![]() ![]() "Despite the 4X-like demeanour of expansion, Champions of Anteria is satisfied to throw a few upgrades at you, cosmetically enhance some areas and units and call it a day." Combat is real-time but you can still pause the action to issue orders. ![]() However, the strategy portion comes up when you must upgrade your kingdom and decide which neighbouring lands to assault. Vargus the warrior, Anslem the mage and Nusala the rogue will start out the party and you’ll engage in MOBA-esque battles for dominance. Each element will have a corresponding element that it’s strong against and weak against while each Champion has unique abilities and can unlock more over time. When venturing forth into missions, you’ll choose from three of the five Champions. If only some of that humour actually extended to the gameplay mechanics and missions rather than being constrained to the cut scenes, which are still fairly good looking with their art. The voice acting and overall light-hearted nature of the script aid in this and it’s good to see that the game doesn’t take itself too serious. Thankfully, Champions of Anteria offsets this with interesting and humorous characterization. On the other, you’re beset with a fairly clichéd villain. On the one hand, you’re attempting to deal with the conflicts raging across the kingdom’s various clans. Said wizard also has an army of the undead and, as if the name wasn’t indicative enough, he isn’t willing to negotiate peace terms. You’ll have five different Champions, each specializing in a different element (Water, Fire, Lightning and so on) as they attempt to take down an evil wizard named Kalen Daark. "The voice acting and overall light-hearted nature of the script aid in this and it’s good to see that the game doesn’t take itself too serious."įrom the outset, Champions of Anteria seems charming. It sounds weird but that only begins to describe Champions of Anteria. With Champions of Anteria, we receive a suitably non- Settlers experience…that was created using assets from a former Settlers game. The strategy developer is known for its Settlers series and even churned out the average Anno 2205 (which sadly didn’t add enough to really distinguish itself from its predecessors). I haven’t really been the biggest champion of Blue Byte lately.
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