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Children of Zodiarcs

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3.7

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Children of Zodiarcs
Description
Children of Zodiarcs is a story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirs...
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3.7/5

( 16 Reviews )

3.7

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Product details
2017, Cardboard Utopia, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (32-bit or above), Pentium G4400 /AMD Phenom II X2-550, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GT 630...
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Time to beat
14 hMain
21.5 h Main + Sides
30.5 h Completionist
19 h All Styles
Description
Children of Zodiarcs is a story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.

Story
Professional thieves on the trail of an ancient relic, the group infiltrates the glittering halls of a corrupt noble’s private chambers in pursuit of their target, narrowly escaping the wrath of the city guards at every turn. Desperate to find an escape, they seek refuge in the city’s seamy slums and brave the sunless pits of the underworld. Out to get them are heavily armed city guards, rival gangs and psychotic families of subterranean cannibals. Abandoned by the system and used by selfish criminals, these young companions will be forced to come to terms with their own reality. But be warned - in the world of Children of Zodiarcs, no one escapes unscathed!

KEY FEATURES:
Combat Cards
Each of your party members’ attacks & abilities are bound to combat cards. Drawing different cards during battle provides you with ever changing combat possibilities every time you fight!

Empower Cards through Dice
Once you’ve chosen your attack, physics based dice allow you to roll for bonuses! Favoring symbols over numbers, these dice deliver attack, defence, healing, and special ability modifiers.

Influencing Lady Luck
To add yet more layers of stratagem to Children of Zodiarcs, you can craft dice to favour your play style, and re-roll up to two dice every time you throw. You need not fear being at Lady Luck’s mercy!

A World Full of Characters
Along the way you’ll come to learn about Nahmi - stolen from her homeland as a child, Brice - forced to survive on the mean streets of Torus; Zirchhoff - a charismatic bandit leader who employs young orphans to do his bidding: as well as many more mischief makers.

Building Decks
Each playable character comes with their own customisable deck. This allows you to tailor their skillset to the types of attacks and abilities you want to have in your hand during the heat of combat.

A Fully Orchestrated Score
Children of Zodiarcs’ music captures the feel of tactical RPG classics with its fully orchestrated soundtrack composed by the award winning team at Vibe Avenue.

Join Nahmi and her team in a harrowing tale of the downtrodden’s struggle for survival in a world where mystical forces are overlooked; and the people in power are solely concerned with profit. Do you have what it takes to overthrow a corrupt system?

CHILDREN OF ZODIARCS and CARDBOARD UTOPIA are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cardboard Utopia.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
14 hMain
21.5 h Main + Sides
30.5 h Completionist
19 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Mac OS X (10.10.5+)
Release date:
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Size:
1.1 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Violence, Blood, Language)

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Posted on: November 11, 2023

Alucard20101

Games: 118 Reviews: 69

The experience goes South very early

The opening few fights are good. But then, the game decides that throwing two or three times your party's number of enemies at you each encounter is good a idea (hint: it is not). There is an option to not adjust the enemy levels down to your party's, but I was trying to avoid grinding, so I left that option on. It might be the reason the balance feels so off. But then, you're expected to grind a lot in between story missions, which would also become boring and tedious. So, ultimately the point is moot that while the system is interesting, the implementation was botched. I didn't have any stability problems while playing it, though, so props for that. I thought there was a lot to like in the world building from the little I got to experience.


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Posted on: February 22, 2019

MisterSpanky

Games: 213 Reviews: 25

Quickly turns into frustration

Beautiful visuals, annoying camera, slow fights and a bloody sudden spike in difficulty just a few steps into the story quickly make you realize your time is better spent elsewhere.


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Posted on: November 9, 2018

cgr37712

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Games: 1278 Reviews: 46

meh, this game is chickenshit!

Boring and uninspiring characters with a hint of feminism, most characters look like a joke, with woman that behave like men and men that coward away like woman (soyboys). The dialog is awful, just terrible, I can't imagine anybody talking like that not even in movies or cartoons, its just bad writting. graphics are childish but pasable. the only good thing in this game is the game mechanic wich where very interesting, but its poorly executed and the story which was good.


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