age of wonders planetfall review embargo

Keep digging at Age of Wonders: Planetfall and you will find some impressive depth, for sure, from tech trees to unit modifications to character customisation - only it's depth, unfortunately, in the sense that a twelve-page restaurant menu has depth. Availability: Out now on PS4, Xbox One and PC.That there'd be some B-movie, Starship Troopers gold lying in wait, reserved only for those patient and diligent enough to keep digging. By any conventional wisdom you'd think, if you scratch away long enough, that the schlock on top would give way to some buried treasure. Civilization by way of XCOM, in the ideal setting. It screams 'hidden gem', on the face of it: a generous glob of SyFy channel space-cheese, spread over a rich and hearty mix of genres.

I promise you I have tried very hard to find something deeper, beneath the surface of Age of Wonders: Planetfall, that shows its true brilliance. Competent strategy pastes flat-footed, surface-level sci-fi over a genre that lives and dies by its nuance.

Age of wonders planetfall review embargo