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Posted October 17, 2013
The divine power of active pause.

Aarklash Legacy, a modern top-down RPG title reminescent of the early 2000s classics, complete with robust tactical combat mechanics and an active pause system, is available 20% off on GOG.com. That's only $16.79 for the first week!

[url=http://www.gog.com/game/aarklash_legacy][/url]It's time to gather the party and venture forth, into the fascinating fantasy world of Aarklash Legacy. In this new RPG title you'll find many things you loved about the greatest classics of the genre. An intriguing story takes your company of four heroes on a quest full of danger and opportunity. The game excels in combat mechanics, which give you great control over every enemy encounter tactics. The deep battle system will also present you with some extra challenge, as there are some factors present, that usually you wouldn't need to take into account while playing a computer RPG. Don't worry though--with the time-proven active pause mechanics, you'll always be able to plan out your approach and issue all the orders. With a classic feel combined with many original ideas, elaborate skill trees, ominous dungeons, and sleek visuals, this fantastic title will easily quench your thirst for classic computer role-play!

Are you ready to discover a whole new realm of adventure, magic, and bravery? Step into the world of Aarklash Legacy, for only $16.79 on GOG.com. The 20% off release discount offer will last until Thursday, October 24, at 9:59AM GMT.
Posted October 17, 2013
Looks nice and very intriguing. Wishlisted for now
Posted October 17, 2013
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Resil: @KunovskiAM - It’s a bit hard to compare this to anything more than classic team based RPG games like Baldurs Gate, but it won’t be fair - because this game is more of the action driven title than BG was.
How about Dungeon Siege 2, Throne of Darkness or VTM: Redemption? They're all party-based action RPGs, too; DS2 and VTM:R also have a pause button.
Post edited October 17, 2013 by Leroux
Posted October 17, 2013
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Resil: @KunovskiAM - It’s a bit hard to compare this to anything more than classic team based RPG games like Baldurs Gate, but it won’t be fair - because this game is more of the action driven title than BG was.
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RaggieRags: I guess "tactical combat" in the description gave me wrong expectations. Too bad. Still, looks very nice.
Don't get me wrong - by “action driven” I meant that it’s much more dynamic but if you play it on any level higher then normal you will need to use tactic in every fight. You can pause the game and give orders to every character in party and do some really cool strategy. For example - you have the healer but she needs to take HP form some other person to heal the one you need, So it’s about balance and this strange dynamic between your characters to keep everyone alive and to win next battle :)
Posted October 17, 2013
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RaggieRags: I guess "tactical combat" in the description gave me wrong expectations. Too bad. Still, looks very nice.
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Resil: Don't get me wrong - by “action driven” I meant that it’s much more dynamic but if you play it on any level higher then normal you will need to use tactic in every fight. You can pause the game and give orders to every character in party and do some really cool strategy. For example - you have the healer but she needs to take HP form some other person to heal the one you need, So it’s about balance and this strange dynamic between your characters to keep everyone alive and to win next battle :)
I admit you're making it sound interesting, and a little different from the norm.
Posted October 17, 2013
The characters look interesting, that's about it for me though. Combat seems like a slog to go through and knowing cyanide it's probably a buggy mess too.
Posted October 17, 2013
Taking a peek at existing reviews, the main concern seems to be high difficulty. Hmm.
Posted October 17, 2013
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RaggieRags: I guess "tactical combat" in the description gave me wrong expectations. Too bad. Still, looks very nice.
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Resil: Don't get me wrong - by “action driven” I meant that it’s much more dynamic but if you play it on any level higher then normal you will need to use tactic in every fight. You can pause the game and give orders to every character in party and do some really cool strategy. For example - you have the healer but she needs to take HP form some other person to heal the one you need, So it’s about balance and this strange dynamic between your characters to keep everyone alive and to win next battle :)
Thats partially incorrect. The healer needs to convert the life of your party members to regain mana. :)

One thing I like about this game is that you don't have a big arsenal of skills at your hand but rather a small set. But they are really well balanced and gives you a huge amount of tactical possibilities.
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WBGhiro: The characters look interesting, that's about it for me though. Combat seems like a slog to go through and knowing cyanide it's probably a buggy mess too.
Ironically this is one of the best games they made. I haven't encountered any bugs, but I haven't played it a lot so far. But I checked the steam forum and the official one and there aren't many complains and they have only released one small patch so far.
Post edited October 17, 2013 by durandl
Posted October 17, 2013
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Resil: Don't get me wrong - by “action driven” I meant that it’s much more dynamic but if you play it on any level higher then normal you will need to use tactic in every fight. You can pause the game and give orders to every character in party and do some really cool strategy. For example - you have the healer but she needs to take HP form some other person to heal the one you need, So it’s about balance and this strange dynamic between your characters to keep everyone alive and to win next battle :)
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durandl: Thats partially incorrect. The healer needs to convert the life of your party members to regain mana. :)

Fair enough :)

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WBGhiro: The characters look interesting, that's about it for me though. Combat seems like a slog to go through and knowing cyanide it's probably a buggy mess too.
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durandl: Ironically this is one of the best games they made. I haven't encountered any bugs, but I haven't played it a lot so far. But I checked the steam forum and the official one and there aren't many complains and they have only released one small patch so far.
It was very stable and bug-free experience for me :)
Posted October 17, 2013
Ok so it's not "diablo" or "dungeon siege" action RPG, right ? When you say tactical, you don't mean "syndicate" with fireballs.

Just trying to situate it between arcade and RPG, in a jungle of misleading words usage...
Posted October 17, 2013
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Telika: Ok so it's not "diablo" or "dungeon siege" action RPG, right ? When you say tactical, you don't mean "syndicate" with fireballs.

Just trying to situate it between arcade and RPG, in a jungle of misleading words usage...
Its a realtime combat system but you can pause any battle at any time you want. Then you can issue new commands, like who needs to be healed or move your party out of harms way. It also features an auto pause system, where you can specify the event when the game pauses. For instance you can specify it to pause when an enemy dies so you don't loose time to acquire a new target in real time.

Like I said above the closest thing for me is Icewind Dale with a rudimentary RPG system. Its pretty rare but stil worth playing.
Post edited October 17, 2013 by durandl
Posted October 17, 2013
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RaggieRags: Taking a peek at existing reviews, the main concern seems to be high difficulty. Hmm.
All the ones i seen (youtube,steam, other) seem to say the combat is welldone and challenging
Posted October 17, 2013
Wishlisted. It looks really good.
Posted October 17, 2013
Wait ! It was released in september ????
No Rackham fan here ?


Edit : Instabuy.
Post edited October 17, 2013 by Potzato
Posted October 17, 2013
How's the loot/reward system? Is it possible to grind? Any death spirals?

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Potzato: Wait ! It was released in september ????
No Rackham fan here ?

Edit : Instabuy.
Cynwäll*, reporting in. No instabuy 'cause I'm not yet sure if it's playable on my PC.

*I'm enough of a fan to have wasted three minutes on that umlaut.
Post edited October 17, 2013 by Starmaker
Posted October 17, 2013
wishlisted, will probably uy it asap!
it looks very interesting
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