Radiator Blog
AUGUST 12, 2022
So I divided the bumpy terrain into quadrants, with big tree roots gating each section. To unlock each root gate to the next section, the player must fight their way into a little fort and press a big obvious flashing red button. It wasn't really fun to fight on the actual tree branches.
The Bottom Feeder
JUNE 12, 2024
A Few Final Comments When a computer RPG has a very complex terrain system with lots of elevations, it becomes tempting to have every fight be complex with a spread of enemies at all sorts of different heights. I found fights in BG3 where it became really hard to target the high-up enemies. Nicely done.
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PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Where players can navigate the terrain and feel a sense of history beneath their feet.” By building, crafting, exploring and fighting your goal is to become a skilled Realmwalker that finds their way through the portals to the magical city of Nightingale, the last known bastion of humanity.
Radiator Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The high visual polish and stellar production values adorn a solid but predictable gameplay loop: you fight through dungeons with random rooms / enemies, collect resources, and bring them back to your hub to build up your village and its inhabitants. Here the restraint of the walking sim format justifies the minimalism.
Keith Burgun
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
And basically EVERY SINGLE FIGHT is: dodge roll their moves, then counter attack with all your stuff. But it really doesn’t matter much what skills you take, it changes almost nothing, because there just isn’t much mechanical terrain in this game. That’s it. That’s about it!
Deconstructor of Fun
JUNE 3, 2019
I won’t go in-depth here since many others have explored this psychological terrain in much more detail but I will use some existing taxonomies like the Gamer Motivation Model from Quantic Foundry to illustrate my point. Players get matched with another player’s team to fight an AI-controlled battle against it.
PreMortem.Games
MAY 8, 2023
The size gives the advantage that you can see much more terrain, so the action is much more interesting. I’m starting to work with a writer on a sequel to Moons of Darsalon and I’m already fearing the fights we’re going to have haha!” “I had no idea what I was doing with Moons of Darsalon. I don’t know.
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