Make your fortress the last castle as Age of Darkness_ Final Stand's hordes rush to a full release
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
Those of us who love, more than anything, to build an absolute boatload of defenses in real-time strategy have celebrated the growth of the horde defense RTS genre, and Age of Darkness: Final Stand has been a great example of it all through three years of early access. Now developers PlaySide are bringing those hordes of monsters into the fray for a final assault. As [[link]] announced at the today, the release of its 1.0 version, complete with much-requested co-op, coming this winter.
More than just a simple defensive game, though, in Age of Darkness you send out heroes during the day to protect your resource gathering parties and expansions from roving undead champions. At night, you micro those same heroes to bolster weak parts of your defenses. And you're always wary of spreading your light: That keeps the deadly Living Death Fog away from your settlement.
When you inevitably fail in survival mode, of course, you start over again. That'll mean a new array of randomized malices and blessings that show up to make each run unique, as well as new choices through your units' skill trees [[link]] to refine your strategy.
The addition of co-op is especially promising for Age of Darkness: Final Stand's 1.0 release. The trailer shows split views as one faction sends soldiers to fight back the tide hitting an ally's walls. Multiplayer was some of the best stuff in RTS over the last decade, with modes like Starcraft 2 [[link]] co-op stealing the show from other parts of their games, so I'm excited to take Age of Darkness' mode for a spin.
You can find , where it's currently in early access but will release its full version this winter.
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