

Here, you can also spend points on researching various unit types and setting priorities to suit your style, e.g. As in previous 5-star games, you earn "prestige points" from winning each scenario to spend on new units. While multiplayer options abound, they pale beside the excellent plot-based single-player campaign which spans 5 continents, each of which presents new terrain and units.įantasy General also boasts several improvements over Panzer General and Allied General, the best of which is customizable research areas. All units improve their abilities with experience, and can be "upgraded" to better units when research is done. The units in the game are also more than just Panzer General units in fantasy disguise: some units have spellcasting abilities, and some are unique heroes you can meet and recruit. Krell can also cast a magic spell every turn on the battlefield, which helps even the odds for his relatively weak army. For example, the Archmage Krell is a powerful magic user, and therefore will command an army mostly consisting of magical creatures. What makes Fantasy General one of the best fantasy wargames ever? For starter, each of the four heroes you can choose as your alter ego requires very different strategies to win, as well as follow his or her own path to victory.
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Of all SSI's releases in the "5-star" series based on the acclaimed engine of Panzer General, Fantasy General is my most favorite and one of the most underrated.
