AI War: Ancient Shadows

Ancient Shadows (or AS), the fourth expansion for AI War, the expansion was released on October 19, 2012 along with the version 6.0 of the game. The expansion features:[17] A whole new kind of human player…

86 19 November 2012

Indie Strategy

AI War: Ancient Shadows is an indie, released 19 November 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What AI War: Ancient Shadows is

AI War: Ancient Shadows was released in 2012. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ancient Shadows (or AS), the fourth expansion for AI War, the expansion was released on October 19, 2012 along with the version 6.0 of the game. The expansion features:[17] A whole new kind of human player. It's now possible to control champions alongside the main fleet, or to have another player control just one single massive ship. Several new sub-races dwelling in the backwater parts of the galaxy for your champions to interact with. Modular fortresses. 9 new bonus ship classes. 3 core AI guard posts and one new minor faction. 2 new AI types. 2 new map types. 98 minutes of new music by Pablo Vega.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

AI War: Ancient Shadows holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.6Ghz CPU (2.4 Ghz recommended, Dual Core strongly recommended for Host), 2 GB RAM and Graphics card must support 1024x1024 textures (most 32MB and up graphics cards do), 1024x768 or greater (32 bit color recommended). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

AI War: Ancient Shadows launched on 19 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Cheats and codes

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Screenshots

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AI War: Ancient Shadows gameplay screenshot

Parents

AI War: Fleet Command

14 May 2009

Quick answers

AI War: Ancient Shadows — frequently asked questions

When did AI War: Ancient Shadows come out?

AI War: Ancient Shadows was released on 19 November 2012 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for AI War: Ancient Shadows?

At minimum, AI War: Ancient Shadows needs 1.6Ghz CPU (2.4 Ghz recommended, Dual Core strongly recommended for Host), 2 GB RAM, Graphics card must support 1024x1024 textures (most 32MB and up graphics cards do), 1024x768 or greater (32 bit color recommended) graphics, 300MB of storage.

How many GB is AI War: Ancient Shadows?

The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300MB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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