| Endless Legend | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Amplitude Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Iceberg Interactive (formerly) Sega (current) |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| Release | 18 September 2014 |
| Genre(s) | 4x, turn-based strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single player and multiplayer |
As with most 4X strategy games, DLCs for Endless Legend tend to be specialized on a particular design philosophy, or gameplay mechanic that needs an update or otherwise absent from the base game. However, Guardians is arguably one that caters to a wide variety of tastes, as it impacts short and long-term goals, map exploration, army composition. Endless Legend: Shadows v20151120 MULTI7 Fixed Files; Endless Legend: Shadows v20150802 MULTI7 Fixed Files; Endless Legend: Guardians v20150430 MULTI7 Fixed Files; Endless Legend v1.0.31 MULTI5 Fixed Files; Endless Legend v1.0.7 MULTI5 Fixed Files; Endless Legend v1.0.2 MULTI5 Fixed Files; Endless Legend v1.0 MULTI5 Fixed Files. Endless Legend: Guardians A strong if familiar set of additions to a classy 4X game. PC Gamer Newsletter. Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming. Ponyx try deleting the 'Endless legend' folder found in 'My documents' before restarting the pc and see if it will crash again. Mar 23, 2015 @ 9:49am. FREE TO GUARDIANS These ancient giants, extensions of the Auriga itself, have broken the chains that the Infinites imposed on them. Own your legendary power and impose your supremacy over the other empires! Find and equip yourself with precious stones (a new category of objects) to strengthen your Guardians even more with new skills.
Endless Legend is a turn based4X fantasy-strategy game developed by Amplitude Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in September 2014. The purpose of the game is to dominate the world of Auriga with one of the fourteen races/factions through either diplomacy or war while developing new technologies, exploring new lands and founding new cities.[1][2]
Endless Legend is the second game made by Amplitude Studios in their Endless series of titles, following Endless Space.
The game was later published by Sega after they acquired Amplitude Studios.
Gameplay[edit]
Endless Legend is a turn-based 4X strategy game, in which players take control of a fantasy faction to establish an empire through exploration, conquest, diplomacy and research.[3] The game is set in the land of Auriga, with the layout of its landmass and ecosystems being randomized per game, represented on a model-like map made up of a hexagonal grid.
The map is populated with a variety of terrain, each made up of biomes within the world which have effects on the player's units. Tiles and their layout are all randomly generated to create a unique playable world with each separate playthrough.
Fog of war covers the play space requiring exploration by the player's units to find resources, minor factions, and races that players must utilize and exploit to benefit their growing empires.
However, unlike other 4X games, the world map of Endless Legend is formed of separate regions. Once a city has been established within the borders of a region for the first time, the entire region becomes part of a faction's territory and control. At the start of each game, each faction begins with a settler unit to establish their first city and region. Regions can only host one city each within their borders.[4]
Faction[edit]
Players can choose from one of the fourteen available factions, each with their own unique characteristics including appearance, units, abilities and play-styles:[3]
- Wild Walkers: Former forest dwellers who have harnessed magic to control and shape the natural world.
- Broken Lords: Knights of honor and chivalry who have lost their humanity, remaining as specters within their suits of armor.
- Vaulters: Great smiths and craftsmen who have lived in solitude underground for most of the history prior.
- Mezari: Space settlers who must adapt the best they can to Auriga's terrestrial conditions due to a loss of their ship and technology.
- Necrophages: A great hive mind of insectoid creatures that can spread plagues while infecting and controlling others.
- Ardent Mages: Sorcerers who warp their bodies and minds to achieve great magical power and sustained life.
- Roving Clans: Travelers and merchants from distant lands of a nomadic tradition.
- Drakken: An ancient dragon race whose longevity has made them a wise race of scholars and diplomats.
- Cult of the Eternal End: A fanatical cult that spreads influence on lesser races, mechanical in their appearance and thought, who wish to destroy the relics of the Endless, the advanced alien race that once counted Auriga among the planets under their possession.
The following factions have been added in game expansions (denoted in parentheses):
- Forgotten(Shadows): Survivors from a 'thought to be extinct faction' embracing the shadows by specializing into deception, infiltration, and sabotage.
- Allayi(Shifters): Ancient beings from the time of the Endless who change form with the seasons and hold a tight bond with Auriga.
- Morgawr(Tempest): Ancient underwater folk who rose from the depths of Auriga.
- Kapaku(Inferno): Emigrants forced from their volcanic homeworld who seek to transform Auriga into a 'paradise of ash and fire'.
- Mykara(Symbiosis): A race of fungal humanoids who arose with the newly awakened Urkans.
Resources[edit]
Faction controlled cities are used to generate resources, construct buildings and recruit armies. There are five different key resources each faction requires to remain stable and grow: food, industry, dust, science, and influence.
- Food is used to increase and sustain the population.
- Industry is used to produce units and buildings.
- Dust is the standard currency in Auriga.
- Science is used for research.
- Influence is used for empire level actions, in which the player gains boons like a boosted attack on units or additional resource gain. Influence is also required for diplomatic proposals with other factions.
Resources are gained through the properties on game world tiles within a city's border, buildings the player has constructed and research. How much of a resource a city can gather is dictated by a city's workforce, gained by its native population, which can grow.
Workers are the main tool for gaining resources. They are placed to collect certain resources for the player, with more workers on a certain task gaining more resources.
