Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars is an engaging strategy game set in a dark vampire world in turmoil, that combines empire management and turn-based combat with unique card-game elements. Descend into a mythical world filled with horrors and legends – and hurl yourself into a compelling gothic epos paired with a challenging game experience. FEATURES: • Experience an enthralling story spanning across 12 meticulously crafted missions from the perspective of four mighty vampire lords. • Discover the Bloodlines: Command one of three unique vampire clans with distinctive units, powers, gameplay mechanics and characters. • Vampiric powers: Original card game elements enhance the gameplay and provide a refreshing take on the genre. • Strategy & Tactics: Command your armies, recruit new units and unlock crucial technologies in the Sandbox mode, and then put your skills to the test in the action-packed Skirmish mode. And the story-driven Campaign provides even more varied content.
Steam User 2
What an absolute hidden gem this game is. I played this a bunch in alpha and beta way back prior to it's release and it's a game that has so much potential and delivers on some of that potential.
The good:
- Asymmetrical vampire factions. The factions are very unique and very fun. From the honorable Dracul with their militaristic approach, to the occult Nosfernus who make use of necromancy and demonic pacts, to the Moroia - high arcane vampires that go full out on the magic approach.
- Unique and engaging unit rosters. The units of each faction and the neutral factions are fantastic and very different from one another. There is a lot of depth in how you can play with the units and the army compositions you can make. Werewolves, bats, golems, zombies, knights and so much more.
- Tactical combat. The combat is actually very tactical - you need to make use of positioning, ranks and files, abilities and keywords all to really perform your best in the combat. And the magic the lords add to the combat is fantastic.
- Magic. And on that topic - the combat magic is fantastic here. You have faction based magic and you have schools of magic in addition. You could have a Dracul hero with half dracul magic and half shadow magic from the school of shadow - combining blood magic with shadowy teleports and debuffs. And there are a lot of magic school options - allowing amazing feats of magic like earthquakes, lightning storms, fire, shadow, ice, essence, etc. - a lot to explore here!
- Sandbox conquest mode. This can be hit and miss for people. You move armies across the world map and lay claim to territories. These territories can be upgrades and developed, but can very easily be stolen if you don't protect them. I think it's fun- you might not.
- Actions and cards on the world map. Each army has action points that you use to move, claim, upgrade, recruit, feed, heal, and so much more. If the army is lead by a lord you get 3 action points, and if not the army gets 2 action points and becomes limited to moving and attacking. In addition to these action points you can interact with the world through cards - and these cards are a mix of generic and faction specific - and there is a lot of fun to be done with them.
The bad:
- The AI. No beating around the bush with this one. The AI is decent on it's best moments, but mostly below average. You can easily predict what it will do.
- Conquest sandbox. I added this as a possitive and a negative because - it's just not for everyone. It plays like a boardgame and either it works for you or it doesn't.
- Not enough terrain modifiers in combat. The combat maps have chokepoints and shrines, but beyond that it's pretty limited. No bushes to slow down movement, no elevations to give height advantage, etc. It's pretty basic on this front.
TL;DR: I honestly think this is a great game and I'd rank it a 7 out of 10. If you are into tactical combat, card games, board games and a pretty vibing vampire setting - I'd be happy to recommend this to you.
Steam User 3
Its not perfect but regardless I highly enjoyed this game but admittedly I am a big turn based strategy/Gothic/vampire theme fan.
Steam User 1
this game is a good but i wish you had the option to play as the regular human faction, maybe make some more maps for the game as well i love the sand box feature.
Steam User 1
This is a good game!
Steam User 1
Small, but great. Everything here is well polished both in terms of game play design and aesthetic. There just isn't much here, so it gets very repetitive.
I'd recommend on a sale.