You learn how to annex territory and what you can do with it you learn the basics that will serve you well down the line as the game opens up further and further.

You are introduced to core concepts, how to expand your empire, how to manage your empire and how to build and move your units. Having a cohesive series of tasks and a reason to do them is a great design choice. Often tutorials are just a series of do-this to learn the mechanics tasks, but in Planetfall they serve to advance the story of your character and bring forth events that play out later on when you eventually select a campaign mission. Informative, not overbearing and most of all: fun. It is just what a game tutorial for a deep strategy experience should be. Several campaigns were on offer with more unlocked as you finish campaigns from the other factions, but you always start at the beginning with a new game like this so I played the tutorial first and not only does this serve as the lynch-pin to the overall story involving the Vanguard: the Terran playable faction in Planetfall, it is superbly done as well. However, I dived into the campaign because well, for a start: CAMPAIGN and empire building strategy games are two things I have not really encountered before - especially with a science fiction twist. I haven't had the chance to play this game multiplayer yet, since my connection has been a bit rough recently.

I really appreciate this in a game as deep as this one.Ī simple and clean interface introduces you to the main menu, where you can choose to embark on a campaign, a skirmish-style game or play multiplayer. Often, these strategy games are presented as so-much obscure gameplay mechanics, with little or no help for a new player, and oft appear as opaque as smoky coloured glass.Īge of Wonders: Planetfall isn't like this, and it's hugely accessible for a first timer like me from the get go. I'm a bit of an armchair ruler to be honest, and whilst some of the systems often go over my head in many of these games - and they always did on PC. I got the chance to get a code from PR for Age of Wonders: Planetfall and I have to say, right now, this is one of the best strategy games I've played on my Xbox One since Stellaris.

I never really felt the urge to jump into an AoW game until now. I've always sat and watched the Age of Wonders games carefully, eyeing them on various Youtube playlists and channels.

Age of wonders: planetfall review