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amazon Warlock 2 The Exiled reviews
Referring to the 4X game genre (explore, expand, exploit, conquer), it is obvious that Civilization must be the first name that comes to mind of many 8x gamers.
The most attractive point of this series is the extreme challenge that the game’s missions bring, as well as the great feeling of “conqueror” when players can personally create ” the flow of history ”, of an empire. But also the attractive advantages mentioned above make the 4X game form picky for players, and to reach the “level” like Civilization series, almost no game. So is this game form gradually “great”?
Not necessarily. There are still some “resilient” game studios that stick to this genre, hoping to take the throne of Civilization, and among them is Paradox Interactive, which is famously specialized in “arid” strategy games and they have a The card to fight the king of the game 4X: Warlock: Master of the Arcane, which received a high rating from gaming websites (average score of 7.5) in 2012. Warlock is somewhat different from the king of the 4X game when he took advantage of the mythical theme that was very popular in the West.
Two years later, Ino-Co Plus decided to launch Warlock 2: The Exiled version with many more outstanding improvements.
Detailed and sharp management system
Following the trend of “casualization” of the modern game trend, although it has streamlined a lot of management and buttons, the main interface of Warlock 2: The Exiled is still very intuitive and detailed.
With buttons and display frames properly arranged along the edge of the screen, players are guaranteed to see everything that is going on in their realm, while still having a full view to enjoy the landscape of the map.
To help “newcomers” have a thorough and easy to grasp gameplay, from the beginning Warlock 2: The Exiled has proven itself to have a very good investment when giving a very detailed game guide.
Instruction lines are shown quite easy to see and understand, as well as follow a certain order to guide players through the management sequence in the game.
Instead of “throwing” at the player’s face a “wall of words” describing all the mechanics of the game, Warlock 2: The Exiled chooses to lead slowly while guiding and “releasing” for the player to do it themselves to avoid the fact that players feel “too long, afraid to read”. This is a pretty wise move because with the “hard to swallow” nature of the 4X series, an overly detailed guide, sometimes “counter-action”, causing a reverse effect.
If you accidentally press “Skip” in the tutorial, or “too long, afraid to read”, players do not need to be too concerned. Warlock 2: The Exiled integrates all the necessary management commands in one go in one button (in the lower right corner of the screen) such as commanding groups of soldiers, researching magic, fighting enemies, building constructions… will be displayed alternately until the player is sure nothing has been missed, the button will automatically change to “End Turn” to finish.
Perhaps capturing the “shyness” mentality of the modern generation of gamers, in addition to streamlining the inherent troublesome management stages of the 4X series, Warlock 2: The Exiled also “prefers” players with The “brainstorming” battles have moderate difficulty, both to lead familiar with the gameplay, and suggest for players to explore the most appropriate tactical options.
The focus of the 4X series must be in the word “explore” when the most fun thing in this kind of game is nothing more than walking around the map to open up new lands.
The world in Warlock 2: The Exiled first looks “small” at first, but once discovering the magical portal between worlds, players will sometimes be “suffocated” if they develop too fast in width without investment in the main castle.
Just like managing an “empire” in real life, be it a country or a chain of food stores, securing a strong root is always a prerequisite for making sure. The player’s kingdom is not terminated… too soon.
Develop slowly, occupy the nearest resource mines to facilitate the protection, upgrade infrastructure, research and develop skills/magic, recruit soldiers, … is always the most accurate and reasonable direction to bring an empire to the top.
With the number of races, troops, magic … quite a lot, it is probably not easy for players to choose the right direction that suits their personality.
Not stopping there, a group of soldiers in Warlock 2: The Exiled, when leveling up, will be able to choose from many different stats development path, leading to the player will have to consider when wanting to keep an elite group wants to enrollment the army to pave the way for more “hegemony” schemes.
With a strategy game – macro-management, the graphics of Warlock 2: The Exiled can be said to have completed the assigned task.
The fine details on both the buildings in the city, on the soldiers, even the rocks on the tree … all speak the great effort of the game development team.
In particular, when covered by a layer of “mist” moderately blurred effect, the whole scene in the game radiates the fanciful spirit of a magical world, where battles between the Three World: God – People – Ghost is still going on fierce without ending.
It can be said that the graphics in Warlock 2: The Exiled are a real work of art, “draw” by a master painter specializing in Renaissance landscape painting.
With a very good graphic background, the eye-catching color tones in the game add even more wonderful dots, like the leaves are arranged in the right place to tone the radiant beauty of the flower.
In this era of technology racing, it is really rare for any game to find a separate direction to display graphics through profound artistic tricks like Warlock 2: The Exiled.
The most unfortunate minus point in Warlock 2: The Exiled, is the game with absolutely no story mode!
Players can only challenge themselves through free maps, with arbitrary settings. This is a critical defect of the series in the context of magic – mythology like Warlock 2: The Exiled.
An enchanting, fantastical colorful scene that is adorned with beautiful graphics, is wasted when there is not a dramatic storyline, seduction.
Come to think of it, will the classics like WarCraft or Heroes of Might and Magic still be played by many players without the dense chronicles, with the hero names that have become legendary soon?
Except for a few lines summarizing the scene in the game to continue the storyline of Master of the Arcane, it can be said that The Exiled player will not know what he is doing, fighting for the reason. If the player has never had the opportunity to play through the previous version, it will be difficult to grasp the concepts and developments that occur in Warlock 2: The Exiled.
Contrary to the beautiful graphics platform, battles in Warlock 2: The Exiled make viewers disappointed because they lack vitality.
Not to mention that the soldiers’ units were designed without the soul, making them look identical except for a few details, the fact that the lack of fierce combat was also a minus point.
When the player orders “Attack”, the soldiers under his command will simply rush towards the enemy, swing their swords in a panic, and retreat. The effects of weapon collisions or explosions of magic are portrayed very languidly, lacking in charisma!
