Within this time you can move your character around the board, attack enemies or charge up your blue dodge bar. You then have a few seconds to observe the board and plan your move followed by several more seconds to carry out your action in real-time. When you begin your turn you choose which of the two characters starts. The goal is to eliminate all enemies on the board. When you enter a battle room the level is presented as a board a bit like chess, but the game really doesn’t play like a board game.

It’s a risk-reward design that made the game quite appealing to me. Sometimes finishing the level sooner is a wiser choice than trying to find absolutely everything. But lingering too long will increase the threat level in the top right of the screen making enemy encounters much more challenging. There is an incentive to search every room on the floor to gain as many rewards as possible. The better you perform, the higher the reward. To gain character buffs or possibly a challenge room where you need to destroy some dummies or collect some crystals while avoiding hazards. Most rooms are battle rooms but you may find a vendor to spend some acquired currency. When you first enter a floor you are presented with a mini-map where you can only see adjacent rooms to warn you what is ahead and what reward you receive. But it was a lot of fun playing about with the builds. Each weapon has some pros and cons and my preferred choice tended to be to have one character melee-based and the other ranged. Before you begin a run you can equip each character with a weapon such as swords, hammers or bows. The goal of the game is to move from floor to floor of the tower searching for a key to unlock the boss room in order to progress. Of course, I won’t spoil that in the review but for me, it showed some surprising heart to the challenge it took to reach it. That being said, I have to say I really liked the conclusion of this game and the surprising message associated with it. The focus here though is more on gameplay than story, which usually appeals to most players looking for that quick rogue-lite hit. Guild of Ascension Free Download The plot is kinda bare-bones, between runs the townsfolk will provide little text snippets of the lore.

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