
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. Her exquisite mastery of archery is unparalleled.If The FPS is the most over-represented genre on the PC right now, then the RTS must surely rank as a close second.

the daughter of the King of the Northern Elves, Lady Tierna remembers and honors the old alliance with humans to defend the realm against invaders, be they beasts or Orcs.

Lady Tierna and her giant eagle, Silver Wing, lead the elite Valkyrie warriors. though still young, Alric's knowledge of ancient spells and unmatched spell-casting mastery make him indispensable in the fight for supremacy Dunehelm BellangereĪ brave and battle-tested knight dedicated to protecting the empire from the growing threats from the beasts and from the more tenuous new threat posed by the fallen, Dunehelm is instrumental in the fight against encroaching evil. Alric do ReiĪlric recently took over as head of the Council of Mages when his mentor suddenly and mysteriously died.

The empire is lead by the mage Alric do Rei. "comprised of valiant knights, hardworking peasants, mystical elves and others". UnitsĪrmies of Exigo feature's three different armies: The empire, the fallen, the beasts. The game's major twist on the genre is the 'dual-layered map system', which allows you to delve deep underground and explore caves and caverns, then tunnel to the surface to ambush your enemies. A fairly generic RTS with strong similarities to Warcraft III and StarCraft. Armies of Exigo is a PC Real Time Strategy game developed by Black Hole Entertainment and published by EA.
