![]() ![]() The tactical rogue-like design, procedurally generated game events and expanding gallery of playable characters and abilities challenges the player make every decision count as they journey across a dying world… in search of hope. Trials of Fire also features an extensive range of narrative ‘judgement’ encounters where the player is challenged to weigh moral dilemmas in a lawless world, assuming the roles of judge, jury and (often) executioner. It would've been nice to see progression hastened at least a little, as the game really shines with the full gauntlet of its options available.Trials of Fire is a tactical, deck-building adventure game set in a fantasy world in ruin.īrutal conflict and tough decisions await as Trials of Fire combines free-form exploration of an expansive open world, multi-character, card-driven combat and an innovative new fusion of loot, load-out and deck-building systems delivering massive depth of play and unique strategic opportunities for the player on every run. Each hero archetype levels up through sessions and unlocks more cards, though this takes a considerable amount of time. It's another layer of strategy, and each class does a good job of separating itself from the pack, offering something new to tinker on in conjunction with the party's larger thematic scope. There are a wide range of characters to unlock and each party consists of 3 of them, with users able to swap them out and customize their team as they see fit. Still, Trials of Fire gets most of its innovations right, and its party system is lovely. ![]() Trials of Fire is not pick-up-and-play by design, though it does have some shorter jaunts available for players on a tight schedule. Battle takes longer, but so does exploration, and even botched runs can span quite a while before it's become obvious it's not working out. ![]() That's in part due to its tactical battles, which infuse positioning and range into the usual deckbuilder norms to create more dynamic combat. While many deckbuilders err on the side of pretty quick gameplay unless a run is going extremely well, Trials of Fire is sluggish no matter what. ![]() That being said, it's pretty obvious why Whatboy Games didn't dive too deeply into the RPG story - games of Trials of Fire already take a sizeable amount of time. ![]()
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