Armageddon Empires

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Armageddon Empires is a single player turn-based strategy game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Cryptic Comet Games and was released on April 16, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and very positive reviews from players.

"Armageddon Empires" is a 2007 turn-based strategy game, where players choose one of four factions and build their playing deck for battle. The game offers different map sizes and playstyles, combining elements of collectable card games, board games, and computer games. The objective is to outsmart and defeat other factions in epic war games. The game includes expansions "Cults of the Wasteland" and "Tip of the Spear."

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92%

Audience ScoreBased on 39 reviews

gameplay4 positive mentions

story2 negative mentions

Engaging and deep strategic gameplay with a unique blend of card mechanics and 4X elements.
Rich atmosphere and diverse factions, each with unique playstyles and beautifully designed artwork.
High replayability due to customizable decks and procedurally generated maps, providing a fresh experience each game.

Clunky and outdated user interface that can be difficult to navigate, requiring a learning curve.
Combat mechanics can feel cumbersome and overly reliant on dice rolls, leading to frustrating moments.
Lack of multiplayer options and some mechanical imbalances can detract from the overall experience.

gameplay
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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56%
19%
The gameplay of the game is praised for its strategic depth, unique mechanics, and rich card integration, offering a blend of 4X exploration and tactical combat. However, players note that the user interface can be confusing and clunky, which detracts from the overall experience. Despite these issues, the game is recognized for its beautiful artwork and high replayability, appealing to those who enjoy complex strategy games.
- “I can't praise this game enough; it packs a whole lot of strategy into a few hours of gameplay, and that's one of its many benefits, as well as seamlessly integrating card mechanics by creating your own themed decks in the same format as MTG.”
- “Still, AE is one of the best strategy war games available, with a rich and brutal world presented in stunningly detailed and beautiful artwork, hiding a deeply strategic gameplay with an almost endless potential for replayability.”
- “Gameplay is rich with card play, which is nicely detailed with beautiful artwork.”
- “Base hunting is one of the unique mechanics in the game, and yet the restrictive zoning means that after a few games, you know roughly where to look.”
- “Cool ideas and neat art, but the gameplay is unnecessarily clunky and unsatisfying, and it doesn't run well on modern machines.”
- “Its got a lot of promising potential, the art is outstanding and the theme is great, but the UI is horrific and there are some glaring mechanical problems that really take this game down several notches.”
replayability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
40%
The game offers exceptional replayability, thanks to its deep strategic gameplay and extensive deck customization options, making each playthrough unique. While the user interface can be cumbersome and the mechanics complex, players who navigate these challenges will find a richly detailed world with nearly infinite replay potential.
- “Still, AE is one of the best strategy war games available, with a rich and brutal world presented in stunningly detailed and beautiful artwork, hiding a deeply strategic gameplay with an almost endless potential for replayability.”
- “The UI is janky and the mechanics can get downright arcane, so it's not for everyone, but if you want a deep hybrid board/card/4X game with near infinite replay value, this is for you.”
- “It's a great strategy game, with more replayability than most owing to the starting deck customization options.”
- “The UI is janky and the mechanics can get downright arcane, so it's not for everyone, but if you want a deep hybrid board/card/4X with near infinite replay value, this is for you.”
- “Get through the clunky interface and you'll find a deep and detailed game with extreme replayability.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
80%
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The graphics in the game are widely praised for their stunning detail and beautiful artwork, enhancing the immersive experience of its rich and brutal world. Each faction is uniquely represented with impressive visuals and varied unit designs, contributing to the game's strategic depth. However, some users noted that while the card artwork is beautiful, additional flavor text could enhance the overall experience.
- “Still AE is one of the best strategy war games available, with a rich and brutal world presented in stunningly detailed and beautiful artwork, hiding a deeply strategic gameplay with an almost endless potential for replayability.”
- “The game features four factions, and all of them are brought to life with, in my opinion, astounding artwork, unique playstyles, and varied, vast rosters of units.”
