This changes your establishment and expansion strategy, because you have to think not only of the primary sector a city is on, but the strengths of nearby sectors as well. Your cities can't be directly adjacent to one another, and border growth is done by annexing an adjacent free sector to a specific city. Instead of your border slowly growing through population and influence, the overworld map is divided into discrete chunks called Sectors. Planetfall changes up the Age of Wonders system by establishing a new mechanic. You'll establish cities, exploit the landscape, research new technologies, trade with civilizations, and maybe even get in a little espionage. The core is the 4X genre, with players colonizing and specializing cities, and growing territory in order to gain a leg up over their opponents. If you've never played any of the Age of Wonders titles, the series occupies the space in-between Civilization and XCOM. I shouldn't have worried, because gameplay wins out every time, and Age of Wonders: Planetfall even retains enough of the fantasy feel to keep me happy.
Sectors change the way your empire expands. (Oddly enough, Age of Wonders 3 came out in 2014, the same year as the aforementioned games.) Triumph Studios had to prove that the magic of Age of Wonders would survive the change in setting. Firaxis' Civilization: Beyond Earth already mined the science fiction side of the genre and I thought leaving fantasy behind was ceding one of Age of Wonders' selling points to Amplitude Studios' Endless Legend. But after three previous titles have been firmly within the fantasy genre, Age of Wonders: Planetfall is taking the series into science fiction territory, which I felt was a misstep. Across the original release and two major expansions, the studio crafted an excellent 4X experience. I'm a big fan of Triumph Studios' last outing, Age of Wonders 3. I admit, I was not looking forward to Age of Wonders: Planetfall. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Also available onXbox One, PlayStation 4.
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