![]() When this happens, the camera movements I tried to make also catch up quickly when they finally stop stuttering, which normally means my camera shakes violently from me hitting A and D repeatedly to try and get it to respond. Next step tends to be that lag/stutter where things start freezing and then popping back into where they should be when the game catches up. Normally dropping a quick save file is enough to fix that at first. It starts minor enough, my first sign is that I can no longer use the wasd keys to move my camera across the map, instead needing to nudge my mouse towards the edges I want to move. It's almost like the lag you get when it autosaves where everything pauses and then suddenly just pops into position when the game realizes it was doing something. RNG-Driven Combat We can mitigate risks in combat by arming our character with crossbows and potions.I've recently come back to the game after a few months (on here I only recently got it, was playing on my husbands library before) and I've noticed that after a while things just sort of stutter or break. Even if we find the challenge too much, demonstrating our resourcefulness to the nearby towns compels them to feed, bathe, and shelter us after a few days of intense work. Overall, learning to survive Roadwarden was a challenging yet enjoyable process that reinforced the savage cruelty of our environment. Likewise, fishing traps aren’t a reliable food source, and paying for a day’s meal can deplete money we could have spent on a new crossbow. Working for a settlement may earn enough for the night’s rent, but it wears down our vitality and worsens our appearance, raising prices. While I had no trouble meeting these meters over time, working with a time limit of 40 days (30 if we pick Hard) compels us to learn and abuse our world’s economy. We can divide this gameplay into three elements survival, combat, and investigation: Man Vs Wild Survival Image by JT HusseyĮncompassing most of Roadwarden’s gameplay, surviving means maintaining our character’s Vitality, Hunger, Armor, and Appearance or risking death. While the game may play as a text adventure, it compelled me to employ careful management of my supplies and gear, condemning me to starvation or death by apes if I neglected my character’s wellbeing. ![]() Gameplay: Homeless Civil Servantįiercely deceptive and brutally unapologetic, I loved Roadwarden’s intense gameplay. I highly advise checking the game out for those looking for a well-written fantasy adventure with grim overtones and an optimistic outlook. The need to unravel the peninsula’s mysteries only intensifies the more we play, culminating in several grand revelations that left me horrified with the people I’d come to serve and protect. Overall, Roadwarden’s narrative is its strongest feature. Better yet, the epilogue at the game’s end ensured our hours of toil were worth the narrative payoff. Familiarizing yourself with the well-written quirky townspeople governing the world’s edge was a delight, especially when I saved their settlements and convinced each to join civilization. While our job primarily consists of clearing roads and removing monsters, we also investigate missing persons and uncover horrific atrocities.Īlthough some of the narratives ended abruptly, locating the previous Roadwarden and convincing White Marshes felt unsatisfying, I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and narratives surrounding each settlement. For our part, we play the role of a hardcore civil servant, titled Roadwarden, tasked with uniting the several struggling settlements in an isolated peninsula and coercing them into joining the civilized world. This fierce text adventure pulls no punches, compelling us to scour a wild peninsula in search of peace, riches, and salvation.įor those looking to brave the dark and bring civilization to the wilderness, pour yourself a hot cup of tea and get to reading our adventure awaits.Įncompassing a unique blend of fantasy, pre-colonialism, and zombies, Roadwarden succeeds in crafting a strangely fantastic world as wonderful as it is dangerous. While most text adventures have transitioned into hybrid isometric games like Divinity 2 and Disco Elysium, where text is a prelude to combat or silly antics, few expect readers to study every line of prose.Įnter Roadwarden, a grim fantasy RPG and faithful recreation of retro text adventures where every piece of text is crucial to our survival and success. The combination of intuition, guesswork, and luck won’t hesitate to murder us if we neglect the feral monkey flinging dung at us three paragraphs ago. Indies With Great Accessibility Features.
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