Driftland: The Magic Revival: Video Game Overview

Talking that strategies are all bad, of course, groundless. Tropico 6, Anno 1800, Emperor: Rome, ambulance Total War: Three Kingdoms – Fans of the genre are now easy eyes run. However, it’s all enough classic things from mastted developers. The more valuable when something not just standing in the indi sector appears, and also harmoniously combining classics with his ideas. This is how, for example, Driftland: The Magic Revival, The authors of which, on the one hand, go along the path, laid in Majesty, and on the other – add to this tested formula Terraforming and flights on eagles and dragons.

Mandatory program

Action Driftland Deployed in the fantasy world, on the planet, split destructive war on smaller islands. Here, of course, immediately remember “Allods”, But we still have a strategy, so everything is happening anyway.

As I said, the overall concept is taken from Majesty. Several fractions belonging to different races argue on the domination on each card – or simply develop in parallel, solving their tasks and periodically using diplomacy.

We rebuild the castle and erect different useful buildings. Some, like farms, mines, gold mines, quarries and sawmills, bring resources (until they are not completely in this area). Others, in particular barracks, shooting, magic towers and the like, allow you to call warriors who will fight for you. Third, such as forge and libraries, allow the heroes to learn useful “skills”. All buildings, as usual, allow to improve – would have enough resources.

Office with hints

But at the same time directly manage units in Driftland: The Magic Revival You are not capable. It is allowed only to put flags-pointers – they say, examine here, collect resources there, attack on such an enemy, building or whole territory. You can only hang it faster, gold dresses for becoming a priority. Such a card in the game is very convenient – it allows you to immediately assess the situation and respond directly from this screen.
Well, the personal participation of the player is also expressed in the fact that he can help his global magic troops, having wrapped on enemies fiery balls, lightning and other witchcasses – or, for example, accelerating their own and slowing strangers. In addition, you can create portals through which your warriors will quickly move between the territories, and call the magic eyes, shooting part of the “Fog of War” in the selected point on the map.

Island of my hope

Even better for this suitable the most dragons that I spoke at the very beginning. Well, or huge crows and eagles that are saddled by your heroes. That is, with the help of flying units, we mainly explore the card and fight. It is clear why: the whole it is broken into fragments, hanging in the air and hidden fog. And winged wards can quickly get there and open location.

Not only can I find a new nest of the same eagles, some treasure with gold or, for example, a new skill for heroes, so you also get a chance to attach this fragment to your empire. And this is very important. So and sources of resources will appear, and your foot fighters will be able to get to the altar with skills or to nest with eagles to settle them (flying combat units for obvious reasons play in Driftland a huge role).

But to attach, you will have to use global magic. Special spell highlight a shard and move it as close as possible to its own – this will allow you to roll off the wooden or stone bridge to it to stroke the territory. Then it also appears the opportunity again with the help of a charrartainment fragments, making their surface more suitable for your race, destroy the islands with all the buildings and even create new air.Now it will hurt all!

Racial bundle

At the stage of early access, many have expressed concerns that The Magic Revival little content, but several campaigns for different races were added to the release, which will be discovered gradually. People, dwarves and dark elves here defend their interests and perform different tasks. And then the authors promise to add a campaign and for wild elves.

In general, nothing outstanding (get to such a fragment, find something, meet with those, destroy this castle …), but some missions turned out really interesting and tense. Especially when you need, for example, the attacks of the Dark Elves beat, and the dwarves look for, and then help them and make sure that the tornado running on the map did not hide all your troops.

And most importantly, in campaigns (however, as in the local or network “Skirmish”), you can estimate the features of the game for different races. Dwarves are able to build special antimagic statues protecting entire territories, and their researchers are able to repair buildings. Wild elves grow plants that treat units. Their dark relatives are asking special spikes, which protect against attacks on bridges, binding fragments. Plus, every race has its global magical focuses: if you are frightened by the enemies by the people in tradition, then, for example, the main attacking “Spell” at the magician of the dark elves is a call for bishi flocks.

Island of my hope

All this is not a joke delays. IN Driftland The usual strategic exercises for detuning the base and management of resources, indirect control, the study of the card on eagles and dragons and non-standard methods of expanding the empire using terracer and the movement of sushi fragments. Separate gameplay is associated with the capture of neutral birds – you need to hire “Letunov” in time and send the heroes of different classes to saddle them. Here happen truly large-scale and spectacular battles!
In addition, the construction of these most fragments of the air opens up new methods of conquering territories. They become a kind of bridge between your and enemy earth, when you need to do so that not only flying, but also hiking to the enemy castle. To them – and then from them – you can hold portals, view around protective towers, and voila – ready to be a powerful bridgehead for victorious blitzkrieg!

In Tonus

However, not everything is so simple. First, the enemy AI actively supports their magic troops and cripples our. And the reserves of mana he seems unlimited. Secondly, here in principle constantly stay in suspense. You need to fight back from regular attacks to your lands (protective towers do not always save), and heroes to train new skills in time, and examine the card, and do not forget to expand new fragments.

And also make sure that the sources of resources do not go into minus. To do this, you need to transfer workers from one direction to another and back – if, for example, your farms began to produce less food, it is better to translate people from mines and sawmills. Permanent resource management in this game is extremely important. In such a situation, global upgrades are very helpful (for example, an increase in the efficiency of the same mines and sawmills), which we buy for glasses issued for all successful actions and killing of enemy heroes.

Confused yet except for too primitive and messy battles, during which indirect control often gets sideways. Situations where the units instead of attacking, fly to the main camp or when you have a camp due to the fact that you cannot assemble a single combat fist and hit all the time, there are constantly. That is, in theory and in practice it is possible to do this, but in the process you risks to develop and lose the huge number of nerve cells. In those Majesty All this was arranged somehow more clearly and humanly, or something.

Another fragment to visit us!
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Despite some unbelong control flaws, Driftland: The Magic Revival – It is amazing and somewhere even sensational (for indi-sector) high-quality strategy in the best, and already subsided, traditions Majesty. There is no of the same humor and irony, but otherwise everything is as in the best houses – there are also a campaign, multiplayer, and different gameplay races, and diplomacy, and depth, and a variety. And terraforming with heroes riding on eagles and dragons in addition. Take off very difficult!

Pros: in many ways a unique game concept;abundance of opportunities;fascinating, diverse and tense gameplay;Dragons and terraforming;differently different in tactics and races strategy;Pleasant eye picture;Atmospheric musical accompaniment.

Minuses: Indirect control does not always work properly;I would like even more differences between races.