Era lot of good things about this one.

Culture, and your first Tome of Magic, determine the pool of units you get.

Even with a nature tree in common, it’s druidic paladins versus primal hordes.

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Therefore: mystical, arctic-dwelling wolf-riding dwarves.

Despite this complexity, I’m surprised to find Age of Wonders 4 to be incredibly approachable.

Your cities can be automated, your exploration can be automated, and your tactical combat can be automated.

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My northern neighbour, meanwhile, is increasingly unhappy with my lack of aggression.

be as valuable a question as “what next?”

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Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing the character creation, with male and female body types and more choices in a column on the left

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing the tactics screen of a battle

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing a zoomed-in view of a siege, with orange desert walls and a lowered drawbridge gate

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing the overworld map and boundaries of your territory

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing two large armies facing off for a ‘risky battle’

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing the race transformation screen, for a target race to become angels

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing the diplomacy screen between two factions

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing the tech tree sprouting into seven branches

Age of Wonders 4 review - screenshot showing tomes