ETHERLORDS II (PC)
The world of Ether is fraught with danger and mystery. The story is presented as an intriguing tale that is slowly uncovered by talking to the world inhabitants and completion of various quests as seen from each races unique perspective.

By benbik
Posted Saturday, February 7, 2004

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DEEP SILVER announced today the UK signing of DREAMCATCHER'S fantasy turn based PCCD game, ETHERLORDS II, by NIVAL INTERACTIVE. Sequel to the innovative and widely acclaimed ETHERLORDS title, this novel blend of strategy and turn based combat magic prompted by trading card games, challenges players with a huge array of spells and creatures in a lavishly detailed 3D world. Available on Windows PCCD, ETHERLORDS II releases 5th March 2004.

The world of Ether is fraught with danger and mystery. The story is presented as an intriguing tale that is slowly uncovered by talking to the world inhabitants and completion of various quests as seen from each races unique perspective. Gathering resources also provides excellent opportunities for exploration and allows players to purchase more powerful creatures and spells.

Five campaigns introduce players to the main races of the world and a wide range of different combat styles and tactics. Each race has their own distinct creatures to summon and spells to cast, as well as a variety of cross-racial magic and monsters.

Magnificent arenas provide a lush backdrop for intense tactical combat where the player's tactical prowess is constantly tested as their powers to summon creatures and cast spells are based on a system of random cards and ether channels loosely based on the trading card style of play.

Multiplayer is where the combat mode truly excels as players face off against other online opponents. ETHERLORDS II features a dedicated server that provides an auto-rating tournament system as well as advance anti-cheat defenses for one on one death match duels as well as Olympic style elimination matches for up to 8 players simultaneously.

FEATURES:

Innovative game play blends Role Play and Turn-Based Tactics with magical combat in the style of collectable trading card games.

Four distinct races, each with unique realms, architecture, spells and combat style

Five Campaigns covering a world with contiguous borders for each race's territory

Over 330 magic spells including over 130 diverse monsters to summon

Non-linear missions with additional quests and multiple completion paths

Thorough tutorial system to help you learn basic and advanced dueling tactics

Sail rivers and seas, travel through tunnels and teleports

Vast number of diverse animations for all characters and monsters give each an individual personality

Highly detailed and beautifully rendered true 3D game world

Extensive multiplayer options including 8 player combat mode and auto-rating tournament support

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM

PC, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, DirectX 7.0 or higher

Pentium II 450 MHz

128 MB RAM

AGP 3D accelerator, 16 MB onboard video RAM

CD-ROM

2 GB of free hard drive space

RECOMMENDED

PC, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, DirectX 7.0 or higher

Pentium III 800 MHz

256 MB RAM

AGP 3D accelerator, 32 MB onboard video RAM

CD-ROM

2 GB of free hard drive space

Published by DEEP SILVER & DREAMCATCHER and distributed by KOCH MEDIA in the UK, ETHERLORDS II from NIVAL INTERACTIVE is launched on Windows PCCD at £29.99 SRP (UK) on 5th March 2004.