The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming
Bitmen Studios · 2016 · Tactical RPG, Turn-Based Combat, Strategy, Roguelite, Turn-Based Tactics
PC
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About The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming
The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones.
You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men. While in your base, you must recruit, train and develop a team of heroes in their quest to restore peace. Make smart decisions during the random events you will run into and battle countless different creatures ranging from mere goblins to huge abominable creatures like wyverns, golems, ogres and worse. On the tactical combat map, put the skills you have learned to the test to defeat powerful opponents.
Your chances in battle not only depend on your tactical decisions but also on your preparation. Assemble well-rounded teams and pick from dozens of different skills to creature unique synergies between your team members that work for you and your preferred playstyle.
You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men. While in your base, you must recruit, train and develop a team of heroes in their quest to restore peace. Make smart decisions during the random events you will run into and battle countless different creatures ranging from mere goblins to huge abominable creatures like wyverns, golems, ogres and worse. On the tactical combat map, put the skills you have learned to the test to defeat powerful opponents.
Your chances in battle not only depend on your tactical decisions but also on your preparation. Assemble well-rounded teams and pick from dozens of different skills to creature unique synergies between your team members that work for you and your preferred playstyle.
- Rich turn-based combat with a wide range of interesting mechanics, including numerous conditions (bleeding, burning, weakened, blind, crippled, ...), knockdowns, shouts, buffs, enchantments, and hexes.
- Interesting combat mechanics that allow flanking, tying up, disengaging, and smart combinations of skills.
- Numerous playable hero classes to pick from to add to your team with dozens of unique abilities to specialize in.
- Challenging encounters against close to 40 different creature types each with their own abilities. Ever since the Ancient Dragon returned, Orks, Giants, Undead and Mystic Creatures roam the realm of men causing death and destruction.
- Defeat intelligent monsters that collaborate, heal and buff their allies and have their own strategy on how to put your heroes to the grave.
- Use your gold wisely on the strategy layer to invest into skill development, equipment, consumables or additional heroes.
- Rest in town to recover from injuries that reduce your constitution or gain morale boosts by exceptional performance in battle.
- Classic RPG/roguelike features like permadeath, procedural dungeons, and random events result in high replayability.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Absolutely *KILLER* CRPG!! Made by a dev team with a LOVINGLY AMAZING attention to detail! Seriously, this is one of my favs ever and I only played 6 hours and barely saw 10% of the game most likely. It's incredibly deep, has ALL the RPG elements and features and just plays so beautifully that you can tell a lot of LOVE and great skill went into making it. Love this one and will always support the devs! Check out Infested Fortress, their newer game, as well! Thanks devs!!3 found this helpful
It's a game that is fun to come back to after trying a whole lot of other tactical turn based crpg's that were either too complex or too unforgiving. Oh, and can you save mid battle.... of coarse you bloody well can (other developers please take note).1 found this helpful
Very cool idea, but I was hoping it would be more on the management side of things. The combat doesn't seem that fun to me (but others seem to enjoy it!), and it doesn't make sense that you play as the Lord Commander, but then don't fight in the field, and yet micro manage the patrols etc that are sent out. If there was an auto-combat option, this game would be 10x better IMO. Then, I could focus on resources and management and less on every single shot an archer has to take every single combat.1 found this helpful
In a world where shoes are a luxury, and ladies fight monsters in their lingerie, a desperate band of Night Watch wannabes battles to save the world... Yeah so this is a tactical battle game a little like Wartales or Battle Brothers but nowhere near as polished. It ALMOST feels good enough to push on with, but I think I am finding the battles a bit too samey and repetitive. It nearly has that compulsive x factor but not quite. There is also a Darkest Dungeon's style narrator but the script and delivery is nowhere near as good - in fact it is quite amateurish. It is also a bit funny at times, presumably unintentionally, like with the shoes - my troops and enemies have been almost completely unshod so far. Shoes do exist, but you have to pay extra to get them as enhanced armor. Because tromping around a ruined dark ages warzone and fighting rampaging horrors is best done barefoot! Music is inoffensive and has moments where it feels like it is about to become something special, but it never does. And that is the game in a nutshell - almost hitting the x-factor of greater games, but not quite managing. Now given its age - 2016! - and apparently tiny dev team, that is actually…
Good old school CRPG with heavy focus on tactical combat and character progression. It is similar to other games that I enjoyed like The Hand of Merlin or Dungeon Rats, this game is a hidden gem in the same vein for those who understand depth and atmosphere.
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