Also, although there are some seriously nice-looking cinematics, the majority of the story is told through in-engine cut-scenes that tend to drag more than an episode of Antiques Roadshow.
The graphics are mostly perfunctory, and are bland enough to make it tricky to keep up with what's going on during larger battles. Other than that, it's pretty much business as usual, with a triple-faceted resource system that will be recognised by anyone familiar with Age Of Empires, a superweapon system that fans of Command & Conquer: Generals will be comfortable with, and a dynamic of build your base/amass your army/swarm the enemy that will remind you of a thousand other RTS titles.Įxigo's other flaws are, thankfully, minor. The concept is well implemented, and it's far easier than you might think to keep track of units over what are essentially two different maps, but it's a shame that many of the campaign missions rely on linearly guiding kyou through these areas via objectivebased missions. By sending your units into an access point, they can travel down to the underworld consisting of dungeon-like caverns. Going DownĮxigo's other carrot of innovation nestling within its vomit puddle of unoriginality lies in the fact that there are two levels to each map. A race of genuinely creepy Geiger-esque creatures, The Fallen manage to look brilliant and have a noticeably different feel to how they play. Asīrain-meltingly predictable as the two factions are, Exigo plays a blinder with its third-The Fallen. This translates into a lengthy single-player campaign made up of a time-consuming 36 missions, consisting of 12 mission chapters each based on one of the three factions. Set in a fantasy world that inspires deja vu and not much more, the rent-a-plot hinges around the Empire (a coalition of humans and elves) defending their land in the realm of NoranĪgainst the invading Beast Tribes (orcs, trolls and. Unfortunately, Armies Of Exigo for the most part, is pretty much bog standard. Consequently, they have to do something pretty special to earn our attention - like The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth's top-draw movie licence or Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War's superior design sensibilities or Rome: Total War's utter brilliance. If The FPS is the most over-represented genre on the PC right now, then the RTS must surely rank as a close second.
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