Research[edit]
Another aspect of Endless Legend is the progression of research. Research is cut into four areas within multiple eras. The four areas of research are military, science and industry, empire and expansion, and economy and population. Each aspect is intended to tailor the experience to the player and pushes toward that player's specific goal of victory.[5]
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Cities[edit]
Cities are where armies are raised. Armies are composed of individual units spawned by the player, with different units types having their own abilities and uses in combat. Players move armies through an action points system. Each movement and interaction subtracts one action point until the counter hits zero, at which point no further actions can be taken.[3] The units are used for exploration, combat, diplomacy, and questing. Units in an army can be outfitted with different equipment researched and purchased by the player or found. Acquired equipment can change the statistics of a units to the player's liking. Armies can also include a hero, a powerful unit with the ability to gain skill points to temper the character to a player's playstyle.[5]
Quest[edit]
Endless Legend also has a quest system where quests are found in the game world. Many of these are completed through the use of armies. Quests differ between factions and are the main source of story content throughout the game.[4] Completing all of the player's chosen faction's quests is also one possible victory condition for a player. Armies can accomplish quests given by other faction for diplomacy points. Diplomacy is used to gain favor with other faction, and if enough influence points are gained alliances can be formed.[4] On the other hand, a declaration of war between the player and another faction can also occur if a player helps that faction's enemy. Outside of both peace and war, all players begin in a state of 'cold war'.
Win conditions[edit]
There are nine win conditions in the game:
- Quest Victory: complete all of the faction's quests and the epilogue quest.
- Elimination Victory: No other faction is left alive.
- Score victory: having the highest number of overall points at the end of the 300th turn in a normal game.
- Expansion Victory: 80% of the map is claimed by a player.
- Economic Victory: in a normal game, 555.500 Dust has been collected by a player.
- Diplomatic Victory: in a normal game, collecting 3000 Diplomatic Points.
- Wonder Victory: complete all of the faction's quests and build the associated Wonder.
- Scientific Victory: the player must discover five of six technologies in the 6th era.
- Supremacy Victory: be the only remaining player in control of their starting capital.
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Endless Legend received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Metacritic gathered an average rating of 82 out of 100 based on 35 reviews for the PC version.[7] and GameRankings gathered a score of 83% based on 20 reviews.[6]
PC Gamer US gave it an 89 out of 100 stating,'Amplitude Studios has created another astounding story-driven game, that really has taken the best bits of RTS, RPG, and 4X, drawing much from Endless Space, and spun it differently for every faction.'[4]IGN commented, 'It combines style, substance, and setting into a marvelous overall experience for both empire management and tactical combat.' giving it an 8.3 out of 10 [10]GameSpot warned of passive and weak AI but remarked, 'Endless Legend's driving forces are so thoroughly executed that it serves as an imperfect, but well worthwhile step in the series, and hopefully a sign of things to come.' giving it an 8 out of 10.[9]
Rock, Paper, Shotgun named Endless Legend Game of the Year in 2014.[11]
References[edit]
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Buy Endless Legend - Guardians as a Steam Key.
There are older and greater things in the universe than the Endless, whose few hundred centuries barely scrape the surface of history. What of those older entities, those other forces? Did they disappear before the arrival of the Endless, or could the Endless, at the height of their power, have contained and controlled them? And now that the Endless have faded or moved on, might some of these elder beings suddenly rise up again…?
These ancient giants, extensions of Auriga herself, have broken free from the chains with which the Endless imprisoned them. Make their legendary might yours, and impose your supremacy on other Empires! Find and equip Gemstones (new item category) to strengthen your Guardians even further with buffs and new skills.
UNLEASH THE GUARDIANS
GIOS, the Earth Guardian, senses all that moves in or across the planet. When engaged in battle, the ancient giant inflicts impressive zone damage to enemy units by causing earthquakes. If the need arises, he is also able to repair cities’ fortifications.
NEROS, the Water Guardian, listens to the echoes of the present and the past. While roaming your enemies’ land he can destroy watchtowers and extractors. In battle, Neros can use his Tsunami charge to deal damage relative to his distance from the target.
FOTIOS, the Fire Guardian, is linked to the primeval force of fire. He is able to cast a powerful light that drastically extends vision range. In combat, Fotios uses his flames to inflict fire damage over time on his enemies.
ATMOS, the Air Guardian, tracks the winds and scents of Auriga. Despite his size, the giant can teleport inside vision range, covering large distances in the blink of an eye. Atmos is also a fearful opponent as he gets stronger with each and every kill.
SKOROS, the Dust Guardian, is attuned to Auriga's magical currents. He has the ability to fully heal an entire allied army, and can use mind control spells to manipulate enemy units during battle.
COMPETE FOR SUPREMACY
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Legendary Deeds are another way to compete with other Empires. These competitive challenges reward the best with different types of compensations: Bonuses, technologies, resources, and items. Additionally, Global Events are now unfolding on Auriga. They will challenge all Empires with competitive and cooperative quests. The best will be rewarded with resources, items and special units!
10 Legendary Deeds: These extraordinary achievements are disseminated throughout the Eras. Each of them can only be completed by a single player and will give a significant boost by unlocking one of the new technologies, items, or city improvements created for the expansion.
10 Global Events: Be the one faction that makes the most of unexpected events affecting the entire planet.
Cooperative & Competitive Quests: Both cooperative and competitive quests have been added in which players will either need to work together or compete to obtain a reward or suffer the hard consequences.
BUILD A MIGHTY EMPIRE
Compete with the other Empires to build up to five Legendary Buildings. Gain powerful City Improvements that boost resources outputs, Approval or Influence. Unique buildings also allow further customization of Empires by unlocking specialized city improvements which are designed to support progression toward specific victory conditions.
5 Legendary Buildings: Massive undertakings, these awe-inspiring buildings can only constructed by one player per Era. Unlockable by achieving Legendary Deeds, these buildings are so powerful they are visible on the map.
10 Unique Buildings: Additional unique buildings that will provide benefits and allow players to specialize their cities depending on their surroundings.