Iron Danger
Action Squad Studios · 2020 · Puzzle, Turn-Based Tactics, Tactical RPG, Turn-Based Strategy, Action-Adventure
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Mostly Positive74% · 540
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About Iron Danger
✦ AI summary
Control time itself to rewind up to 5 seconds and experiment with endless tactical combinations, blending real-time action with turn-based puzzle-solving as you guide two characters through challenging combat encounters. Set enemies on fire, topple trees, and manipulate the environment in creative ways to overcome impossible odds in this unique Finnish folklore-inspired steampunk fantasy.
Iron Danger is a tactical combat puzzler with a unique time manipulation mechanic. A never before seen combination that blends the tactical depth of turn-based games with the exciting action of real-time games.
Tackle challenging encounters with your party of two characters, using a variety of skills and highly interactive environments.
Maybe you will set an enemy on fire and kick them into a grain field for a proper barbeque, or set up a trap and fell a tree on top of them. The options are endless and it is you who will be deciding your own approach!
You have control over time
The core of Iron Danger is its unique time control mechanic. You can rewind time for up to 5 seconds whenever you want, trying different strategies and combinations of moves until you find the right one for the task at hand.
The time manipulation allows us to combine real-time combat gameplay with controls from more traditional, tactical turn-based combat games. This gives tactical combat a puzzle-like element, as you can continuously keep trying new approaches to turn impossible odds to your advantage and synchronize the actions of your characters for the perfect outcome.
You will die, but you will not fail!
Iron Danger is set in a world of lofty fells, primeval forest, and placid lakes... as well as living gods and monsters of steel. The city of Kalevala, home of the humans who rebelled against the gods and forsook their protection, shines in the middle of this world, surrounded by towns, sea lanes and and woodlands under its protection.
But from the frozen north, a witch queen is leading her army on a quest for vengeance against the lords of Kalevala. Ancient ruins from the days when gods dwelled on the earth are opening to unleash forgotten powers, tempting humans and striving to overtake the world.
You’ll take on the role of Kipuna, a sharp-witted village girl, who becomes imbued with an ancient power that grants dominion over time and death. You must use your wits to control it as you’re drawn into the midst of a war between the city of Kalevala and the armies of the Northlanders driven by their witch queen Lowhee.
Your task is to master the power, in order to use it for mankind’s protection, while your enemies will seek to harness it in the service of total destruction.
- Use unique time-rewind mechanics and experience a new take on tactical combat combining best aspects of real-time and turn-based combat.
- Use highly interactive environment for your advantage to succeed against impossible odds.
- Adventure in a world of steampunk fantasy and meet its unique inhabitants inspired by Finnish folklore.
- Fight epic boss monsters on the path to fulfill your destiny.
- No grinding; character progression pace is controlled by the story and every fight matters.
- 15+ hours of gameplay
DLC & expansions
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I have a mild opinion of this gamen so I would still say yes but don't buy it if you have anything else to play. Considering not even 50% of the player got past the prologue (based on the steam achievement their might be more in reality but 80% didn't get to the second source of power which is pretty early on and easy to get), it's quite surprising how many reviews it got. Most of the time, the game is ok. I think I'm quite fair with it while saying that. But it never goes beyond being ok and can easily goes through tedious and long moment. Attack spells are ok, support one are a mixed jam. Some work others doesn't (I'm looking at you rage spell) You move and mangage the camera with your mouse which is fine when it's well done, it's not the case here. The camera is locked on the character you use so most of the time you're trying to angle it so you can see what is attacking you from a distance which is 1/3 of the ennemies you'll encounter. You can't rebind any control, a bit hard on 2020 games. I didn't see any bug so far and I think I am way closer to the end than to the beginning of the game. The only mecanics that works great is the rewinding time one, hopefully so. When it…1 found this helpful
I can see why this game is only $1.99 right now but honestly I overpaid. Pros: Voice acting is good, character design and graphics are great and it runs well even on max settings. Cons: absolute ♥♥♥♥ controls, confusing layout that just gets layered on itself in more cumbersome frustrating ways.
This game is pure healing for my save scumming addiction. Especially on a sale!
Beware: not reasonable to play with Steam Input. Only but if you are willing to play with KB & Mouse. I'm overall neutral here, as the voice acting seemed pretty good, the introduction seemed interesting, and while the graphics weren't really that great, for an indie game I wouldn't penalized the developer. The lack of controller support is the primary reason for the downvote, as the game can only really be played with KB & mouse and I have wrist issues that prevent that medically. I would expect modern developers to incorporate controller support natively to expand their reach to other gamers, but that's not the case here. I guess I will never know whether this game was worth buying or not, from a playthrough standpoint, but a warning to anyone in my position as enabling Steam Input really doesn't make this game playable due to how cumbersome the controls are.
In Iron Danger we follow the story of Kipuna, a girl living in a dangerous world filled with monsters and an invading warlord pillaging her area. She comes in contact with an odd power residing within some crystals, and is forced to be at the center of a chaotic campaign. It has good characters, a nice story, a calm methodical combat system, nice graphics, pretty & creative scenarios, decent voice acting, enemy variety, lot's of skills with some upgrades, and many other good things going for it. The game felt a little short so I can't say the story or characters had the chance to develop too much, it was simple but enjoyable, it felt like they were going for something longer but cut it short, this also made the progression feel very basic because I didn't even get to upgrade my characters fully, I could only do one upgrade per level and there were very few albeit very long levels. I liked the healer as a character and gameplay-wise, and was bummed to only get to play her like once or twice, I don't even know why I was able to upgrade her, it really does feel like the game was going for something greater and was cut short. It can also feel very slow at times specially when comba…
https://youtu.be/wixMvo1U2zQ Timeline based combat has a lot of potential for making fights feel heroic and play more like puzzles.
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