The cows have been sacrificed. The rituals have concluded. The RPS god-talkers return from their tent and declare that Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind, will lastly be launched on PC on October 17th. Six Ages is in fact the non secular successor to the legendary King Of Dragon Pass, the 1999 strategy-RPG hybrid about main an iron age village to prosperity in a harmful land of monsters, spirits, and complicated political, financial, and cultural choices. It’s been out on iOS for a protracted whereas, however now it’s coming to PC. I’m very excited to finish this intro and get into the main points beneath.
The launch date is precisely 5 years to the day that my first ever article, a loving retro characteristic about King Of Dragon Pass was printed on RPS. I’ll have gotten a bit lairy and advised the workplace slack that “I will literally fight everyone” to be able to cowl this one. You need to get into the mindset for these items.
KODP was one of many worst casualties of the 90s games trade; a monetary bomb completely shafted by circumstance till the early 2010s, when it was introduced again for a cellular port after which a GOG launch, which uncovered it to the viewers it at all times deserved. Six Ages is minimize from the identical material, tasking the participant with organising and main their tribe in each space.
Like its ancestor, it’s a narrative generator, with particular person individuals and creatures making calls for and inquiries of the participant. Leadership isn’t about getting the largest numbers, however listening and caring for your individuals, each as a bunch and of their particular person issues and arguments. Tradition, justice, and social cohesion are extra essential than effectivity or min-maxing. It’s each grounded and, if the screenshots are any indication, often very bizarre. “People and consequences,” I mentioned of the unique. “It ought to be a genre of its own.”
This time the participant’s tribe would be the rivals to the individuals from the unique game, with their very own concepts about how the world works. I’m useless excited.
A tweet by builders A Sharp shared the information final evening, and I like to recommend their development blog normally for its extremely accessible dialogue of the considering behind and challenges confronted by the brand new game.
Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind shall be accessible on GOG and Steam.
