Age of Wonders: Planetfall Review
4X turn-based strategy games such as Age of Wonders: Planetfall are very much the domain of the PC. So to see one not only come to home consoles but to release on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at the same as the Windows launch is remarkable in of itself. Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the work of Dutch developer Triumph Studios, with Paradox Interactive taking on publishing duties. It is the fifth installment in the series and the first to feature a sci-fi setting rather than the traditional fantasy one. Age of Wonders: Planetfall does have something of a story. The game takes place hundreds of years after the collapse of an intergalactic government called the Star Union. After an unknown event causes the different factions to break up, they each struggle to assert dominance. You take on the role of a faction leader, trying to build up your colony on a new planet. The narrative pretty much stops there, although the different campaigns do have a sprinkling of