Battle Mages
Release Date: March 26, 2004
Strategy, RTS, RPG elements, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN
Steam
Real-time strategy with cRPG elements, embedded in the realities of the fantasy world. The player becomes a recent graduate of the Imperial School of Mages, who will find a forgotten dwarf artifact and with his help a defeated army of chaos.
Since antiquity the World was protected from Chaos by Magical Crystal placed somewhere in the center of the World. Only inside its safe aura there could exist peacefully various living creatures; there they enjoyed sunlight, blooming trees and flowing rivers. Outside this aura reality was deformed: there was no sunlight and no magic.
At the very onset of ages the Inside World was shared among Humans, Elves and Dwarves. Later Dwarves deserted their territory and settled in subterranean realms.
But once upon a time there appeared wicked Wizard among elves. He gained the confidence of Elven Princess and gave her a magical diadem, which helped elven kingdom to reach prosperity and win the respect of the rest races.
Soon elves recollected that they had come to this World due to the unknown cataclysm, and cunning Wizard started elaborating guileful plans of their return back home through destruction of Magical Crystal. Elves unleashed cruel war trying to get this Crystal, but were defeated by Human resistance. Nevertheless Wizard could not submit such turn of events. One day Elven Princess was murdered under mysterious circumstances, and huge hordes of undead and other hostile creatures began their horrible intrusion into the World.
To restore peace and prevent chaos your character, the graduate of the Imperial Battle Mage School, starts searching for the powerful and mysterious dwarven artifact, which had been lost long ago.
Hire some followers and lead your troops against monsters and gangsters, carry out the quests and the Inside World will escape the crush!
Key features:
* The large fantasy World is all-sufficient - each unit has its own behavior. It's a great pleasure just to watch, how this world lives by itself even without your interference in its life. Cities produce commodities, peasants cultivate crops and gather harvest, bandits attack caravans, local wars break the peace there and so on - lovely and nice world seems to be a charming cartoon.
* You can achieve your goals by various ways and means - everything depends exceptionally on your imagination!
* Various quests are to be given to your character according to the circumstances, so you can replay the whole game and have another mission scenario!
* You may choose skills for your character in order to make him either an almighty magician or a great army commander - its up to you!
* Powerful 3d engine, dimensional scaling and splendid landscapes give you unforgettable view of that vivid and lovely World as if you really lived there.
* Spectacular magic effects and variety of spells will make you curious in getting more and more experience to gain new spells and watch, how they work.
* There exists branching technological tree and advanced system of unit's upgrade.
* Large diversity of armor, weaponry, treasures and magical artifacts, which are bound to make the gameplay just absorbing!
Last updated on August 14, 2015
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Battle Mages Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Targem
Publisher: Buka Entertainment
Battle Mages System Requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Pentium III 733MHz, 128MB RAM, 32MB graphic card, 900 MB HDD
Game Expansions for Battle Mages
Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness
Expansion
Strategy
December 4, 2004
Battle Mages add-on, offering four new campaigns that will see dramatic events rooted long before the Shadow of Warlock appeared in Daenmar. The player will discover the secrets of the defenders of the Crystal, try to stop the dangerous plans of the elves, lead the vengeful Orcs into battle, stand in front of the armies of Chaos, and command a horde of undeads that will sow death and destruction.