DESCRIPTION

Gamers wage war on dual fronts in this RTS from first-time developer Black Hole Entertainment. Armies of Exigo offers nearly all the contemporary conventions of the RTS style — a fantasy setting, three distinctly different factions, and online competition for as many as eight players — but it also offers something relatively innovative to 3D RTS gaming: warfare both above and below ground. On the surface of the land (and in the skies above), battles of swords and sorcery play out in a recognizable fashion, while beneath the earth, armies plan ambushes and mount surprise attacks. Players can choose to lead the humans, the beasts, or the fallen, and the single-player campaign gives them a fair turn at each. Wood, gems, and gold, the game's three main resources, are found both above- and below ground, and each of the three factions has units and abilities to allow its troops to move through either realm. The game's dual battlegrounds pose new challenges even as they suggest new tactics. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide