Conquest of Elysium 3 is an old school fantasy strategy game. You explore your surroundings conquer locations that provides the resources you need. Resources needed vary much depending on what character you are, e.g. the high priestess need places where she can gather human sacrifices, the baron needs places where tax can be collected and where iron can be mined. These resources can then be used for magic rituals and troop recruitments. The main differentiator for this game is the amount of features and special abilities that can be used.
The game can be played on Windows, Linux (x86 and raspberry pi) and Mac OSX (intel and powerpc).
Feb 21st, 2012 2 people agree 0 people don't
Excellent game, definitely a must by for fans of fantasy strategy games!
Feb 21st, 2012 2 people agree 0 people don't
For those of you who enjoyed CoE2, this is a no brainer. Great modernization of the classic game, slightly different battle mechanics and monsters/items. Needs some UI options such as loading from inside the game and more configuration options. But definately a solid 9.
May 4th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't
Autant j'ai adoré Dominions (2 et 3), autant ce jeu est une énorme déception. La défense des structures est pénible, à la fois par l'absence de message d'alerte si une structure est prise (meme si vous avez placé des défenses, encore faut-il savoir laquelle est tombée), que par le micro-management fastidieux nécessaire à la mise en place de telles défense. Cela est d'autant plus vrai que les cartes pululent de bestioles et que des vulgaires animaux (de terrible biches!!! Bambi t'es un salaud) s'attaquent à des villes...
Pour ce qui est de la magie, c'est le règne complet du hasard. Les classes mystiques peuvent accumuler des ressources magiques pour faire des rituels magique "majeur" qui ne font finalement parfois pratique rien ou un effet surpuissant. Certaines "élévations" (transformation d'un mystique en un statut supérieur) sont carrément négatives (par exemple, la liche devenant une demi-liche... qui devient inutilisable car ne se déplaçant que par rituel, de manière aléatoire).
Pour finir l'interface est bien moins conçue que la série des dominions. Ce qui rend tous les problèmes de micro-management encore bien plus pénible.
Mar 6th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't
After playing Dominions 3 I expected a bit more from CoE3.
The game is quite good to do some casual gaming, but it is gravely lacking in strategy:
Besides deciding which units to buy and where to place your army on the map there is nothing else to do.
(no ressource management, you can´t even arrange your troops)
So if your up for some casual gaming give CoE3 a shot.
For strategy and challenge stick with Dom3 or any other 4x-game.
Feb 29th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't
A great game from one of the best developers out there today. CoE2 is free online if you want to try a demo, as this is only an amazing upgrade of that game. The replayability of this thing is staggering.
