![]() ![]() They were also not afraid of using bright, contrasting colours, which helps make the battlefield surprisingly easy to read, even when it gets crowded. Nothing looks out of place, and the developers have managed to inject a fare amount of personality into the game just with how they’ve designed the different units and regions. While Fantasy General 2 might not have the most technically impressive graphics, with 3D models that are not as detailed as those of many other modern games, like Age of Wonders: Planetfall, and somewhat low-res textures, it makes up for that with a strong and consistent art style. You also have a few heroic individuals with special powers that can help turn the tide of battle, be it leaders who strengthens friendly units around them, or powerful magicians who can summon magical creatures and cast destructive spells. You’ve got units that stay with you (until they die), and that levels up and get stronger with use, but with a few exceptions, these are generic, replaceable units. There are some references to what happened sprinkled through Fantasy General 2, and a few of the important characters of the first game gets mentioned by name, but you really don’t have to have played the first game to enjoy the second.įantasy General 2 is a turn-based strategy game that lands somewhere in-between the likes of Panzer Corps and Fire Emblem in terms of both complexity and gameplay. The developers have been smart in how they handled the sequel though, they set it 300 years after the first game, so the events of the first game are treated like ancient history. Now Owned by Gravity, a company with no previous games to its name, has taken up the mantle, and have made a sequel to the beloved classic. ![]() ![]() A few attempts has been made by different companies to create a spiritual successor to Fantasy General, including Ino-Co’s Fantasy Wars and Elven Legacy. The original Fantasy General was released all the way back in 1996, to critical praise, and has over the years attracted a bit of a cult following. ![]()
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