![]() Over the last few years, it’s felt like the trend in turn-based strategy RPGs has been solidly in the “lose as few characters as possible” mindset. Players will be leading bands of Gelflings through rich strategy filled stages on their journey to release their lands from the yoke of the Skesis’ tyranny. By following the storyline of the recently released Netflix series, this game takes players back to the world of Thra. Thra needs me.Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is a turn-based strategy RPG published by En Masse Entertainment and developed by BonusXP. ![]() We’ll be back later with a full review, but for now: I gotta help Deet. It’s especially good as a Switch title, as each of the bite-sized levels is perfectly suited for on-the-go or sitting-in-bed gaming (the only kinds I do at this point). Still, if you’re a fan of the series and looking for a fun way to revisit your old friends, I definitely recommend Tactics. I wish I could say the same about the music and sounds: I got sick of the Gelfling yell extremely quickly. The gameplay graphics are solid, though: the main characters are all recognizable and Chamberlain in particular is adorable. There are some comic book-esque cutscenes, but they’re fairly bland compared to the actual show itself. So far, the game has mostly retread plot elements from the series, ranging from Deet discovering the Darkening to Rian and Gurjin avoiding the Skeksis in the castle. If you’re an old pro, though, you may find Tactics to be a little too simple. If you’re new to games like this, the difficulty is adjustable. However, the management was less tedious than in some similar titles I’ve played, and I got the hang of it before too long. Sometimes, it wasn’t immediately clear which status effects I could inflict on opponents, or what those status effects did exactly. The game has a lot of different stats and equipment to chew over, which is honestly often something that frustrates or confuses me. Fighting among the Gobblers, for example, gives you an opportunity to shove opposing units into the dangerous terrain, which forced me to try a new approach. Likewise, Tactics avoids feeling repetitive by changing the teams, goals, and environments frequently. ![]() Games like this often feel slow-paced, but Tactics moves at a good clip thanks to smooth animations and fairly small army sizes. You command a small army of Gelflings and their allies against the forces of misguided Gelflings, Skeksis, Arathim, and the like.Įvery turn, you position units on a grid, choose attacks for them to use, and see what happens. If you haven’t played any of those, it’s kinda like if you take the combat portion of Dungeons & Dragons extremely seriously, but if D&D combat was fun. A full review of the game will come later, once I’ve had more time with it.Īs its name implies, Tactics is a tactics game, not unlike Final Fantasy Tactics, Mario & Rabbids, or Fire Emblem. I’ve played through the early levels of the Switch version of Tactics, so what follows will be a review of that experience. Can you believe it? A Dark Crystal RPG? Today? It’s refreshing to see this kind of support for the series in an era where video game adaptations of TV shows are becoming increasingly rare. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics launched last week for the major home consoles, PC, and Mac. So it should come as no surprise that I was extremely excited that last year’s excellent Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance was getting a video game adaptation. The last time any of the non-Muppet Henson characters appeared in a console video game was the Famicon version of Labyrinth released in Japan in 1987.
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