#The merchant wildermyth for free
#The merchant wildermyth full

Merchant is going the simple, straight-forward route and that’s fine, especially that its out now for free on the app store. I like the idea behind running a shop where you sell things to adventures, but I would have liked an actual tycoon, considering how much could be mined from running an RPG equipment store. You don’t get to see those quests in action or much of your shop, which you’ll either not mind or find it highly disappointing. You’re main goal is just keeping a business a float, gaining the most money from selling to successful quests. No, its as straight-forward and retro as it could be, which is fine if you want that. Merchant is still about a merchant, hiring class characters on quests and giving them gear, then setting them on the adventure, hoping they come back with goods, but its no 3D game with a personalized shop. Well, the trailer sure doesn’t seem to represent the game. Merchant (Published By Retora Game Studios)

#The merchant wildermyth full

I enjoyed my demo time with the Wildermyth, and look forward to full release as its now one of my most anticipated indies of the year!

Later, I discovered alternative attacks, like the mage casting a trap that continuously damages enemies in the radius or that you can tear down weak walls to cover more ground. Really, the choices were on who our characters are, and how it affects the gameplay. Then again, these were the first three or four randomly generated levels, none of which had my custom characters interact with npcs.

There’s some adorable nerdy humor to be had for a game advertised to be so gritty. I had an archer, mage and warrior with me, which two of them used kitchen spoons and frying pans as weapons. My time with the demo featured what is probably the first three levels, introducing three different class characters that would meet up with each other. The whole gameplay is a tabletop fantasy version of Xcom, with a player-driven narrative. It starts with the difficulty options being named after famous fantasy authors, then goes into the origins of your custom characters. What I find interesting about the trailer for Wildermyth, is that it lures you into thinking you’re on this serious, dark fantasy quest, when the game is actually rather silly.