It requires lots of thought and strategy, but isn't too cerebral and micromanagement is minimal. At least you can save your battle and come back to it any time (although the interface for doing so is a bit clunky).Īll in all, I highly recommend this game. I've played games that lasted from 30 minutes to 10 hours, and that 10 hour game was four players, can't imagine how long a nine player game would take. Wesnoth comes with heaps of multiplayer maps, ranging from two to nine players. And again, it's free, which is pretty incredible. You can download the game for free, hop online and be playing within minutes. The game also has a single-player campaign that is well written and fun, but the real action is multiplayer. I'd recommend getting a friend or two to check it out with you so that you'll have a buddy to experiment with. There are typically lots of games going on the official server, but some of these guys are pros. I say that your enemies are usually your friends because the most limiting thing about Wesnoth is finding a balanced multiplayer game. Every game is different and every game is intense. The great thing about Wesnoth is that you get that distinctive feeling when you win, it's like beating someone at chess. My friends and I typically stop playing after one person has been knocked out, but occasionally, when it's especially heated, we will play it out. Ultimately, your army or your enemy's army will emerge victorious by killing one of the other heroes. Your enemies, who are usually your friends, tend to get pissed about this, which is always fun. When they do, they transform on the battlefield into a new, more powerful unit. The units, and the hero, can gain levels if they live long enough and kill enough enemies. There is a nice variety of units to summon within each faction, and deciding which unit to summon requires strategy as well.Īfter you summon your units, you send them into the battlefield to capture castles, which directly affects how many units your hero can summon in a round, or you send them into battle against your enemies. The faction determines which units the hero can summon. Each hero belongs to a faction: Drakes (dragons), Knalgan Alliance (dwarves), Loyalists (humans), Northerners (orcs), Rebels (elves), and the Undead (skellies). ![]() The purpose of the game is to kill your opponents' hero units. The Battle for Wesnoth is a fantasy turn-based strategy game in which each player commands a hero unit that summons minions to wage battle against other players. If you do remember it fondly as I do, you should be psyched at the existence of The Battle for Wesnoth, which is essentially an updated and free Master of Monsters. Nobody I knew had heard of it, but I introduced it to a bunch of people, and we played it for hours and hours. It wasn't a huge blockbuster hit when it was released some time ago. I played the living crap out of that game. By doctorsleem | Review Date: DecemRemember that game Master of Monsters for the Sega Genesis? I do.
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