![]() Exiting stage center, players are immediately met with the first procedurally-generated dungeon and quintessential boss fight, followed by a handful more of the same rigmarole. Players start each run in the homebase Altar Room, where they can re-read journal entries, watch the cutscenes, upgrade their weapons, access their stored items, or stare at their dead (and presumably decomposing) girlfriend. Padding aside, Sword of the Necromancer fits the bill of your standard rogue-like. As the type of game that relies on repeated runs anyways, this was a strangely redundant choice that felt like lazy padding at best. The two characters don’t even appear to have different playable attributes, making it feel about as novel as a new skin for a faceless sprite. No, Sword of the Necromancer literally makes you run the same dungeon twice (at least) to accomplish the same goal while only switching out who needs saving. We’re not just talking about a perspective swap along the way to develop a richer atmosphere. And while I could forgive it for its lack of originality, I cannot fathom a reason (sans an absence of creativity) why it would make me run through the same story twice. Try as it might to spice up its list of tropes with a dash of progressive sexuality, Sword of the Necromancer isn’t taking home any trophies with the plot alone. After a fatal run-in with with an old friend, Tama must fight her way through the fabled crypt of the necromancer to find a higher power that can bring Koko back from the dead. The latter tasks the former with joining her as she experiences the world at large, and the two naturally fall deeply in love along the way. Were they forcefully ripped from a heavenly cloud resplendent with harp music to join the cold, mortal world? Do they endlessly regret finding themselves alive again to fight another day? Are they cursed to repeat this process for eternity, beholden to the whims of another? Like those poor souls we dragged back to the land of the living, I found myself asking these same questions as I trudged through one identical dungeon after another in Grimorio of Games’ new rogue-like, Sword of the Necromancer.įollowing a tale as old as time, Sword of the Necromancer tells the story of Tama, a rough-and-tumble bandit with a heart of gold, and Koko, a priestess-in-training who has outgrown her cloistered lifestyle. I have always fostered a lingering fascination with necromancy, but what really piques my curiosity is the perspective of the recently deceased (and more recently revived). Preview Copy Provided By: Grimorio of Games The game is also completely playable in co-op, with a new duo, a swordsman and a mage! You can play this mode completely solo, with an ai-controlled companion, and you can swap to either of them anytime during combat.Publisher: Game Seer Ventures, JanduSoft S.L ![]() Doing this can bring back its residents, and various services including shops, a forge, and cooking to help prepare for your travels ahead. This time around the game features a new town-building mechanic! As you explore the dungeon you can earn money and valuable resources to restore the destroyed town of Euda to its former glory. Or you can opt to store these creatures to summon later in tough encounters.Īs a 3D RPG, you can now explore the dungeons in every dimension, being able to jump, glide across traps and manoeuvre around enemies with a new-found verticality and sense of space as you explore the dungeons, and the lands outside. The game is primarily a dungeon-crawling RPG, but the big difference is Sword of the Necromancer places a big emphasis on using the dead to do your bidding! As you defeat enemies you can revive them on the spot to fight your foes for you or together. ![]() The sword had the dark power of a Necromancer, being able to revive anything from death, though life is never the same when it is forcefully taken from death’s grasp… After a series of dark rituals, she was granted this power in the form of a gemstone which was later turned into a sword. ▍About Sword of the Necromancer: RevenantĪ sequel to the original Sword of the Necromancer, Revenant takes place in the same universe, chronicling a new tale of adventurers looking for the coveted sword.Ī long time ago, a woman seemed the dark power to revive the dead in order to be with her loved one once more. ![]()
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