Congratulations, Age Of Wonders: Planetfall – you’re an actual sci-fi world now. From Forerunners to Protheans and every little thing in between, no spacefaring journey is full with out an enigmatic, questionably-malevolent historical precursor people who vanished and not using a hint. Released at present, Planetfall’s Revelations enlargement heralds the return of the nasty outdated Heritors and allows you to start your imperial ambitions by clawing out of the grave.
From tomb worlds to skeletal nasties, Revelations is an entire lot of doom and gloom within the tomb.
The descendants of a long-dead utopian civilisation, Revelations resurrects the Heritor from their lengthy sleep. Like the off-brand Warhammer Necrons they resemble, these vaguely ancient-Egyptian nasties are utilizing high-powered old-school tech to “establish divine rule across the universe” by bringing their outdated mates again from the useless. Two new campaigns will introduce these slumbering dangerous lads and their outdated masters, the Es’teq dynasty.
Of course, yow will discover their tech and use it towards each the Heritor and different gamers. These developments are centred on draining energy out of your foes and summoning long-buried allies. Revelations additionally introduces the Tomb World situation, the place you and your fellow empires discover yourselves caught on an historical Heritor homeworld.
All that comes included with Revelations itself, however there are a couple of extra additions arriving for all Planetfall gamers. You’ll now have the ability to take over new Imperial Defences, whereas a brand new Orbital Relays let empires improve infrastructure from house.
Nate took a gander at Planetfall for us when it touched down this August. In his Age Of Wonders: Planetfall review, he reckoned it’s an important bridge between hexagon Civ ’em ups and XCOM’s extra tactical battling. Either means, “giant women on laser dinosaurs” is one hell of a technique to pique my curiosity.
Age Of Wonders: Planetfall – Revelations is out now on Steam and GOG for £11.39/€15/$15.
