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For those after their next RPG, you can't really go wrong with Tower of Time and it's now on GOG with a Linux build available right away.

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Overall, I thought it was a brilliant game. The only part that I was a bit iffy about, was how it cuts from the exploration into the battles which did break immersion a little. That's only a minor gripe though! The battle system certainly is interesting though, quite different to most RPG battle mechanics currently in other games so it's well worth taking a look if you find others a bit too samey.

Features:

  • 7 Unique character classes, each with different strengths and weaknesses.
  • Complex skill system with two exclusive enhancement trees and multitude of options.
  • Skill Gestures - draw some of the skills as you want.
  • Gravity manipulation – leap large distances to scatter your enemies or draw them in.
  • Rich equipment system.
  • 150 enemies with unique skills and tactics.
  • Face 50 Bosses wielding a diverse range of skills and spells.
  • Five difficulty levels, including Epic difficulty (not recommended for new players).
  • Multiple combat modes ensure that there's plenty of variety and fresh challenges ahead.
  • Travel through hand-crafted levels that have been carefully designed to challenge you.
  • New character progression system.
  • Unique Party Alignment system.
  • Combat Challenges, designed to test your tactical and party-building skills.
  • Crafting, enchanting, legendary items.
  • Upgradeable city.

Grab from GOG with 30% off. Alternatively Humble Store and Steam.

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slaapliedje Aug 27, 2018
Holy crap we're getting a ton of great RPGs! Don't even have time to play them all...

I'm still hoping we'll get a native build of The Bard's Tale Remastered, but it does work in Proton.

This one looks awesome.
dude Aug 27, 2018
very nice RPG. I played it for 17 hours, then came Pillars of eternity 2, then came some other games before Dead Cells and then Steamplay.. wtf
slaapliedje Aug 27, 2018
Quoting: dudevery nice RPG. I played it for 17 hours, then came Pillars of eternity 2, then came some other games before Dead Cells and then Steamplay.. wtf

Yeah, I've gotten to a point where I have so many games I don't know what to play anymore. I think I'm going to try to concentrate on playing BT1. Never got around to beating it when it originally came out, and we should be getting BT4 soon-ish.
g000h Aug 27, 2018
Bought this 3 months ago (on a 1 day sale). Haven't got around to trying it yet. Yes, it certainly looks like the sort of game I'd enjoy =P
kurp Aug 27, 2018
I hoped they'll come to GOG! Great news. World needs more decent aRPG. This one looks very interesting.
Shmerl Aug 27, 2018
Quoting: slaapliedjeI'm still hoping we'll get a native build of The Bard's Tale Remastered, but it does work in Proton.

I've been playing GOG version using Wine+dxvk. Developers just pushed a Unity build with OpenGL renderer enabled, so it might work with native Unity player manually added (it came out on Steam beta, so I'm waiting for GOG update).
slaapliedje Aug 28, 2018
Quoting: GuestLooks indeed quite impressive. Too bad that while I definitely like RPGs a lot, I'm not too fond of party-based ones :o

But, as others wrote already: We do have a hell of a choice nowadays. Something for everyone ;)
What's wrong with party based games? Just wondering your opinion on them. I think some of the greatest RPGs ever released were party based.

You know what's fun (sarcastically)? When you try to get together with friends to play Neverwinter Nights and they try to play it like it's Diablo....
razing32 Aug 31, 2018
Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: dudevery nice RPG. I played it for 17 hours, then came Pillars of eternity 2, then came some other games before Dead Cells and then Steamplay.. wtf

Yeah, I've gotten to a point where I have so many games I don't know what to play anymore. I think I'm going to try to concentrate on playing BT1. Never got around to beating it when it originally came out, and we should be getting BT4 soon-ish.

Colour me curios. What's "BT" ?
Ehvis Aug 31, 2018
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Quoting: razing32Colour me curios. What's "BT" ?

Battletoads!

Although in this case it's probably Bard's Tale. :D
slaapliedje Sep 1, 2018
Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: razing32Colour me curios. What's "BT" ?

Battletoads!

Although in this case it's probably Bard's Tale. :D

HA HA! yeah, The Bard's Tale.
For those not aware of it, there is the original old school trilogy, then when inXile were fairly new, they came out with The Bard's Tale (which is a top down RPG parody vs the more serious original trilogy (though there definitely were some funny bits in that, like the shortcut for a spell being called NUKE)). The newer Bard's Tale is native for Linux and includes emulation wrappers for the original trilogy that are the Apple IIc(g?) versions.

But there is coming out the Bard's Tale IV. Which also they are releasing (later for Linux? but for Windows right now) The Bard's Tale Trilogy Remastered. It works with Proton at least, but they only have the first one done.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/843260/The_Bards_Tale_Trilogy/
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