Players expand their influence on the map by growing armies in the base villages they start from and by capturing neutral buildings or the ones of opponents. Buildings can be converted into buildings of other types and back. Towers can also be upgraded three times, each time increasing their effective radius and rate of attacks. Villages can be upgraded three times - the higher the level of upgrade, the more units they fit in and produce troopers faster. There are three types of buildings: villages that produce units, towers that defend a certain radius of territory and forges that create weapons to make the army stronger. Special abilities bar is filled by the souls of soldiers who die in battles, so the more player fights, the faster he can open one of four unique skills of his character. Each character has different skills attributable to his specific tribe and applicable to a certain territory or certain buildings. Д«efore the match, players choose one of several hero characters from 4 mushroom tribes: Shrooms - Rudo or Ayner, Proteus - Marty'O or Cree, Shii'Moris - Stella or Trini, Grims - Pahom or Ankh. Skirmish mode also lets players fight against artificial intelligence opponents (computer-controlled). A plotless multiplayer mode with custom game option lets players try out new strategies with up to three friends in free-for-all or team-based matches. Mushroom Wars 2 features four episodes of story-driven campaign, 50 missions each. In Mushroom Wars 2, players command armies in dynamic short-session matches, capturing buildings of opponents, which requires strategic resource management, fast reflexes, and the ability to oversee up to thousands of units at once.

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