Fantasy General was in all probability the primary hex-based technique game I used to be in a position to wrap my head round as a child, so in the present day’s announcement of Fantasy General 2: Invasion fills me with curiosity. Developed by Owned By Gravity and to be revealed by mostly-serious technique home Slitherine, it’s, as soon as once more, a hex-based wargame full of elves, goblins and wizards. Unlike the unique (a enjoyable however scattershot spinoff of the Panzer General sequence), the devs intention to make this one somewhat extra story-driven and coherent. Below, the debut trailer, plus some footage from a developer live-stream earlier in the present day.
The dev-stream under is an attention-grabbing watch. After going again and replaying the unique Fantasy General, Owned By Gravity discovered that it didn’t fairly dwell as much as their nostalgic picture of it. While nonetheless an excellent technique game for 1996, time and entropy had crammed a variety of the blanks in its design with imagined qualities that they wish to characterize for actual within the sequel. Biggest of which is an elevated give attention to story and character, with hero models reacting to your story choices as you make them, and presumably even leaving in the event that they suppose you’ve strayed too removed from their private path.
There shall be a number of campaigns, every centered on one of many playable factions. The first they talked about being the Barbarian faction, described as a mix of Norse and Celtic ideas, with forest-monster associates. They’ll initially be combating amongst themselves, however later tussle with the Empire, a vaguely Roman faction that backs up their numbers with undead servants. The game is mission-based, as within the authentic, with a number of targets and set-pieces, though multiplayer is after all deliberate. I’ve acquired my fingers crossed that they will dwell as much as their very own nostalgic imaginative and prescient, and ship a worthy sequel 23 years later.
While there’s no launch date on Fantasy General 2: Invasion but, they’re aiming to launch the game this 12 months, and are taking beta sign-ups here. It additionally has a store page on Steam.
