The headmaster of Arcanea Magic Academy is gone an somebody has become the new principal. Six wizards want to conquer the school, each of them using a different magic style.
Who will win this enchanted battle?
Note: This map is password protected because I really want you to explore it.
This is V 1.1 now. Ninabella does not start with Death Mastery any longer. Giving her this spell was just a mistake, sorry.
Playability: 4
There are too many small magic creatures spawned in the East central area. My one city was sometimes attacked 4 or 5 times per turn. Just an annoyance.
Balance: 4
Other then the noted issue that was corrected about 1 wizard having Death Domain from the start (correct in 1.1) seems pretty fair.
Creativity: 4
Some nice areas that are pretty. However, some of them disappoint without any prize except the eye candy.
Map Design: 4
I think this would have been as much fun in a Large format.
Story/Instructions: 4
A decent back story at the start and character descriptions. However, nothing much after that. I was disappointed that capturing the Magic Academy did NOT even generate a message (or a reward).
Additional Comments:
A good map that is just a few emblishments away from being an excellent map.
sausud
Posted on 05/23/07 @ 12:20 AM
Hi Leonaru.
Played this map and want to say that it really is a good map having average difficulty level. The teleport system is real great and can spring lots of surprises that are unexpected. The items are in a very short supply. Resources are too many but that balances the size of the map (XL) with lots of 1+ stack figths. I have been playing this map for some 30 turns and have not at all being bored. This is a map that really makes me play SM once again. Good job mate. Hope you come up with more such great maps. One thing bugs me most: Too many wandering parties. Some of them could be made as patrol or scout parties to make the game more interesting.
(One funny thing happened while I was playing the game last night. An independent berserker party attacked another independent wandering party BUT I was asked whether you want to fight a manual or automatic battle for the wandering party. Strange huh!)