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Posted February 05, 2013
Harness the power of Ether!

Etherlords 2, a fantastic mix of strategy, RPG, and trading-card game mechanics set in a colorful and diverse fantasy world, is available on GOG.com, for only $5.99.

If you are familiar to the world of [url=http://www.gog.com/gamecard/etherlords]Etherlords (we have released the first game in the series a couple of months ago), than you know what to expect and you're probably summoning, enchanting, and generally ensorcelling right now. However, if you didn't have a chance to play the first part, it's high time to find out why so many fans of fantasy turn-based tactical combat spend dozens of hours exploring the magical Etherworld. Etherlords 2 is, simply saying, a mix of Magic: The Gathering and Heroes of Might and Magic. You control a single hero through one of five non-linear campaigns for different races. Your hero accumulates an army, experience, skills, and abilities, which he can later use during the most important part of the game--challenging tactical battles with hundreds of units and spells. Since every race uses different cards and units, expect a lot of variety and prepare for some tough decisions when deciding how to approach each different opponent.

If you're looking for tactical depth with eye-catching graphics and some decent voice acting and are willing to sacrifice a decent chunk of your free time to create a perfect deck, than don't waste time and buy Etherlords 2 right now on GOG.com for only $5.99.
Posted February 05, 2013
Wishlisted.
Posted February 05, 2013
We must be out of ether and hence the Etherlords series forum has some technical problems ;)
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Posted February 05, 2013
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Roman5: More stuff from Nival is always welcome

Also: Half naked tits on the frontpage are always awesome
Also, this.
Posted February 05, 2013
I recommend this game. I own it retail and it is great fun. Well, it's frustrating sometimes, but never too much and awhen you beat someone you had trouble with, it's great satisfaction.
Definitelly worth it.
Posted February 05, 2013
Loved the first one, so this is a big go for me. Nice to see it here GOG
Posted February 05, 2013
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gandalf.nho: Looks interesting, how's the difficulty?
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Ghorpm: Well... the game is not well balanced but beatable for sure. The good thing is that you will have to change your deck pretty often to adopt to your opponents. Forget about one perfect arrangement that can win every fight. And I must admit I love the game just for that - careful planing before every battle is the best part of the game. And seeing that your plan works is very rewarding.

The bad thing is that sometimes you will have to relay on your luck: if you don't get the right cards at the beginning of the battle your opponent will develop so fast that you will have no chance to win (damned orcs!). You have to reload it and then it may turn out that you smash him almost instantly. That's really bad...
Cheater AI?
Posted February 05, 2013
I was so sure I have this already from DotEmu, but apparently not. Maybe I mixed the name up with the Silverfall games.
Posted February 05, 2013
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gandalf.nho: Cheater AI?
No, but sometimes your opponent gets great starting spells and yours sucks and he steamrolls you and other time it can be exact opposite.
Posted February 05, 2013
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gandalf.nho: Cheater AI?
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Vitek: No, but sometimes your opponent gets great starting spells and yours sucks and he steamrolls you and other time it can be exact opposite.
Thanks for the answer
Posted February 05, 2013
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gandalf.nho: Cheater AI?
It's pretty much like in every card based game - if you're out of luck and you get the wrong cards at the beginning, you are very likely to loose.

The same thing goes with your opponents though
Posted February 05, 2013
The word, "sacrifice" is misspelled in the last sentence of the announcement. I am surprised that Licurg did not catch this before me!

This game looks very cool. I must have been napping when the previous one was released. I'm not familiar with them, nor collectible card games at all but it looks very interesting. This had me looking at Magic the Gathering as well, which looks very cool too.

As if I was not far enough behind in games I want to play, now these new ones. I sure I hope I live long enough to experience all of this great stuff.
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Posted February 05, 2013
Great release, thanks GOG!
Posted February 05, 2013
W...why is that poor girl wearing a metal bikini while standing on a frozen landscape in that screenshot? What kind of general has the tactical acumen to lead armies and heroes to battle but forgets something as simple as not freezing your own butt off in the battlefield? :)
Posted February 05, 2013
Wow! Thanks for this release!
This is a Good Old Game indeed.
Post edited February 05, 2013 by Merchito
Posted February 05, 2013
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Ghorpm: Well... the game is not well balanced but beatable for sure. The good thing is that you will have to change your deck pretty often to adopt to your opponents. Forget about one perfect arrangement that can win every fight. And I must admit I love the game just for that - careful planing before every battle is the best part of the game. And seeing that your plan works is very rewarding.

The bad thing is that sometimes you will have to relay on your luck: if you don't get the right cards at the beginning of the battle your opponent will develop so fast that you will have no chance to win (damned orcs!). You have to reload it and then it may turn out that you smash him almost instantly. That's really bad...
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gandalf.nho: Cheater AI?
You got some answers already so I will only add that the game is designed in a way that it actually preclude AI cheating. Each mission revolves around you. It's not like HoMM where both AI and you build up your cities, create armies and fight each other. No, nothing like this. Each mission is quasi-linear: there are some opponents you can avoid or decide to attack later but basically everything is set: your final boss is just patiently waiting for you at the end. So it's only you how gain experience, get new cards and so one. AI is passive. I know it seems bad but don't worry - it's not a typical TBS game (it would be terrible in aforementioned HoMM) and it works perfectly fine here. Actually the story was so deep that I realized it only after few missions and it never bothered me in any way.
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El_Caz: W...why is that poor girl wearing a metal bikini while standing on a frozen landscape in that screenshot? What kind of general has the tactical acumen to lead armies and heroes to battle but forgets something as simple as not freezing your own butt off in the battlefield? :)
This poor girl's name is Diamanda and it's not enough to say she is legendary. She is THE legend. I wouldn't worry about her ;)
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