

Which brings us to the Eternal Lords expansion itself. We didn’t try out this mode, but since people still play chess games over email I’m sure there’s a crowd eager to play the game this way. And for some really old school gameplay, you can try out the new “play by email” option as well. This is all on top of the “usual” tweaks to AI and other elements, although unfortunately not every developer would see it that way. Pure military conquest is therefore no longer your only way towards expanding your empire, and relations and diversity with and among races has also been expanded upon. With the new update, players now have increased amounts of strategic depth at their disposal, due to the vassal city mechanics system that’s now in place. Much like how Blizzard updated the Diablo III experience with a giant patch upon the release of Reaper of Souls, Triumph Studios has released a major update to Age of Wonders III that goes hand in hand with the additions that the Eternal Lords expansion brings. Eternal Lords packs a tremendous amount of content and the v1.5 updated that was released simultaneously further enhances the experience. Now that their second expansion is here, we can tell that they were serious. They emphasized how community feedback was important to them, as was the amount of depth involved with the game’s various RPG elements. Here’s what we thought.īack when Triumph Studios released their first expansion for Age of Wonders III – Golden Realms, we did a Q&A with the developers. Eternal Lords is the second expansion for the critically acclaimed and successful Age of Wonders III by Dutch developer Triumph Studios – it’s a massive content upgrade that took us a week to test and review.
