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Wartales is a moody mercenary simulator set in a light fantasy setting. A game that can be proud of itself. Right now, the project is in early access on Steam: many features are incomplete, only 3 regions are available, there are small bugs, there is no training system. The whole world seems to be set against you: people are not so friendly, they rarely talk, and robbers and vagabonds are hiding behind almost every tree. However, all this does not prevent even now to enjoy the game.
The lack of clues led to the most unexpected consequences. For starters, I discovered that I could hire animals. And then I managed to make a boar the captain of a mercenary adventurer squad. A sea of surprises. As well as questions. However, in the next section, I tried to give answers to frequently asked questions about the passage of Wartales . It seems to be informative: you can see for yourself at the link above.
At first, your small group of mercenaries will look like flawed vagabonds, trying to earn at least a little money so as not to die of hunger. But with each turn-based battle won and new equipment created, mercenaries will begin to turn into heroes. In addition to combat classes, they can take professions (such as fisherman or miner) to use the acquired skills to make potions, food, forge equipment, and so on.
At some point, I managed to find a rope. Perhaps she was on the corpse of a dead robber. And there are a lot of bandits in the game. If there is a hook, the rope can be used to descend from cliffs (throwing the hook up like a “cat” will not work). However, it has a much more practical use - with the help of a rope you can tie animals. I discovered this feature quite by accident when I was at war with another wolf pack. While one of my mercenaries was bound in combat with a wolf (for this, either the wolf must attack the mercenary, or the wolf mercenary), another character got the ability to stun the beast.
Despite the fact that I literally beat the wolf to death, and then tied it with a rope, he surprisingly quickly joined my squad. And no complaints from the outside, except for one: he needs to be fed with fresh meat. In addition to gold, which is required everywhere, including to pay mercenaries, the most important resource of Wartales is food. Your squad will need to rest in the camp, but before going to bed, everyone must be fed without fail. If you fail to feed the members of the squad, then very soon they will begin to leave the group. And the more mercenaries in the squad, the more refined the food should be (not to mention increasing its quantity). Wolves love meat. The same goes for people infected with the plague (like Thorium), which, however, can be successfully cured.
For the first few days at Wartales, I was worried about the food. There was a constant lack of it, but right now my squad has enough provisions. And the chef has more recipes. Moreover, I have to constantly sell food in cities or traveling vendors. To carry this food, I had to get a new pony. By fighting a pack of wolves, you will get a lot of food for several days ahead. You will also receive resources that you can sell or use to craft something. Thus, food is no longer a problem for me, even with several animals. On the other hand, I am far from the moment when I stop thinking about how to earn even more gold.
Most of the earnings go to pay mercenaries. It is impossible to delay, otherwise, as with food - desertion. Even taking into account the completed quests and the collection of all the gold production, it is sorely lacking. This is one of the reasons why I prefer animals to people. All they want is food, no gold. Unfortunately, they do not know what tactical actions are, so they move on the machine, trying to kill the nearest enemy. Therefore, my wolf pack did not last long.
After the death of my furry animals, I turned my attention to a herd of wild boars. Having caught a few pieces, I was convinced that they are not much more effective than wolves. However, one of my mercenaries has learned to give orders to animals. It has become much easier. I don't know yet if there's a limit to how many animals you can recruit (I have 5 so far), but I won't stop until I get to it. It remains to figure out how to increase the survivability of boars, since they cannot counter opponents with huge hammers.
I also want to emphasize that you can take people prisoner. For them, instead of a rope, fetters are needed. After that, you can transfer the prisoners to the local authorities, to the prison, having received crowns. There is not much fantasy here, and everything that is there looks “gray”. For example, local people are struggling with two problems - the plague and the influx of refugees. How relevant it is today! In desperation, many of them became robbers and marauders, hence these numerous detachments running out onto the roads from the forests.
It is very difficult to be guided by moral principles. The world of Wartales is gloomy and gloomy, and it is difficult to find a uniquely correct and correct solution. Sometimes it doesn’t exist at all, because everyone is good and at the same time bad in their own way.
Of all the things that I would like to see in Wartales (besides a full-fledged training system), I want to get some backstories for mercenaries. By default, we manage a group of people unknown to us, but the lack of any information about them spoils the immersion. Moreover, when you choose a couple of mercenaries with any backstory at the beginning of the game, it practically does not give anything. They, like everyone else, can leave the squad if you do not give out their fee on time, do not feed the characters, or lower the level of happiness to negative. In addition, the game really needs a more colorful description of quests and in-game events. Now everything looks pretty simple, and therefore it often feels like we are repeating the same actions in different counties.
Much of what is in Wartales can be seen in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, but the latter has the added bonus of being able to conquer kingdoms and lead vast armies. If you're looking for something on a smaller scale, check out Battle Brothers, released in 2017. But in general, there are not so many high-quality medieval simulators, but it's nice to know that Wartales has every chance of becoming one of the best games in this genre. In a separate news item, we talked about the future content of the game .
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