For The King will be receiving a physical Switch release, according to a pre-order listing over on Amazon UK.
The page reveals the IronOak release will be published by Merge Games and arrives on 24th May, for the price of £29,99. NintendoSoup has also confirmed the game is launching in North America on the same day. Take a look at the official box art below:
If you haven't played or heard about this game before, it was previously released in 2018. Based on the Steam description, it's a "challenging blend" of strategy and turn-based combat with tabletop and roguelike elements. The adventure takes place on procedurally generated maps, featuring quests, events and a bunch of wicked creatures to battle. Here's a bit about the story, directly from the Amazon listing:
The King is dead, murdered by an unknown assailant. Now the once peaceful kingdom of Fahrul is in chaos.
With nowhere left to turn and stretched beyond her means, the queen has put out a desperate plea to the citizens of the land to rise up and stem the tide of impending doom.
Just remember adventurer, you do this not for riches or fame but for your village, for your realm, For The King!
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Nice. Ive been waiting for this one.
Not for NA though.
Huh. This game looks pretty cool.
What’s up with the EU only releases lately?
Blazblue Central Fiction, Unravel 2, and it seems Saints Row The Third only has an EU listing as well... I don’t get it. NA is a much larger market.
Oh well. Thanks to region free, it’s not a big deal to import.
I'll get it if it ever decided to make its way to our shore.
@JaxonH I wonder if the US market sees a lot more game trades than the UK or JP. I’m curious if that’s the real reason why developers are releasing games with digital download codes— forcing more US customers to purchase games on their own over trading. Otherwise, your logic makes perfect sense— the market is bigger here in the US, so bring those physical editions here.
@Whalehome
I went in to the Switch generation 100% physical.
But I may exit fully embracing digital. It’s less of a headache that way. You don’t have to worry about having an aneurysm every time a company fails to release a physical copy... and we’re all headed that way anyways. Might as well get used to it now.
Voxel graphics still look nice, but the novelty has worn off for me.
Is the framerate really that slow ingame??...looks like its running at about 15-20fps..i sure hope it runs a little faster than that..
Other than that, it looks pretty cool.
@JaxonH I get the appeal of collecting physical, but I don’t care about it too much. I mostly pursue the cheapest deal since I consider all games an experience— like a ticket to a sporting event or theater— instead of a good that I’m receiving. When done like that, I’m fine with digital.
Will this game be released digitally? The game is £15.00 on steam, yet they expect us to pay double the amount on Switch? Er, no.
Looks like a roguelite hexcrawl with some tactical combat. Might be nice. Although I think I would prefer Battle Brothers.
@Travisemo007 I don't know what to say. Looks like there's almost no gameplay in the trailer. Or is that the game?
Looks promising but another Roguelike/-lite (who knows at this point)? So I'm out.
Aren't publishers able to offer a full experience game anymore? I feel like 2 of 3 games have this "rogue" in the description. So Sad.
@Coxula I get what you are saying but if done right it is a full game experience, see Dead Cells. I am having more fun then I expected with that game. I also love Rogue Legacy that game has also ate up a lot of my time on the PS4 and I am thinking about double dipping on the switch of it ever goes on sale.
£25 on Base.com and 365games.com
Amazon really do seem to overcharge now on initial release. #TheSwitchTaxIsReal
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