Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
An isometric open world action-RPG. Shape shift into a highly customized character! Crush your foes, get loots, build your house and dungeon to challenge other players!. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem melds much-loved hack-and-slash gameplay with state-of-the-art graphics, and underpins it all with a truly modern AI. Inspired by the classic Diablo 2 game, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem aims to deliver an intense and rich action RPG game. Personalization of your character build is free, deep and highly customizable, and many secret are hidden in the world. An isometric open world action-RPG in a corrupted world falling apart. You are a former officer of army of the Human Republic, forced to flee the death penalty because of the magic powers you have unwillingly developed. Being tracked down by humans and hunted by the monsters of the Wild, you are recruited by a mysterious group of Templars. And thus an epic adventure begins in which you will wander the world to fight inhuman, mutated monsters and discover the terrible secret of the extinguishing mankind. The game features a unique mechanic called Apocalyptic Form that allows players to shape shift into a highly customized character! You’re free to mold your character thanks to a deep and rich customization system. And thanks to our complex crafting mini-game and our housing module you will be able to make your adventure feel as YOUR adventure!
What it feels like
The setting is explicitly dark, with corruption, death penalties, hunted protagonists, and forgotten horrors establishing unflinching grimness.
What it's about
A corrupted, falling-apart world with inhuman mutated monsters and forsaken lands establishes a dark, grim fantasy tone. Grim secrets, forgotten horrors, and inhuman mutated creatures contribute a horror-tinged atmosphere.
How it plays
Fast melee combat against many enemies with flashy attacks is the canonical core gameplay loop, as explicitly stated in multiple descriptions. Randomized item drops and the loot treadmill are driving forces, with 'get loots' explicitly mentioned as a core loop. Deep and highly customizable character personalization with freedom to mold builds is a defining feature of the experience.
How it looks and sounds
The isometric perspective is a defining visual presentation choice, mentioned repeatedly as the core camera view.
How it's structured
Primary design is single-player, though housing duels suggest minimal asynchronous multiplayer. An isometric open world that players explore in a largely non-linear fashion, wander through, and discover secrets in is central to the design. An authored story arc of being hunted, recruited, and uncovering secrets provides a bounded narrative spine.
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