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I found a few more previews while doing a Google search. Here is an example:

http://www.edge-online.com/features/...magic-unveiled

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I am both happy and saddened.
On the one hand it looks like it will be a game worth getting.
On the other hand it is definetly NOT going to be a new MoM so I am still holding out hopes that someone will recreate "Master of Magic"

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Ironically, MoM was about the only fantasy strategy game I've never played. So I have no referent compare this to. Still, the graphics look pretty awful for a game that is supposed to come out in 2010 (which may be optimistic, given the endless delays that usually accompany big game releases).

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Another preview--but this one has no new pictures:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=20916

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ok now there is an official link to the game:

http://www.elementalgame.com

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Awesome :D

It really doesn't sound all that much like a MOM sequel so in that I share GP's sentiments. However in a world almost devoid of good, new FTBS games it may well prove to be a breath of fresh air.
I'm looking forward to see whether the game will feature innovative stuff.
Hey and I may yet install and play another game besides dom, been a long time since I last did that :)

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You could also say that the graphics look like they are for a game that needs approximately two more years before it's ready.

They are going for a rather spesific look, with thick cartoony lines around the characters. The characters looked like they were 3d-models, and if that's so they can rework the textures and the outlines independently of each other. It's like painting a miniature - once you have a mold for making them, you can paint them again and again until you like it or run out of time.

I agree that everything didn't quite feel like it fit tgether in these screenshots. Some of the trees and mountains looked strange, water and shoreline of one pick felt a little plastic etc. But that's easy to change.

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Yep, there are very few worthy fantasy strategy games. I also hope there is a revival of the Age of Wonders franchise as well--though it looks unlikely.

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Some of the art, like that in the Lore tab, reminds me of the thematic approach in Dark Tower, if anyone remembers that clunky motorized game. A sort of grim, watercolor cartoon feel that I actually like.

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New AOW doesn't seem likely. I often frequent the AOW heaven (nostalgia I guess), and the word there is that the AOW devs are going for a new installment of their PSP game (overlord I think).
Too bad :(
AOW is a great game (though AOW2 wasn't, but AOWSM was better). I would love to see a continuation of the franchise.