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Aztez

In Aztez, you expand and maintain the Aztec empire through turn-based strategy, while managing violent outbreaks via real-time beat 'em up sequences. Every game is unique; different events will occur…

90 1 August 2017

Aztez is a fighting developed by Team Colorblind, released 1 August 2017 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U and Xbox One.

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What Aztez is

Aztez is a fighting game developed by Team Colorblind and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Aztez is a side-scrolling brawler, turn-based strategy video game by Team Colorblind. The player fights through areas within the Aztec empire prior to the Spanish invasion. Aztez was released on August 1, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Aztez holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 19 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.4 GHz Dual core, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD 2000, NVIDIA GeForce 210, or ATI 4850. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Aztez launched on 1 August 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Sonic Mania. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Aztez yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Aztez — frequently asked questions

When did Aztez come out?
Aztez was released on 1 August 2017 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Aztez?
At minimum, Aztez needs 2.4 GHz Dual core, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD 2000, NVIDIA GeForce 210, or ATI 4850 graphics, 700 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Aztez?
The PC version needs about 0.7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("700 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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