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Posted on: May 4, 2022

Xaemoon

Games: 551 Reviews: 5

Ugh.

Party-based D&D 3.5 sequel to Knights of the Chalice. Unlike the first game, there are a lot of character creation options. The party limit has been expanded from 4 to 6 (with a possible 8 if you include recruitable NPCs.) Multi-classing is not possible, which departs from the rules the game is based upon (one of MANY departures, including the lack of a proper skill system.) Most spells can't be cast outside of combat, and that includes the majority of buffs. This is a bit annoying because the enemies always show up fully prepared and pre-buffed on round 1. There's barely a story to speak of. The prologue has the vast majority of the game's non-combat content. There are a handful of NPCs to interact with and about 6 or 8 quests to complete. This is very similar to the first game, which had most of its interesting content in the very beginning. Just like that game, it seems the developer ran out of steam after the initial areas and the rest of the game is just combat. When I say the game is entirely combat, I really mean that. It's quite literally a 40 hour dungeon crawl in which you walk 5-10 steps between each battle. The battles themselves are ludicrous. Even in the prologue, they become quite insane. I have to wonder if the developer even played this game, because the encounter design is absolutely atrocious. You're constantly stumbling into ENORMOUS fights. More enemies spawn (from nowhere) during fights. This is very common. Early game has support for avoiding ambushes. Late game, nothing. You get surprised. Also, if you lose initiative in this game, you lose the fight. The enemy CANNOT be allowed to go first. Most encounters contain spellcasters or psionics that will immediately spam crowd-control AOE spells on you that will shut down the whole party before you can even act. Enemies all have strong magic gear, even orcs and goblins, and you can't loot any of it! Later on, enemies all have +5 gear and hundreds of HP. And you fight 20 at a time. Ugh.

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Posted on: March 25, 2022

Combustionman

Games: 43 Reviews: 3

Best tactical dungeon crawler!

I'm a backer and I played the game multiple times over the last year. First and foremost, you'll not enjoy this game if you don't favor good gameplay over graphics, not they're bad, it's a matter of taste and there is 3 modes: tokens, 2D sprites and 3D sprites. For 2D sprites, you would have to import some sprites from the prequel. The game comes with a powerful module editor and already a full fan-made adventure found on nexusmods. As for Augury of Chaos, if you like The Temple of elemental Evil, Dungeon Rats and other similar tactical RPG, you will love Knights of the Chalice 2 (check the first one too on the developper's website) Augury of Chaos and probably the next adventures to come. It's probably one of the best, if not the best adaptation of the OGL 3.5 (free version of D&D 3.5) with great character customization, extremely hard combat and a lot different enchantments to add to your weapons. On top of this, the difficulty settings are customizable as well. Great adventures ahead and great module editor!

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Posted on: April 9, 2022

quaelgeist

Verified owner

Games: 555 Reviews: 14

Great DnD game, but buggy as hell

If you enjoyed the first game or Temple of elemental evil and the like, this game will make you happy - if it works well enough, that is. The option menu seems to be changing its selected options whenever it feels like it and currently I am stuck in the early parts of the game because a consistently game crashing bug prevents me from progressing. Not nice. I can just hope, an update will fix this issue soon because I really wanna play this game all the way through and then some.

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Posted on: March 27, 2022

Zarken

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Games: 432 Reviews: 21

This game is made with love and care

It may not be the prettiest game and the price may be high but its definitly worth the asking price. A lot of recent crpgs were just not clicking for me. I recognized where and how they were good but something about them just felt like a chore that made coming back to them hard. While i'm still in the early game for KotC2 this game getting right to the action and with mutliple choices and potential solutions based on your party and classes choices really clicks with me. The only thing I wish was the story was a little more than basic but perhaps that will change later. If not I still think even with this flaw the games great.

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Posted on: May 22, 2022

compactset

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Games: 256 Reviews: 1

A new classic

I should be honest and warn you beforehand that I am a backer of the Kickstarter campaign, thus possibly too invested to give you an unbiased opinion. That said, I really believe that this is probably the turn-based game with the most creative, elaborate and merciless encounter design I ever played. I have played many classics both old (Baldur Gate, Temple of Elemental Evil) and new (Age of Decadence, Underrail), but never before I have been ambushed by Psionic giant bugs surrounding and stunning my party, never before tripped by a vampire Death Knight in a pit while his undead retinue was poking my mages with polearms, never before assaulted by lizardmen while trying to reach for loot suspiciously placed in a water hole. And much, much more. Like its predecessor, I could list all the features (turn-based, OGL 3.5, emphasis on tactical encounters) of this game but this would not give you the slight idea of how special it is. Contrary to many CRPGs with the same characteristics, every fight here is a well-designed challenge with no uninspired trash mobs wasting your time and patience. I cannot stress how much I never had the feel of my playtime being so much respected. Each minute of KotC2 was spent painstakingly weighting my options, looking for the best course of action to take at each round of combat or deciding which choice to make during level up. Your cunning will be tested but winning one encounter is not enough: every spell you cast, every HP damage you take is a precious resource which can only be replenished at far between resting places. Over-relying on consumables will lead you to not having them in a crucial fight, so even these will not save you from poor judgment or strategy. My conclusion is this, I will stand for it: Knights of the Chalice 2 is a new classic, rising on its feet to say its own among the giants of his genre. And he found me glad to hear his voice.

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