- Publisher: Paradox Interactive
- Release Date: Aug 6, 2019
- Also On: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 103 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 67 out of 103
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Mixed: 18 out of 103
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Negative: 18 out of 103
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Feb 25, 2020
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Aug 12, 2020
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Aug 7, 2019
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Aug 6, 2019Deep systems, great sound and graphics, interesting factions and units, lots of customization options, and engaging combat. If you enjoy the setting, Age of Wonders series, or 4X in general, it’d be hard not to recommend this game.
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Aug 15, 2019
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Oct 9, 2019
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Aug 13, 2019Thumbs up! Sleek, well-tested 4x strategy game with an added layer of deep tactical combat. Lots of variety, tactics, and content. The AI will give you a run for your money.
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Aug 7, 2019
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Aug 8, 2019
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Aug 7, 2019Alpha Centauri dumbed down, and made utterly unoffensive, for console children. There is no philosophy, interesting story, or science behind the game. Like a McDonalds meal of a strategy game.
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Aug 6, 2019Very cool game! 6 factions, with unique gameplay, fast and interesting battles, nice optimization, and very speedy loading, after total war, it's awesome!!! Just go and buy it, if you like strategies!
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Aug 9, 2019Age of Wonders, but in space and with new features, played it for 30 hours already, still discovering new aspects, love it!
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Aug 11, 2019
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Aug 10, 2019Too many placeholders for future dlcs. Boring generic campaign. Cheap mechanics. Noisy developers. High price for that all.
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Aug 7, 2019This game is worse than Civ 5 at launch with no mods. It is so ridiculously dumbed down and uninteresting that both the high critic and user score is absolutely baffling. Are so many gamers today that stupid? unbelievable.
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Aug 8, 2019Dumbed down game, with simplistic mechanics and skeleton content, 6 factions but no discernible tactics differences. I guess Paradox Interactive who excel at churning DLCs ad nauseam will milk every bit of this game. Maybe it will be worth playing in a year, but right now it's nothing short of disappointing.
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Aug 6, 2019Best Age of Wonders game since (Age of Wonders 2: Shadow Magic). Age of Wonders 3 was pretty good too impo, but finally we are getting something entirely fresh which i was so much looking forward to.. And now, it's finally here!!!
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Aug 17, 2019
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Aug 11, 2019
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Aug 19, 2019
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Aug 10, 2019
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Aug 26, 2019
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Sep 15, 2019Buged copy of civilization translation and lore of nacions suck dont but ****
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Sep 7, 2019
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Oct 19, 2019
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May 23, 2021An excellent copulation between Civ & XCOM series. It even feels like might and magic sometimes too.
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Oct 4, 2019Story mode is not just 4 missions, I have played it for over 100 hours, several scenarios/missions (I think I am in my eighth scenario or so), and i am still in story mode. The more you play the more engrossing the game gets.
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Aug 15, 2019
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Oct 10, 2020
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Mar 11, 2020
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Oct 31, 2020Love it - love the series. This and AOW3 are two games I always have on my harddrive. It's different from AOW3, but there is a lot to like.
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Dec 19, 2019
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Apr 13, 2020
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Jul 19, 2020I have played the full campaign for nearly 100 hours. It is a great heir of the age of wonders serie. Many different factions all with different units, building and tech trees.
It is enjoyable both in the strategic phase and combat phase.
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May 17, 2021Cool game, combinaiton of civilization and xcom in the combat (that can be alittle boing a tedious) so far the management looks great and the civ part too
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Aug 8, 2020
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Jan 12, 2021
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Oct 4, 2021I'm having a blast with this game. I absolutely love the complexity of it compared to previous AoW games. Here you have 6 races with game styles so different that you can't just go wit
Awards & Rankings
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Jun 29, 2020Truly exemplifying the maxim of 'too much of a good thing,' there is simply too much here that bogs itself down. The battle and strategic systems have some really cool and interesting ideas, but there is far too much... stuff that takes both of them down a notch. The strategic layer has way too many things to do with too much consequence, and the battle system takes too long, and is replete with a dizzying number of little things that must be taken into account, lest destruction result. It's really too bad as the core of the game is extremely solid, yet there is just too much in the way for it to shine.
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Feb 3, 2020Of course, this mix-and-match approach will only be as good as the imagination that goes into its parts. Paradox tried something similar with Stellaris, using a set of opposing attributes. But that game’s spreadsheet-dry sci-fi doesn’t have room for the kind of glee, personality, and interactivity that drives Planetfall. Stellaris is the rasp of pages turning in a ledger. Run your index finger across the paper, along the row and then down the column, find a number that supposedly suggests the high-concept sci-fi in one of those dull classics you felt obligated to read and even more obligated to pretend to like. But Planetfall is a shelf of old sci-fi dime store novels in the back of a tiny bookstore inexplicably still in business. Pick the lurid title that calls out to you best. Pull it out and delight at the splash of imaginative cover art. This is your story for today.
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Jan 7, 2020Overall, Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a solid sequel that differentiates itself sufficiently and improves upon the franchise's formula. It has a diverse mix of units and races, wonderful artwork, and what appears to be a massive range of strategies. Customizing your forces with an array of passive effects and active abilities is handled effortlessly by the UI, and it's very rewarding to use it in the tactical combat. The campaign should take anywhere from 30 to 60 hours to complete, depending on how quickly you play, and that's before stepping into the random scenarios and multiplayer, where a wide range of options and customizations can cater to your play style.