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Once again, ToTheGame pointed us to a review that would otherwise have escaped us (you can't see everything, can you): Gamespot has written a review of Etherlords, Nival Interactive's strategical RPG. Their rating is high (8.1/10), but their readers' rating is even higher (8.6/10 at the time being). Here's their conclusion:
Etherlords has multiplayer support for duels, but the strategy game is single-player only. No great loss. The duels are the main attraction, and they're very flexible outside the strategy game. You can spend points to build your own deck and hero, complete with a specialization, skills, and artifacts to complement your choice of cards. Five-minute instant skirmishes with randomly chosen heroes and decks are a great lunch-break game and an ideal way to learn the various cards. The AI makes some questionable decisions during combat, but on the whole, it knows how to use its cards, and it'll provide even experienced CCG players with a challenge.
In the end, this is what counts. The play's the thing. It's all in the cards. Tedious strategy elements aside, Etherlords is the most successful attempt to combine the power of computer graphics with the dynamics of collectible card games. It takes its source material to the next level without compromising it. If more developers were so clearly in touch with their tabletop roots--CCGs, board games, or RPGs--clever games like Etherlords wouldn't be such a rarity.
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Etherlords Review
