I gave in and bought War Tales- knowing what to expect from watching the others play on Youtube. And to no surprise, it is a half decent game. It's combat centric, with some storied character backrounds, party reputation, individual character perks/debuffs etc. Loot, experience, skills. It's all there... it's just.. well... I'm not that engaged. Why?
"What's your poison?" - As there aren't any turn limits in combat per-say, the use of poison acts as a encounter limiter itself. Quickening the pace and having you adjust strategies as if you did have only 5 turns to go. Why all the poison?
And boy does it start flying around with these certain warrior types.. (the odd name escapes me now) who carry like a green lantern (don't go there, lol) with their primary attack being a wave of this device emitting a huge green fart cloud of toxins that poisons as an AOE weapon.. including our Fog Horn guy himself. Now what use is it to poison yourself ? Maybe he likes his own brand! Lots of Poison daggers, that leave the poison puddled on the field.. and if you tread through it - Well.. you get it. No antidotes really, you just have to finish the enemy.. so I don't get that cheesy poison bit.
"Trodding & Plotting?" Lots of walking about.. especially at the start. But it's tolerable. Maps are cool, though encounter areas are very 2D and lack depth. Point and click on the shiny thing and get a morsel of something. This could've been where the game stood out! But I digress back to Baulders Gate..
"Hacker & Stacker?" - Yeah, ok combat, a bit repetitive.. good crits are great, crunchy, gory cinematics etc. Sound & music is on point. Levels are respectfully hard to achieve, hard earned. Losses hurt as replacements are a level lower than your party.. and can't handle their liquor.. in most cases.
I can think of far better warrior classes cuz well.. I'm a Dweeb, but anyone would agree that these are kinda linear class types, lacking dual abilities or dual classing. Their just .. Dudes and Chicks with your basic weapons, you know? Like a big Rake..
To be fair I have a ways to go, now at Lvl 6 with mid- difficulty. I plug away for about 45 mins to an hour- then I need to move on to another game- if that gives you an idea of the grasp factor this game has.. tenuous at best. There's no chance on DLC here for me- it's just gonna be more of the same.
6/10 (coulda been a contender, but too linear & character class is ass)
