Etherlords
Etherlords is an exciting mix of turn-based strategy and fantasy trading card game. Innovative game mechanics that first appeared in this game formed the basics of most modern games of this genre. Enter the…
Etherlords is a card & board game developed by Nival Interactive, released 12 November 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Etherlords is
Etherlords is a card & board game game developed by Nival Interactive and released in 2001. It was published by Fishtank Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Etherlords is an exciting mix of turn-based strategy and fantasy trading card game. Innovative game mechanics that first appeared in this game formed the basics of most modern games of this genre. Enter the world of Etherlords as a champion of one of the four great magical races: the powerful Chaots, the brilliant Kinets, the empathetic Vitals, or the ruthless biomechanical Synthets. Create a powerful deck of cards to summon troops who will follow your every command: exploring the world, conquering territories, battling the minions of enemy lords and ferocious creatures unleashed by the disturbances in the flow of the Ether. Build forces, create spells, and engage in diplomacy. Collect…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Etherlords holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 8% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 22 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium II 266 MHz and 64 MB RAM. At 0GB 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.
What it launched against
Etherlords launched on 12 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Halo: Combat Evolved. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved.
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