Mors and Alester speak with numerous characters and the player must choose their response during conversations, as in Dragon Age or Mass Effect. On screen, this system seemed to work really well, neither hindering the action nor losing the player among menus.Īnother important thing in the game is narration. Once the player leaves the menu, the characters carry these actions out in real-time. For example, by hitting the key to slow the action down, the menu opens so that the player can choose a normal hit, followed by a block, and finally a knock-out attack. In that wheel the player can choose the next three actions of the characters controlled. In concrete terms, the player can push a key, time slows, and a menu opens providing options while engaging the enemy in slow-motion. Instead, there is a menu wheel of actions which opens during the fight and the action moves in slow-motion behind this menu, similar to The Witcher or Assassin's Creed series. The strategic side was something they wanted since the beginning of the development, but they did not want a turn-based system as they felt it would make combat too slow. There are several potential companions in the game, but the player can only have one of these at a time.Ĭyanide's goal is something dynamic and strategic.
In the course of the campaign, each character can bring with him one or several non-player characters who cannot be directly controlled, but who can provide help in fights, and an additional companion who can be directly controlled. Finally, there is a third skill tree related to magic for each character: skinchanging for Mors and red priest magic for Alester. In the case of Mors as a Landed Knight, this means he can add skills as a Magnar or Hedge Knight, essentially taking a dual-class approach with the character being more versatile, but having less powerful and focused options. The other option is to instead switch into one of the two initial skill trees not selected at the beginning. For example, having started Mors as a Landed Knight, the player can select a new skill tree opening up more defensive capabilities, building the character into a true defensive-minded tank. At level 7, characters will have a choice to make, selecting specializations that will open up new skill trees.
When characters level up, they can advance in the skill tree to unlock new abilities in combat.
Alester, on the other hand, can be set up as a Water Dancer (light and agile, with a slender blade), a Sellsword (daggers and poisons), or a Ranger (bow and arrows).Įach class has an initial skill tree. Mors can be set as a Magnar (allowing dual-wielding), a Hedge Knight (one two-handed weapon), or a Landed Knight (a weapon in the hand, a shield on the other).
The characters are fixed in terms of background and appearances, but the player can customize them greatly in terms of their abilities. Alester is a red priest who can set fire to his sword using wildfire, can look into flames to find secrets, and can use certain fire-based magic. Mors is a skinchanger and can slip into his dog to find secret paths, listen in on conversations, and follow a character's tracks through scent. Mors and Alester both have special abilities and three possible fighting modes. The story is divided into point of view-based chapters, with cliffhangers and twists ending each chapter, much like in the novels where one chapter from the perspective of one character is followed by a chapter from a completely different character. Martin has indicated to the studio that he might choose to make mentions of them, their families, or details from the game's story in later novels. They do not appear in the novels of A Song of Ice and Fire, although George R. The game puts players in control of two original characters, Mors Westford and Alester Sarwyck.
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