With the previous core mechanic, you had to complete main storyline quests within X days, which forced you along a certain path within the world. That’s why the patch notes mentioned being yanked; you really couldn’t explore more of the world at your leisure. If you did, you’d likely fail the quest:
“I’d really like to explore that part of the world. But if I do, I might not make it to the quest objective on time. Crap. Guess I’ll skip it.”
This was the main complaint voiced by players.
Now, you’re free to dilly dally as much as you like, wherever you like, but the Chaos clock is ticking. The longer you take, the tougher the world becomes. But there are mechanisms to reduce Chaos.
I picked up For the King again and the good news is the old crash bug I had appears to be fixed now so I can actually play. What’s not clear is what exactly are those mechanisms to reduce chaos? It doesn’t say anything about that in the Help. Does completing quests reduce chaos? How about side quests? Is there anything else? As a new player it’s about as clear as mud. I’m trying to judge how much I can explore without screwing myself.
Edit: Found this info in the latest patch notes. Quests, side quests and chaos generators apparently remove it.
Boy, I’m super happy I bought For the King again. I’m having a total blast with it. I definitely agree with @Mysterio that it’s an excellent game and I also heavily recommend picking it up on the Steam sale. I also really like the changes to Chaos made in the most recent big update.
It’s got some roguelike elements and is like Monster Slayers in that you unlock additional classes (and also equipment) as you play (and die) but it’s very different in almost every other way. I’ve never played anything quite like it. The overland map and all the cool stuff you can find at random is fantastic. I just picked up a carnival ticket in a chest to admit one character to the Dark Carnival, for example. Now to find it on the map and see what that’s all about.
Anyone played this little indie TBS? I picked this up on sale because it said stuff that got my attention like:
◾ Three unique armies, each with their own distinct play style
◾ Choose your general from a variety of characters, each with their own special powers and enhancements
◾ Strategy without the random, results are fully deterministic
◾ Unlimited undos to find the best method of attack
◾ Combo system makes each follow up attack against the same target stronger than the previous
◾ Upgrade villages to increase your economy and access special units and effects
◾ Units gain experience by defeating enemies, yielding powerful champions and heroes
◾ Battle the AI across a sprawling campaign with unique battles and 3 difficulty modes
◾ Puzzle mode maps to test even the greatest generals
◾ Build your own maps and share them through Steam Workshop
◾ Battle others online with asynchronous game play
Apparently Advance Wars was an inspiration. It must not have been out long because there aren’t that many reviews yet.
The number of decent looking little indie games showing up in my Steam queue lately continues to astound me. I bought this one as well because… well because I love this kind of game and for $2 bucks and some change and 97% positive reviews, why on earth not?
Apparently this was a classic browser game on Kongregate that’s been redone now as a PC app with nicer graphics and full screen. It appears to be a party based pure dungeon crawler which I’m always up for. Apparently there’s a campaign and then an endless dungeon mode after that.