- “The artworks of every card are beautiful, but it's missing a bit of flavor text describing the card. I think I might create a description for every card; I'll work on that if I have the time at least :)”
- “The graphics are outdated and lack the polish expected from modern games.”
- “The visual design feels bland and uninspired, making it hard to stay engaged.”
- “Character models and environments look low-resolution and poorly detailed.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game's story features a mix of triumph and challenge, with players often receiving significant advantages that can lead to a less engaging experience. However, it also offers compelling storytelling elements, interesting factions, and diverse exploration opportunities in a wasteland setting, including missions that involve recruiting followers and rescuing captured allies.
- “A superb game, great storytelling material, interesting factions, and many weird and weirder awesome places to explore in the wasteland.”
- “Unfortunately, for every story of hard-earned triumph or a glorious last stand before an unbeatable foe, you get many more instances of being given every strategic and economic advantage possible on the map by being positioned next to valuable resources or independent facilities filled with high-destruction goodies. In such cases, the game can become tedious, providing less of a challenge and more of an exercise in swift and flawless conquest.”
- “Along the way, you will come across missions where you may end up with new followers or have to locate a fellow officer who was taken prisoner in that skirmish you just lost.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
67%
The atmosphere of the game is characterized by a compelling sense of harsh survival in a doomsday setting, where players navigate a wasteland filled with the remnants of human folly and face threats from hostile factions and mutants. Despite its age, the game maintains a creative and engaging ambiance that immerses players in its unique gameplay, overshadowing minor issues like a clunky user interface.
- “An excellent tabletop-style game that creates a strong atmosphere of harsh survival in a doomsday setting, where you develop your empire to grow and thrive amidst the remnants of generations of greed, incompetence, and mismanagement littering the wasteland of a cursed, decimated world filled with murderous, human-exterminating machine factions and mutant abominations.”
- “The game immerses you in a hauntingly beautiful world, where every corner reveals the remnants of a once-thriving civilization, now overtaken by nature and despair.”
- “With its rich sound design and atmospheric visuals, the game transports you to a desolate landscape that feels alive, making every moment of exploration both thrilling and unnerving.”
- “Excellent tabletop style game which creates a strong atmosphere of harsh survival in a doomsday setting where you develop your empire to grow and thrive as all around you are the results of generations of greed, incompetence, and mismanagement littering the wasteland of a cursed, decimated world where murderous human-exterminating machine factions and mutant abominations roam.”
- “Despite its age, Armageddon Empires still is a creative and engaging wargame with unique gameplay and lots of soul and atmosphere, which make you forget all the bad about the clunky UI in a matter of turns.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find that grinding in the game can become tedious, as many encounters lack challenge due to advantageous positioning and resource availability, leading to swift victories rather than strategic battles. The absence of multiplayer further contributes to the perception that the grinding experience may not be engaging for most players.
- “Unfortunately for every story of hard-earned triumph or a glorious last stand before an unbeatable foe, you get many more instances of being given every strategic and economic advantage possible on the map by being positioned next to valuable resources or independent facilities filled with high-destruction goodies. In which case, the game can become tedious by providing less of a challenge and more of an exercise in swift and flawless conquest.”
- “- There is no multiplayer, likely because it would be too tedious to run battles for most players.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is highly praised by users, contributing positively to the overall experience, though some note that the interface remains outdated and clunky.
- “I must say I love the music and game, but the interface is still as clunky as it was ages ago.”

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Armageddon Empires is a turn-based strategy game with science fiction theme.

Armageddon Empires is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

Armageddon Empires was released on April 16, 2021.

Armageddon Empires was developed by Cryptic Comet Games.

Armageddon Empires has received mostly positive reviews from players and mostly positive reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Armageddon Empires is a single player game.

Similar games include Shadow Empire, Endless Space, Dominions 6: Rise of the Pantokrator, Battle for Wesnoth, Eador. Masters of the Broken World and others.

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