Etherlords
$19.95		(Win98/ME/2000) (Retail) (ETHERLORPR)

Publisher:Fishtank Interactive

Game

(Ages 13+) - Animated blood, and violence

Ratings:

87 from GameSpy

The World of the Lords Begins...

A riveting drama of fantastic battles, stunningly animated warriors and unparalleled, challenging game play. Enter the World as Lord of one of the four great magic races: the powerful Chaots, the impassively brilliant Kinets, the powerfully empathetic Vitals or the ruthless biomechanical Synths. Create a powerful band of heroes who will do your bidding, exploring the world, conquering territories, battling the minions of opposing lords and ferocious creatures liberated by disturbances in the flow of the White Ether. Build forces, create spell, and engage in diplomacy. Collect essential resources, upgrade and enhance your spell sets and create powerful spell books for conducting duels in the best traditions of trading card game play. Play alone or play against others on LANs or the internet.

Game Features:

Exciting, Bold, new gaming style blending the best of turn based strategy and trading card game play.

Enormous array of winning tactics for endless hours of interactive gaming.

Four magic races, each with its distinctive realm, spells, architecture and combat style.

14 strategic missions in 2 large scale military campaigns with 5 difficulty levels.

Over 300 spells for duels in the style of trading card games.

64 heroes to enhance and develop.

More than 120 creatures for combat or alliance.

Graphically rich, incredibly detailed world including fiery deserts, lush forests and snowy peaks with full 3D camera control.

Requirements:

Windows 98/2000/ME: Pentium II 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Windows 95/98/ME/2000, DirectX 8.0, Sound Blaster-Compatible Sound Card, 4x CD-ROM drive, and 1.4 Gig Free Hard-Disk Space.

3D Card Requirements: 8 MB DirectX-Compatible 3D Accelerator

Reviews:

GameSpy by Mark H. Walker

"A flawed, but stunning piece of work. Etherlords is a gripping game, Yes, there are elements that need improvement, but overall this is the best game ever released in the turn-based fantasy genre."

"Can we talk beauty? Etherlords' ambiance must be felt to be believed. These are simply the best graphics ever stuffed in a turn-based strategy game. The strategic map is alive with animations..."

"The fighting, however, is unlike either Heroes of Might and Magic or Disciples. In fact it's nearly identical to the collectible card game, Magic the Gathering. ... It's a delicious system whose cornucopia of spells provides limitless strategies...These are the sweet paradoxes that make great strategy gaming."

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