I was browsing through the latest stuff on Xbox One, and among other things, I noticed that the upcoming episode of the long-lasting turn-based strategy game Age Of Wonders is getting a new game next Summer. It's called Planetfall, it's a sci-fi take on the franchise and it can be preordered now on Xbox One for what I saw. Here's the game on Steam for the curious:
So, I decided to check out the different editions of the game. As always, there's different tiers you can buy into right away, with more expensive versions including the season pass and other shenanigans. Why did I make this thread though? Well, the cover arts made me laugh.
This is the standard edition's cover art, taken from the Microsoft Store:
Looks pretty standard, you can more or less understand how this is a hexagon-based, multi-faction strategy game, with a generic commander for the humans up front. Nothing special.
This is the cover art for the Deluxe Edition:
By buying into a more expensive edition, our heroic human turned Thomas Magnum or something, with badass sunglasses, the moustache of a pussyslayer and a cool as heck sigar. Radical!
But there is also a Premium Edition of the game, here's the cover art:
If you spend even more money on the game, Magnum P.I. will now start facing enemies who clearly also have access to a bigger budget, as their units are now made out of solid freakin' gold.
So, if you were planning on checking out this game, the Microsoft Store puts is release date for the 6th of August 2019 - not that far away. But keep in mind that the peasant Standard Edition will get you nowhere: in order to be a badass mustachio'd dude battling alien races made of solid gold, you'll have to open up your wallets folks. Judging by the cover arts alone, it seems to be absolutely worth it.
So, I decided to check out the different editions of the game. As always, there's different tiers you can buy into right away, with more expensive versions including the season pass and other shenanigans. Why did I make this thread though? Well, the cover arts made me laugh.
This is the standard edition's cover art, taken from the Microsoft Store:
Looks pretty standard, you can more or less understand how this is a hexagon-based, multi-faction strategy game, with a generic commander for the humans up front. Nothing special.
This is the cover art for the Deluxe Edition:
By buying into a more expensive edition, our heroic human turned Thomas Magnum or something, with badass sunglasses, the moustache of a pussyslayer and a cool as heck sigar. Radical!
But there is also a Premium Edition of the game, here's the cover art:
If you spend even more money on the game, Magnum P.I. will now start facing enemies who clearly also have access to a bigger budget, as their units are now made out of solid freakin' gold.
So, if you were planning on checking out this game, the Microsoft Store puts is release date for the 6th of August 2019 - not that far away. But keep in mind that the peasant Standard Edition will get you nowhere: in order to be a badass mustachio'd dude battling alien races made of solid gold, you'll have to open up your wallets folks. Judging by the cover arts alone, it seems to be absolutely worth it.
