You switch between the two modes as you grow your empire and conquer new lands.

'You're able to organise and develop any aspect of your empire yourself, and get this feeling that you're this really powerful guy calling the shots in your fantasy realm.'Īge of Wonders 3 features a Civilization-style tiled map system for empire building, and a turn-based combat system with a free-roaming 3D camera for battles. 'We tried to bring that experience into this game, but a lot bigger,' director Lennart Sas told Eurogamer at the Game Developers Conference today. This change came about after Triumph decided to incorporate mechanics from its other game series, Overlord, which saw players control a powerful character who in turn controlled minions. So, the warrior becomes the warlord and the priest becomes the theocrat.

Now, these classes have been extrapolated to become leaders of a fantasy realm. In past games you assumed the role of a generic role-playing class, such as the wizard. The game revolves around the leader class. Developer Triumph Studios has released a gameplay video of turn-based fantasy strategy game Age of Wonders 3, showing off empire building and the series' turn-based combat.

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