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2014 · Targem Games · Adventure · Role-playing

Etherlords

Immerse yourself in Etherlords, a marvelous fantasy universe where the Vitals, Kinets, and Chaots are locked in a deadly confrontation for the world’s most vital and important resource. Crush your enemies, collect and evolve your creatures, and discover new strategies to dominate in PvP battles and daily tournaments.

Released: 4 September 2014
Platforms: Android iOS
Genres: Adventure Role-playing Turn-based strategy Turn-based tactics
Developers: Targem Games
Publishers: Nival Interactive
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Fantasy
Languages: English, Russian

About

Etherlords (Russian: Демиурги) is a series of fantasy turn-based strategy and card-dueling video games for the PC, by Russian developer Nival Interactive. The first game was published November 15, 2001 by Ravensburger Interactive Media under their mature game label Fishtank Interactive. Prior to worldwide release it was released in Russia one week earlier (November 9) as Demiurges (Russian: Демиурги). It was followed two years later by a sequel, Etherlords II, which was published in Europe by DreamCatcher Interactive and in North America by Strategy First. A third game for the iOS and Android was released in 2014 titled Etherlords, a free-to-play game with automated battles.

The game features a card-based dueling system that borrows heavily from Magic: The Gathering. While the game can be played in a pure dueling mode, the major appeal of Etherlords stems from the scenario mode which utilizes a strategy/adventure map, similar to the one used in Heroes of Might and Magic. Nival later became the developer of Heroes of Might and Magic V.

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Story

The world is governed by a force known as ether and it is wielded by the representatives of chaos, kinetics, synthesis, and vitality. The leaders of the four factions vie for supremacy, with the ultimate goal of transcending into the fabled White Lord, the master of all ether.

In Etherlords I, the players may select between two campaigns: Kinet/Vital or Chaot/Synthet. Some of the maps are shared between the two campaigns, and the players simply assume the role of whichever faction they selected. The final mission is one such mission. It also requires that players break with their allies and choose a single faction, and therefore a single avatar, to face the White Lord.