Illyriad - What a Gem

blythega

I just discovered this gem of a game this week.

If you are looking for a very in depth persistent empire building game then look no further. Here are some of the features mentioned which I have only just started unlocking:

• Free-to-play and no downloads, each server has a capacity of over 60,000 simultaneous competing players
• Fully interactive and richly detailed gameworld
• Hundreds of military units including: Infantry, Spearmen, Cavalry, Archers and Siege engines
• Multiple military strategies including: Attack, Raid, Occupy, Reinforce, Siege
• Full technology tree of over 450 research options
• Rich set of "diplomatic" options including: Spying, counter-intelligence, theft, sabotage and assassination
• Multiple races to choose from including Dwarves, Elves, Humans and Orcs - each with race-specific abilities
• Dozens of unique spells to cast to help yourself and your allies or harm your enemies
• Simple-to-use but powerful trading system in an entirely player-driven marketplace
• Powerful alliance management system to help you build and sustain your empire with other players
• Over 90 NPC factions - each with their own agendas.
• Craft dozens of unique weapons and armor for your troops

I understand they have a major expansion in the works called "The Broken Lands" which looks amazing.

 

The user community is very friendly and more than willing to help a newbie which I found refreshing for this type of game.

 

The slow pace of the game makes it a good one to have running in the background while you are playing or doing other things and being a HTML5 game it runs on any PC/Tablet etc... This in itself got me hooked as I can play it one minute on my PC and next on my IPad or Phone.

 

Not one to be missed.

 

If you like these kind of games I would highly recommend it.

 

Enjoy!