It's a bold step to throw rogue-like mechanics into a turn-based unit style game and mix them together seamlessly. Thankfully, you are not without your own army, your own means of battling the enemy.Įnter the Daughters of the Red Mother, vestiges of her warrior spirit and a powerful tool against the forces thrown at you at every turn.Īt its core, Othercide is a tactical turn-based RPG with a rich backstory and compelling gameplay - this is one of the best turn-based games I've played since X-Com and its certainly winning marks for innovation and sheer audacity too. The world-building here is in a word: spectacular.
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I'm not going to dive deeply into the lore of the game, only to say it's rich and full of interesting plot details and characterisations. You'll have your work cut out for you as you battle the armies of the game's wicked protagonist, the Suffering. From defeat comes victory, and the reward for winning one of the many turn-based tactical battles that lie before you in the game is all the sweeter for it. Fortunately, it's also a rogue-like game, which means you will fail, you will lose your Daughters of the Red Mother and you will need to rise again - and again - and again.Įach time you fail you will get stronger, it's the nature of the beast. The creation of Lightbulb Crew, and published by Focus Home Interactive, Othercide is nightmarish in both world and difficulty. You are going to be playing a long, hard, and tactical game with this one. It is starkly grey scale, black and white, with splashes of colour and brings to mind the stylings of certain anime shows.
The aesthetic of this game is brilliant in that way. It challenges you in a fundamental way, to battle hideous monsters and fight revulsion of the evil that it portrays on screen.
Othercide is a disturbing game in many ways, and on many levels.
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