Overview
- Number of Players
- 3
- Genre
- Adventure, Board Game, RPG, Strategy
- Release Date
Nintendo Switch
- 24th May 2019 (UK/EU/AU), £11.99
- 9th May 2019 (US/Canada), =
Screenshots (6)
Reviews
Review For The King - A Roguelike RPG That's Best Played With A Friend
By royal decree
Don’t let the beguiling art style of For The King fool you. It might look like a children’s book that’s been conjured to life, bathed in the soft autumnal light of a European fairy tale, but beneath the funny hats and cute character designs sits a roguelike RPG with teeth. Underestimate the challenge of its procedural maps and...
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About The Game
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally. None before you have returned from their journey. Will you put an end to the Chaos?
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. Will you put an end to the Chaos?
For The King is a challenging blend of strategy, turn-based combat, and roguelike elements. Each playthrough is unique with procedural maps, quests, and events. Explore Fahrul in either single player, local, or online co-op.
Just remember adventurer, you do this not for riches or fame but for your village, for your realm, For The King!
INCLUDES ALL PREVIOUSLY RELEASED CONTENT EXPANSIONS!
Comments (10)
Hope we will get a review soon. I love this game so far, more people need to know about it.
@Vepra how would you describe it, if I can be curious?
@Ludovsky In short: Dungeons and Dragons made enjoyable on console/PC.
In this game, you create a party of three members. (You either play solo, controlling all 3 of them, or you can play both online and local coop with up to three people where everyone controlls their character). You begin with 4 classes and you can unlock additional 7 (you do that by playing the game, no microtransactions).At its core it is, as I mentioned, like D&D so it is rng based.
This release is the complete addition with two expansions that both offer a new map, class and its unique mechanics. In the Frost Adventure, you have to be careful as the low temperatures will damage your heroes at every end of their turn (unless they are placed in a city or a camp). The Into the Deep adventure is focused on a map with islands where you sail the seas and have to watch out for the Kraken that can surprise you and kill you or just destroy your boat which will get you randomly shipwrecked on land.
There is a lot I could talk about so I think it'd be better if you'd just ask for things you are interested in and I'll do my best to answer you.
@Vepra what's the difficulty like? I hear it can be quite roguelike so I wondered how the game handle this
@Ludovsky Well, it is difficult. Once your party wipes, you have to start over. Of one of your party members dies, you can ressurect him tho, you need to have atleast one hero alive not to lose. The difficulity isn't really unfair, to me it really captures the feeling of an adventure where you really have to think about your next step.
If you are worried about it being too difficult or punishing, don't be. You just can't rush things, that is about it, just take your time, level up your heroes, do not take high risks.
Just started playing this game and it did crash two times in the first 3 hours of multiplayer play. With the saving scheme you only lose up to one turn, but I hope the devs resolve these issues as the load time to start the game is not short.
@Vepra So it's more grind some levels or are you able to beat hard enemies with strategy?
@MrSoczek Well, strategy does help a ton but keep in mind its bassicly just a D&D game. So it really depends on dice rolls. Before every attack, your character rolls a dice and the attack efectivness is based on that roll. I'd say viable strategy is as important as a bit of grind to level your characters before challenging a tough oponent.
@Vepra Thanks, looks good enough to spend some time with it )
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good replay ability.
bit too long at 1cool.
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