Fantasy Wars

Fantasy Wars (Russian: Кодекс Войны; formerly Mythic Wars) is a fantasy turn-based tactical video game developed by Russian studio Ino-Co and published by 1C Company and Atari SA. It was followed by Elven Legacy in 2009.

Fantasy Wars
Developer(s)	Ino-Co
Publisher(s)	EU: 1C Company / Nobilis France NA: Atari SA
Director(s)	Aleksey Kozyrev
Designer(s)	Dmitry Gulin
Composer(s)	TriHorn Productions, Artem Kolpakov
Engine	TheEngine
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	RUS: 31 August 2007 FRA: 28 September 2007 GER: 25 October 2007 NA: 7 November 2007[1] UK: 14 March 2008
Genre(s)	Turn-based tactics
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Fantasy Wars features four playable races (humans, orcs, elves and dwarves). The single-player story includes three campaigns, taking place over a series of tactical hex maps.^[2] The game uses a 3D game engine and includes role-playing video game gameplay features such as experience points and skills.

Plot

Release

Promotion at IgroMir 2007

Fantasy Wars was distributed electronically by GamersGate and GOG and was published in Europe by Nobilis France.^[3] The game is distributed in Scandinavia by Paradox Interactive^[4] and in North America by Atari SA.^[5]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	67/100[6]

Review scores

Publication	Score
4Players	74%[7]
Eurogamer	6/10[8]
Gamekult	6/10[9]
GameSpot	7.5/10[10]
GameZone	7.5/10[11]
IGN	7.8/10[12]
Jeuxvideo.com	14/20[13]
PC Format	64%[14]
PC Gamer (US)	54%[15]
PC Zone	35%[16]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[6]

Sequel

In April 2008, Paradox Interactive announced a sequel to Fantasy Wars entitled Elven Legacy. Elven Legacy is developed by 1C:Ino-Co^[17] and was released in April 2009.^[18]