Age of Wonders: Planetfall by Triumph Studios

New diary up!

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/age-of-wonders-planetfall-dev-diary-6-combat-units-1.1111252/

Yeer a good man, Scott Lufkin. A good man, you is.

In preparation for the imminent diary, I present a link to *all* the diaries:

Global Resources Diary
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/age-of-wonders-planetfall-dev-diary-8-the-global-resources.1113138/

That all sounds great to me. I like the idea of using resources to “enforce” NPC/AI diplomacy options, and also I am a fan of making the tier 3 and 4 units cost a rare resource to keep down on how many high end units end up in stacks towards the end game in 4X titles. This is all sounding pretty great so far.

New diary.

NPC factions, and Diplomacy (vs. AI)

Dooooooope.

It sure looks cool.

Yeah, I have to admit I was kind of on the fence as I didn’t see where they’d go with the new setting that would make it better than III, but … well, I’m sold.

There are so many changes that I am very excited.

And every dev diary gets me more interested.

I’m forcing myself to down the internal hype meter.

It occurred to me that there is possibly an orbital layer to this game. Given the similar underground that AoWIII had.

This game will be pre-order material for me. I don’t think Triumph can get my money fast enough now.

I don’t think there is an orbital layer, as in a map layer, as such.

I do think there are special ops, like bombardment, which could be interpreted as an orbital layer.

My impression is they want the game to be very solidly a terrestial 4x.

This weeks topic covers creating your character (faction commander)!

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/age-of-wonders-planetfall-–-dev-diary-11-faction-customization.1116000/

Man, that tech tree that is unique based on your faction setup is really cool. I love being able to spend “perk” and “vice” points to customize your leader’s abilities (and even starting equipment). My only wish is that it looks like your weapon groups are based on your race, and while it’s probably for the best that each race has a unique feel (and some of that comes from the type of weapons they can use) it would have been neat to be able to select different weapon groups for each race. Maybe that is how it works and I’m mis-understanding?

this is shaping up to be a thousand times better than aow3…its blatantly obvious

we’re talkin magnum opus here

1000 times better than arguably the best fantasy 4x?

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

I’m interested ofcourse, but let’s wait and see!

That is so satisfying to watch. Mesmerizing, even.

Today they showed off a look at Commanders, the character you create when you set up the game.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/age-of-wonders-planetfall-–-dev-diary-12-your-commander.1116924/

So Tom will have a Sarah Palin playthru then. :)