He has the advantage that by using a dream setting each episode can be wildly different in setting yet follow a slowly emerging storyline through the series. To further the Elysium community Cavedog will be offering a built-in bulletin board system for players to share their experiences. Mage Wars looking hot X-Com authors Mythos are working in England to produce this innovative fantasy strategy game, and they look set for an October release. With a beta game available for play at E3 the mechanics of this complex sounding game were at last there to be seen. Most likely inspiration came from the old Spectrum classic Chaos, one of Mythos' oldest classics.
Players control a wizard who moves in real-time around an isometric landscape.
To gain mana the wizard needs to occupy mana stones or summon a creature who will do so for him. More mana allows the wizard to cast more spells, with new spells available from collection of special magical items which can be used in a chaotic, neutral or lawful manner to obtain different spell effects. It plays surprisingly well. One to watch for. While many magazines have already proclaimed it the game of 1998, what was on show wasn't anything striking.