Trials of Fire, the single-player, turn-based strategy game developed by Whatboy Games, is not live in Steam Early Access. Trials of Fire is set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world and is being made by a team comprising of ex-Rocksteady games. The game is available to purchase for US$ 15.99/ INR ₹ 479.
Trials of Fire combines free-form exploration of an expansive open world, multi-character, card-driven combat and an innovative new fusion of loot, load-out and deck-building systems delivering massive depth of play and unique strategic opportunities for the player on every run.
Trials of Fire also features an extensive range of narrative ‘judgement’ encounters where the player is challenged to weigh moral dilemmas in a lawless world, assuming the roles of judge, jury and (often) executioner. The tactical rogue-like design, procedurally generated game events and expanding gallery of playable characters and abilities challenges the player make every decision count as they journey across a dying world… in search of hope.
Key Features
Multi-Character Deck-Driven Combat
During combat encounters, the player is able to issue commands to each Hero based on their draw cards. The random draw of cards presents new and interesting challenges at every turn and it is up to the player to consider their best immediate tactical choices via positional play and to optimize their offensive and defensive capacities while taking advantage of any available card synergies that may have arisen in the draw by combining the unique abilities of their three heroes.
Recurrent Tactical Optimisation
At any time between combat encounters, the player can tweak their character’s loadout of weapons, items and gear and in so doing alter their card-defined abilities. The player has the option of assigning resources across their heroes and interchanging items in order to maximise the effectiveness of the triad. New items and weapons are acquired when scavenging in ancient ruins, or looting an encampment after an ambush and so the player is constantly challenged to consider the optimal state of their party’s load-out. Discovering one new Epic weapon could cause the player to rethink their entire strategy!
Vast Procedural Overworld Adventure
Players will traverse an immense overworld map, choosing their heading and defining their own adventure as they embark upon a journey across a vast and varied wasteland in a perilous hunt for resources critical to the survival of their home settlement. The threat of ambush and skirmish are never far away as the player’s triad of heroes does battle with the roaming denizens of the wild, monsters of lore and legend and the unforgiving lands of the realm of Ashe.