feb 19, 2024·75h·1·Verified

Steam User 5348STEAMRecommended

As good as it ever was.

Feb 13, 2024·18h·Verified

Steam User 1618STEAMRecommended

Feb 7, 2024·25h·Verified

Steam User 7047STEAMRecommended

Used to own this on cd rom. Had lots of fun with it then, and it's still quite good.

Feb 3, 2024·117h·Verified

Steam User 0495STEAMRecommended

Great Game, great gameplay, buy it!

Jan 8, 2024·66h·Verified

Steam User 2557STEAMNot recommended

"Welcome to the first campaign. I see you take your sweet time to understand what is what and how to do things. For this transgression I shall destroy everything you have built. Go my glorius FULL STACKS!! Go and destroy Merlin's pathetic kingdom."

In all honesty from the nigh 10 hours I had 5h of fun and 5h of missing targets and getting F-d by the dreded ballista stacks . Unfortunately the first mission frustrated me enough to jump ship to Shadow Magic.

Jan 7, 2024·9h·1·Verified

Steam User 3608STEAMRecommended

A classic, fun turn based strategy game. Scratches the itch!

Dec 26, 2023·144h·Verified

Steam User 9829STEAMRecommended

[b]Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne[/b] is a really good Turn-based Strategy game. The campaign mode lets you play the seven magical spheres in order (Fire, Water, Life, Air, Earth, Death and Cosmos) and each sphere comes with different offensive and defensive magic spells. You will also encounter a total of twelve races (each with different units and abilities) which gives the game a lot of diversity and content. This game is definitely worth trying out if you are a fan of the genre.

Dec 23, 2023·63h

Steam User 9369STEAMNot recommended

Jeu frustrant au dela de toute expression

Dec 10, 2023·348h·Verified

Steam User 6314STEAMRecommended

Bel tuffo nel passato

Dec 9, 2023·80h·1·Verified

Steam User 8686STEAMNot recommended

Bought it for nostalgia. But it is quite dated, ugly and boring.

Nov 19, 2023

Steam User 4160STEAMRecommended

Nur einer kann den alten Glanz wiederherstellen

Hier geht's zu meinem Nostalgie-Waetsch's Play:
https://youtu.be/osYokabpv_I

Die Age of Wonders-Saga ging 2002 weiter. Natürlich hat sich zum ersten Teil aus 1999 einiges getan. Die Grafik ist ein ganzes Stück schöner (leider habe ich es nicht in Full-HD hinbekommen), der Sound untermalt schön die Fantasy-Atmosphäre, einzig die Steuerung ist recht gewöhnungsbedürftig. Um eine neue Einheit auszuwählen, muss man erst die alte mit der rechten Maustaste abwählen. Bewegt man seinen Trupp auf die Stadt, ist der Held erst mal für die weitere Bewegung abgewählt und muss angewählt werden, wenn er sich mit bewegen soll. Passt man da nicht auf, verliert man schon mal in einem unbedachten Moment seine Einheiten im Kampf. Hat man sich aber daran gewöhnt, funktioniert alles wunderbar. Wir ziehen durch das Land, erobern Städte, Minen, Türme usw. und schlagen uns natürlich mit dem Gegner. Auch nach 21 Jahren noch immer ein gutes Spiel, was sehr gut unterhält. Das Spielprinzip ist natürlich auch nahezu unverwüstlich. :-)

Folgt mir auch gerne bei Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41912197-waetschs-play

Oct 13, 2023·1h·Verified

Steam User 6381STEAMRecommended

Sep 23, 2023·Verified

Steam User 5216STEAMNot recommended

It probably was a good game but i did have issues getting it to run. so on that note it's hard to recommend.

Sep 20, 2023·1·Verified

Steam User 4457STEAMNot recommended

I gave this a fair amount of time for what it is and to be honest it's not fun anymore. I remember when it came out new and it was novel then, but alas the magic is gone at least for me. The A.I. is very old school in that it's solution is just to spam units out of thin air with stacks of doom that it could not possibly support or have paid for.

Sep 9, 2023·14h·Verified

Steam User 0295STEAMRecommended

Un classico sempre bellissimo

Sep 1, 2023·74h·1·Verified

Steam User 9022STEAMRecommended

Juegazo, paradox no falla

Aug 31, 2023·8h

Steam User 5406STEAMRecommended

С технической (кроме 3 моментов) и геймплейной составляющей эта игра и её аддон Shadow Magick - недооценённый алмаз своего времени (особенно хорош аддон), впечатляющий меня даже спустя 20 лет после выхода.
Саундтреки узнаваемы, приятны, из части в часть они дополняются и переосмысливаются - от 1 к 2 к 3 к Planetfall и вероятно к 4 части, есть плеер саундтреков в игре. Арты героев и магов (а так же модельки) прекрасны, глобальная карта радует глаза, улучшенная система прокачки героя и развития городов в сравнении с первой частью.
Касаемо самого Wizard's Throne - Он во всём, кроме, разнообразия миссий, хуже своего аддона и почти во всём лучше первой части; В сравнении с более популярными товарищами по жанру, подача сюжета тут страдает и его мало. Сами миссии интересны, но весь текст о мире игры из уместится в 1-2 листа формата А4, шрифтом 12-14; Некоторые заклинания и юниты дороги, но неэффективны и тд. Сложность ИИ в игре и кампании влияет лишь на его +к доходу, +к скорости производства и возможность видеть вас на карте. Т.е. в теории вас и ИИ-Скваир может разнести.

Два технических момента 2 части игры которые раздражают:
1) В игре можно строить новые города, но ИИ это делать не научили + в Wazard's Throne видимый радиус разрешённых мест на постройку колонии - отсутствует, это тратит лишнее время.
2) ИИ злоупотребляет некоторыми малоэффективными способностями, вместо прямого удара\ стрельбы. Из-за этого вы на тактическом авто-бое можете потерять ещё пару юнитов, ранее я его использовал, что бы "побыстрее добить"
3) Непродуманная экономика маны при затягивании партии. Золотом можно ускорять постройку зданий и юнитов в городах. А вот с маной... Пример: [spoiler] призыв "Комментатора" стоит 400 маны и 170 очков заклинаний, в игре максимальный лимит 80 очков заклинаний, они восполняются каждый ход, я буду произносить 2.1 хода, за эти два хода мне города принесут 900 маны... Куда мне её девать? Кнопки ускорения чтения заклинаний за ману тут нет, ни в аддоне, ни в неофициальных патчах к аддону. [/spoiler]

Aug 30, 2023·94h·2·Verified

Steam User 9612STEAMRecommended

good

Aug 30, 2023·69h