Fantasy Wars Explained

Fantasy Wars
Developer:Ino-Co
Director:Aleksey Kozyrev
Designer:Dmitry Gulin
Composer:TriHorn Productions, Artem Kolpakov
Engine:TheEngine
Genre:Turn-based tactics
Modes:Single player, multiplayer
Platforms:Microsoft Windows

Fantasy Wars (Russian: Кодекс Войны; formerly Mythic Wars) is a fantasy turn-based tactical video game developed by Russian studio Ino-Co and published by 1C Company and Atari SA. It was followed by Elven Legacy in 2009.

Gameplay

Fantasy Wars features four playable races (humans, orcs, elves and dwarves). The single-player story includes three campaigns, taking place over a series of tactical hex maps.[1] The game uses a 3D game engine and includes role-playing video game gameplay features such as experience points and skills.

Release

Fantasy Wars was distributed electronically by GamersGate and GOG and was published in Europe by Nobilis France.[2] The game is distributed in Scandinavia by Paradox Interactive[3] and in North America by Atari SA.[4]

Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Sequel

In April 2008, Paradox Interactive announced a sequel to Fantasy Wars entitled Elven Legacy. Elven Legacy is developed by [5] and was released in April 2009.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fantasy Wars First Look. Dan Adams. 20 April 2007. IGN. Ziff Davis. 20 May 2018. 6 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202937/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/04/20/fantasy-wars-first-look. live.
  2. Web site: Nobilis to Publish ?Fantasy Wars? and ?Death to Spies? in Europe. February 2007. Nobilis. 20 May 2018. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171841/http://home.nestor.minsk.by/game/news/2007/02/0209.html. live.
  3. Web site: Nobilis catalogue in the hands of Paradox Scandinavian Distribution!. 1 August 2007. Paradox Interactive. 28 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011708/http://www.paradoxplaza.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217&Itemid=129. 28 September 2007. dead.
  4. Web site: 1C Games to be Distributed by Atari. Rohan Pandey. 17 August 2007. GameGuru. 20 May 2018. 24 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110824203710/http://www.gameguru.in/pc/2007/17/1c-games-to-be-distributed-by-atari/. live.
  5. Web site: Paradox Interactive Announces Fantasy Strategy Game: Elven Legacy. IGN staff. 13 August 2008. IGN. Ziff Davis. 20 May 2018. 20 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520125135/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/08/13/paradox-interactive-announces-fantasy-strategy-game-elven-legacy. live.
  6. Web site: Paradox Interactive's Elven Legacy Goes Gold. IGN staff. 27 March 2009. IGN. Ziff Davis. 20 May 2018. 20 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520124828/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/27/paradox-interactives-elven-legacy-goes-gold. live.