I’ve all the time had a smooth spot for bold style mash-ups, and Agate’s Valthirian Arc: Hero School – launched at this time – goals excessive, asking gamers to each handle a hero coaching facility and lead its college students in real-time RPG fight. There’s campus buildings to be positioned, gear to be crafted, college students to be nurtured and dragons to be slain all whereas balancing the books and even partaking in a bit of politics. If it didn’t look so lovable, it’d be nearly intimidating. Take a peek on the game in motion within the launch trailer beneath, plus a (slightly previous) demo.
Originally Kickstarted below a clunkier title, Valthirian Arc jogs my memory a little bit of charming store sim/action-RPG hybrid Recettear. Similar of their excessive fantasy settings, however grounded by the horrors of finance. At the top of the day it’s all about not going bankrupt, however you’re always juggling targets. Break even whereas producing ok college students to deal with each state of affairs that crops up, ideally. That mentioned, I’m not anticipating the game to be all that troublesome, given its light all-ages look, but it surely’s good to see one other game mixing wildly disparate components.
Money and status aren’t the one issues in Valthirian Arc both. Agate promise a branching story with a number of endings. The hero academy sits on the intersection of 5 queendoms, and which monarchs you throw your lot in with is meant to have some main results down the highway. Proof of the previous adage that I simply made up now – it’s not the extent fifty dragon that’ll kill you, it’s the politics. Plus, you possibly can all the time title the college Hogwarts and solely practice wizards if you happen to like, if you happen to can’t stand the wait till that rumoured and leaked Harry Potter RPG.
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story is out now on Steam for £10.79/€11.69/$13.49. The Kickstarter page additionally accommodates a demo, but it surely’s a really previous construct of the game so be warned.
