Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is a video game that consists of 0 releases
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City Building The concept of building a single city and its respective houses/institutions (Sim City etc.) or building cities as part of an extending empire (Civiliazation etc.) |
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Fog of War A staple in both the real-time and turn-based strategy genres, Fog of War simulates the unknowns of the battlefield by covering areas of the map, to be progressively revealed by the player. |
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Grid-Based Movement Grid-based movement is a common staple of turn based strategy games that works similarly to chess. |
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Heroes Special or stronger units than standard ones, usually found in strategy games. This is not necessarily the same thing as a superhero or a game's protagonist. |
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Inventory A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around. |
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Magic The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the physical laws. Can take form as an act performed by a person (magician,conjurer, wizard, ...) as a property of an item (artifact, wand, focus, ...) or as latent characteristic of a world. |
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Manticore Mythical Creature with the face of a man, the body of a lion, sometimes with wings and a tail that can shoot spikes. Other times it has a snake for a tail or a scorpions tail. |
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Micromanagement Micromanagement is the act of increasing the efficiency and longevity of units during a battle in a Real Time Strategy game. |
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Portals A portal is a hole in reality connected to another hole in reality, whether magical or scientific in nature, that allows a person to instantly travel incredibly vast distances simply by walking through one. |
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Randomly Generated Maps As the name implies, it occurs when a game has unpredictable, always different levels, created by the game itself on the fly. Largely used to evoke a sense a freshness in every play session, but often critisized by the overall lack of "human polish" presented. |
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Research Research involves spending resources and/or special units to unlock new upgrades. It is usually used in stratedgy games and is usually organized with tech trees. |
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Tactical Turn-Based Combat Gameplay type emphasizing deliberately paced tactical battle where each side politely takes turns attacking one another through varied forms of combat such as shooting, slashing, spell casting, etc. The X-Com and Jagged Alliance franchises are classic examples of this gameplay type. |
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Turn-Based Turn based games are everywhere giving the player the ability to strategically choose his actions as the battle or events unfold. |
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Wizards Wizards are learned scholars in the arts of magic. Wizards wield great power, manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil. |
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Xfire Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming. |
