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Mysterious Castle

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Roguelike+tactics! This graphical adventure pits a party of characters against a procedurally generated world made up of treacherous forests, caves and, of course, a mysterious castle! Turn based combat based on (but not limited by) the award winning and ubiquitous SRD 3.5 standard provides endless tactical possibilities, as you go up against parties of Orcs, Undead, Dark Elves, Demons and more! Collect amazing items to wield in battle, study old tomes to increase your skills, and gather mushrooms to brew into powerful spells. An incredibly minimal interface devoid of the clutter so common to roguelikes lets you perform both simple and complex actions with ease. Lighthearted coffee-break combat or meticulous powergaming, the choice is yours. Fast paced, Turn based. Simple interface, Complex possibilities.

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Arthandas
Arthandas
Dec 3 2011 Anchor

Ok, I made a party, started the game, died in the first battle and then WTF! I'm an orc! You should include info about reincarnation in the readme. Can you actually die in this game or is it infinite reincarnations? If it's infinite, then you should really make this a one time trip, if your party dies then you can reincarnate, die again and it's game over. It's roguelike after all.
Second thing is spells description. There is no such thing! I must actually cast the spell to see what it does! And why do I lose the turn if I decide to cancel casting? Why "flash" has aoe range if it only blinds one opponent?
The third and most important thing is there is no items description. I must actually equip EACH weapon and armor and then check if my attributes changed somehow. This is really tedious and annoying.
The main problem with this game is that you actually don't know how to play it. You don't know what spells do, you don't know if/how they recharge, you don't know how to learn new spellls, you don't know the items' attributes, you don't know what happens if you die and so on... Why not make a simple tutorial book with some basic information that your party will start with and you can read it ingame?
All in all I still love this game and I think it has some great potential. I hope my feedback will help you. Thanks for your time.

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