Age Of Castles

Age Of Castles casts you as a king in a mythical land, who must lead his people to victory over the forces of evil by building up a castle and conquering enemy armies. Things start off in an agonisingly I pedestrian manner as you shift , around your resources to build i your castle, earn gold and amass I a fighting force. In fact, the game's early stages are about as gripping as a dead man's handshake. However, it's not long before things L start to liven up and as you delve into the game's later stages, you can really start to bolster your powers, while the turn-based battles become far more tense affairs, despite their overly simplistic mechanic.

While Age Of Castles is certainly far more entertaining than early impressions suggest, its likely that strategy fans will find it somewhat threadbare, while its overly steep price tag (for what it is) means its hard to recommend it to nonstrategy fans either. Shame really, as with a bit more depth, it could have been a corker.