Barry of Wrath

This is the sixth game from Wolfs Moon Studios. If you haven’t played any of the other games, they’re turn-based, old-school style RPGs where you control four characters. They feature a lot of good loot, nice customization, and great characters. This game is more of the same, but for some reason this one didn’t grab me quite as much as previous entries. Still a fun game that I finished pretty quickly, but I wasn’t as into it as the previous games. There was nothing majorly different about Barry, but here are some of the things I noticed: - The random battles seemed to be more frequent, especially early on. - Compounding that is that the Escape function didn’t work nearly as well as before. I run from a lot of battles so that’s pretty frustrating. It used to work say 80% of the time, in this game it was less than 50%. One time I failed to Escape 5 times in a row. - In some of the previous games characters earned points with every level up that they could spend to boost stats. That isn’t in this game, but it’s fine. Usually you ended up just dumping them all into one the primary stat anyway. Also no crafting/fishing/mining, which is fine. - One cool thing is you’ll see some locations from previous games, it’s always fun to recognize somewhere you’ve been before. - The music is getting better and better as the series progresses, I really liked it in this game. I got about 15 hours out of it, all played on Steam Deck with no issues. So this one didn’t quite resonate with me like previous entries, but overall still a very fun game and I’m eager to keep playing more in the series.

Barry of Wrath is a delightful callback to the rpg games of old, turn based and with a fun storyline to boot. While I didn't really enjoy the political jokes in the game, overall, I liked the story and the skills the characters can learn. I loved all the treasure you could find. It's one of my favorite things about rpgs, opening that treasure chest! If you're a fan of the old indie type of rpgs such as Laxius Power/Force, Barry of Wrath is for you. Shane has a number of other games in a very similar vein as well, and I would recommend those as well.

Imagine RPG Maker + making fun of American politicians/cliches. That's what Barry of Wrath is. It cracks jokes involving famous politicians on both sides of the aisle. I think most people will enjoy it as long they don't take politics too seriously. The battles are fun and many. The later bosses definitely take some strategy, If I had to complain about anything, it would be the difficulty level. This one felt a lot easier than other Wolfs Moon games. I prefer my games to be difficult to the point of having to take on a boss 2 or 3 times. But I know that's just a personal preference. Total play time was around 22 hours. It's well worth buying this if you enjoy old school turn-based RPGs mixed with some light hearted political humor.

I played RPG's since Rogue...and I must say I enjoyed this game. Don't get me wrong..If you don't like spending time for leveling up your characters you won't see the end of this game. Only the end is...well a little short (I expected a little more than a small joke about Killary Hinton). So, if you see this game on sale...try it.

Another great game from Wolfs Moon Studio! Many characters, interesting plot, and you develop your characters any way you like. I'm in over 30 hours and not near the end yet. Highly recommended.