The encounter difficulty grows progressively and the player will be always at edge, even if they make they explore entire maps and skip no encounters. I suggest to whoever decides to play the game to make a first run in which they will try their hand at the mechanics and see what difficulty will better suit them.
They usually grant bonuses regarding application of humors on the enemies.ĭisclaimer: If the player wants to just enjoy the story, there is also a custom difficulty, although it will block some achievements. Two trinkets can be equipped on a character. Some classes allow for both types of armaments to be equipped at the same time. It can be melee or ranged, depending on the type of weapon used. It is possible with some abilities or consumables to cleanse the humors on a character as they’re very dangerous. Those can stack up to three times for a color and some of them react together.Ī catalyst attack will consume all the reactive stacks and deal a large amount of damage.
These are Rubedo – Red, Albedo – White, Nigredo – Black and Citrinitas – Yellow. Passives can be learnt in the same way, however they are restricted to their classes.Īttack skills have a modifier on them, which allows them to apply a single or multiple stacks of humor on the enemies. But even when they have been mastered not all the weapons will be able to perform all skills. When used in combat multiple times the skill is learned and can be used by that character even when they change class and weapon. Initially a skill can only be used by the class it’s tied to, using a specific weapon type. This should be considered when choosing the set of skills the character should use, since their strength scales from a specific statistic. Different classes are unlocked only after those requirements can be met.Īdditionally every class influences differently the growth of a character as it levels up. There are fifteen of them in total and each can only equip a few selected weapon and armor types. Outside of the battlefield the classes of each character can be changed freely. Nothing is really set in stone when it comes to characters and their builds. There are also some abilities and items that grant statuses such as “Burning”, “Blinded” or “Inspired”. If a fog grenade has been used the enemies within the area of effect can’t be attacked with a ranged attack nor some of the melee ones. In a similar way there are very few (polearm) melee skills that allow for such an attack.Ī fighter is more susceptible to damage if they’re hit in their side or back. However it is impossible to move diagonally. There is a lot of freedom in the movement, including climbing up on crates and surfaces to improve ranged view angle. There are also two consumable slots on a character and using them has no cost. Action points seem to be fixed at the value of three. Each character has a pool of action points and independent from those, the movement points. Player’s team consists of four mercenaries. It is possible to rearrange the party on a limited section of the front before the combat begins However, once a false step is taken, the battle is inevitable. Sometimes it’s possible to avoid the fight by following a path which is out of their field of view. They will help the player to obtain very useful items.ĭuring exploration some paths are blocked by the enemies who patrol their paths.
Side quests follow main objectives, often requiring to fetch an item or talk with someone in the next zone to be explored.
But there is no way around multitudes of adversaries, some of which wear faces of former allies. He promises the protagonist, a mercenary, to forgive them for their crimes if they’re able to help him achieve his goal.Īnd so they will see with their own eyes how far has the corruption rooted itself in the town and what devious plots are being unraveled by the cultists amidst the fog.Īs they’re tasked with the activation of mechanisms around the huge city they encounter some survivors willing to collaborate. The King wants to regain the control and the former glory of Grant. And so he created a deadly fog that engulfed the streets, distributing the antidote to the citizens, to soon leave the helpless city behind. When bandit raids have begun, the city asked the legendary alchemist Mephisto for help. However its wealth was also a tragedy in the making. The city state of Grant was once an opulent place.
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