The campaign map, too, is suddenly full of tough choices. Different environments inherently offer different tools, cleverly preventing you from ever relying on a certain arsenal of spells-you have to turn whatever is around you to your advantage. If a hulking Gorelord is descending on my vulnerable archer, a tattered banner I can animate and tie them up with is a lifesaver. When I see a clanking Morthagi construct, I know that what I want is something made of wood, so I can shred their armour with a Splinterblast.

The magic system-in which mystics ‘interfuse’ with environmental objects in order to cast appropriate spells out of them-turns from a clever novelty to a battlefield scavenger hunt of possibilities. (Image credit: Worldwalker Games LLC) (opens in new tab) In other words, the way you avoid getting one-shot by a bone-bot is to get them before they get you, not to waste time on running interference. Prioritising who you need to gun for first, and what you need to do to get to them, is vital. The enemies arrayed against you in Wildermyth- separated into five distinct factions, each with about 10 different types-have wildly different abilities. I learned to pick my targets more carefully. And what delicious thematic gravy, for a game where the relationships between characters are so important to buff them for sticking together. You have to know not only what you need each character to do each turn, but where they need to end up in order to maintain formation. This system grants a damage resistance buff to any characters that are adjacent by the end of their turn, and when you’re forced to use it, it makes every turn a puzzle of positioning. I learned how many bad habits I’d picked up over my journey so far.īad habits like leaving my party spread out, when ‘walling’ is key to keeping heroes alive.

Over several disastrous first chapter attempts, I started to peel back the layers of Wildermyth’s combat system, figuring out how to survive in this suddenly hostile world.

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