Strategy publisher Slitherine Software and developer Owned by Gravity announced a sequel Fantasy General II: Invasion for Microsoft Windows in April 2019. The editors called Fantasy General "addictive and deep enough to be the true heir to Panzer General 's throne", and noted that it "could have won had the competition not been so strong". It was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World 's 1995 "Strategy Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Command & Conquer and Heroes of Might and Magic (tie). įantasy General was a finalist for the Computer Game Developers Conference's 1996 "Best Strategy/War Game" Spotlight Award, but lost the prize to Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Butcher comments that " Fantasy General is good but not great - you can happily while away a few hours with it but it's unlikely to keep you up 'till three in the morning for 'one more go'". Īndy Butcher reviewed Fantasy General for Arcane magazine, rating it a 7 out of 10 overall. A reviewer for Next Generation commented that typical war simulation fans would likely be turned off by the game's unhistorical setting, lighthearted atmosphere, and lack of challenge, but that its solid sense of fun would make it entertaining for those willing to try something different. They did, however, also criticize the instability on Windows 95, simplified magic system, and lack of scenario descriptions but overall rated the game as equal or more to its predecessor. They also praised the game's performance given how smoothly it ran. Computer Gaming World praised the game's pacing and AI, stating it challenged the player to think intelligently unlike other strategy games.
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įraser Brown from PC Gamer wrote of Fantasy General that it was a "wargame for people who rightly felt that the otherwise excellent Panzer General didn't have enough dragons".
The game's music featured original settings of Strife is O'er, the Dies Irae, the Easter sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Dona Nobis Pacem and two works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh and Wir essen und leben.įantasy General sold at least 50,000 units by September 1997. The soundtrack to Fantasy General was arranged by Rick Rhodes and Danny Pelfrey and featured soprano Marisa Lenhardt. Other unit categories vary, though every category has Heavy Infantry, Cavalry, and Sky Hunter units available. There are Mortal units available from grades 0 to 5 for every class. The classes are Heavy Infantry, Light Infantry, Skirmishers, Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Archers, Bombardiers, Sky Hunters, Siege Engines, and Spell Casters. Mechanical units, for example, are only available in grades 0, 1, 3, and 5. Units range in grade from 0 to 5, though not all categories of units have a unit available for every grade. In Campaign mode, the player allocates gold toward researching new grades of units. Non-mortal units are usually stronger, but cannot be upgraded and will eventually become obsolete as the player researches new units. There are four unit categories: Mortal, Magical, Beast and Mechanical. heroes, mechanical forces) represent single entities. Unlike Panzer General, where units represent battalion-size groups, Fantasy General units approximate squads, with most units consisting of fifteen soldiers, though some (e.g. Fantasy General is an operational-level game. Gameplay is based on a traditional hex map, with a wide variety of units available. It concludes with the liberation of four continents and final defeat of the Shadowlord at the Fire Isle. In campaign mode, the player selects one of four heroes and sets out to defeat the Shadowlord and his four generals, evil counterparts to the heroes. There are two sides, Good and Evil, each with unique units, though they share unit equivalents. The player can play either a single scenario against a computer or human opponent or a campaign. Ī successor called Fantasy General II: Invasion was released by publisher Slitherine Software and developer Owned by Gravity in 2019.įantasy General is a turn-based game situated in a high fantasy world. It was published on GOG.com in May 2015 with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux after GOG Ltd acquired the copyright to the title. It allows gaming against other human players by email. It was the third in the Five Star General series. Its structure was taken from the game Panzer General with some modifications to the base system. Fantasy General is a fantasy computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations in 1996.
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