I’m at all times blissful to see one other game reaching for the (more and more contested) fantasy mercenary sim crown. The oddly titled Glorious Companions invitations quick comparability to the extra historically-skewed Mount & Blade in its real-time 3D overworld, however options turn-based tactical battles much like Battle Brothers. Developers Ancient Forge Studio say it’s nonetheless deep in growth, with an preliminary early entry launch deliberate for June, adopted by “up to a year” of additional work afterwards. Take a peek on the game’s strategic and tactical layers in movement under.
Described as a mix of Mount & Blade and Heroes Of Might & Magic, Glorious Companions will an open-ended game. Players begin out almost alone, with only a single loyal follower, and aspirations of increase a worthwhile warband, retaining them paid and fed, and creating their expertise in fight. As with Battle Brothers, it has its personal grungy fantasy setting, which options different humanoid species and point out of a “science based magic system”. While maybe a wobbly translation from their native Polish, I’m curious whether or not that refers to alchemy as a substitute of conventional spell-casting.
The model of the game because of launch in June will include all of the fight techniques in place and ten usable unit varieties, cut up between two playable factions, plus some minor impartial teams on the map. Over the subsequent 12 months, Ancient Forge plan on including one other three factions with some story and a quest-line for every, a procedurally generated world map and the choice to construct your individual metropolis. While Battle Brothers was content material to simply allow you to lead a pair dozen males round, I’m curious how effectively this metropolis administration and political wrangling will work – it’s an bold endgame, much like what StarSector has deliberate.
If all goes to plan, Glorious Companions enters early entry this July, and can value £23.79/€26.99/$29.99. You can discover it here on Steam, its official page and Discord channel.
