In fights it’s considerably less great, forcing you to rely on the auto-targeting system because you can’t swipe fast enough to spin quickly to take on enemies attacking from your sides or rear. Out of combat, the combination of virtual thumbstick and a small cursor that can be swiped to change where you are looking or heading works great in either first-person or third-person camera modes. The control system is another good news/bad news aspect of the gameplay. A fast travel system that can instantly whisk you to any region you’ve already visited is welcome, as is the option of saving your game at any point. You can also very easily blunder into places with monsters that will quickly kill you off, although people with an aversion to hand-holding in their RPGs may see this as a positive. It does have some limitations though, as there are physical barriers out in the world that prevent you from reaching certain parts of the map as freely as you might think. The open world aspect of Ravensword: Shadowlands is one of its big selling points, and it is fun to explore some non-linear adventures on your iOS device. Talking to other NPCs can set you off on a number of side quests, so it pays to be friendly to the townies. The game does a good job of distinguishing which quests drive the main story forward, fixing one of the common complaints from the first Ravensword, and while the mini-map can only track one quest objective at a time, it’s remarkably usable considering how little screen space it takes up. Your initial steps into Tyreas are guided by a guild of adventurers, reduced by circumstances to just two members. Thief types need to be wary of getting caught in the act however, as your reputation with NPCs will suffer if you do. Some talents are useful out of combat, especially the ones that increase your lock-picking and pickpocketing abilities. They help in other logical ways too, such as increasing Strength so you can carry more and wear heavier armor. You can also learn magic, giving you all kinds of possible combinations of ways to dish out damage.Īttribute and talent points earned while leveling up can reinforce your decisions by boosting either melee or ranged weapons damage. There’s no class system, and your skills in different kinds of melee and ranged weapons increase the way they would for us non-video game folk: By using them. Everything about your character is customizable, from his appearance to the way he goes about dispatching monsters. Now some evil sorts are trying to bring him back, and only you can prevent that by finding the three Ravenstones, which in turn will reveal the Ravensword. As it turns out, that battle turned out the way it did due to a demon lord from the Shadowlands that almost broke through to the kingdom of Tyreas. Your character is thrown into the fire in what turns out to be the battle of Heronmar, an epic clash between humans and dark elves that ends with everyone dead – except you, because the game would be pretty short otherwise. No knowledge of the previous Ravensword game is necessary to take on this sequel. Considering the popularity of those titles, Crescent Moon Games was smart to pick them as its muses, and despite a little bit of unevenness, the result was worth the wait for iPhone and iPad owners.
The much anticipated fantasy RPG Ravensword: Shadowlands owes a lot of its look and feel to the Elder Scrolls series, particularly Oblivion and Skyrim.
If you’re going to borrow, you may as well borrow from the best. As epic an RPG as you’re ever likely to play.
0 kommentar(er)
