There are six available races in the initial release: humans, draconians, high elves, dwarves, orcs, and goblins, all that will determine the race of their empire with each having unique perks and abilities. New to III is the greater addition of role-playing game features, where players must first choose and customize their leader, all options are dependent on the player's chosen style of play. Gameplay is 4X-based (explore, expand, exploit and exterminate) where players explore the world map, slowly building an empire through colonization, warfare and diplomacy with rival powers. Gameplay An Elven city (left) with its own and rival armies placed on a world map view.Īge of Wonders III, like the previous games in the series is a turn-based strategy game set within a high fantasy universe where the player assumes the role of a political-military leader. A direct sequel, Age of Wonders 4, released in 2023 to further commercial and critical success. A spin-off, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, was released in 2019.

It also supports online and local multiple player modes and a level editor along with a new story driven single player campaign mode.Īge of Wonders III was critically and commercially successful, marking a revitalization of the series. The gameplay has also been updated, featuring a new role-playing style leader class based system and interchangeable choices of strategy and appearances for each playable race. It features a new graphics engine for the series, in addition to an updated soundtrack. The game is set in a high fantasy fictional setting, where players take the role of a leader to explore the world, interacting with other races and kingdoms, both diplomatically and through warfare while progressively expanding and managing their empire. A port to Linux and OS X was released on April 14, 2015.

It was released on March 31, 2014, through digital distribution, as well as through retail in select territories for Microsoft Windows. It is the fourth game in the Age of Wonders series, following Age of Wonders, Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic released in 1999, 2002, and 2003 respectively.

Age of Wonders III is a 2014 4X turn-based strategy video game developed and published by Dutch developer Triumph Studios.

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