2021’s best RPG improves a key feature alongside fixing ‘wonky barber jobs’
Wildermyth is also now out on GOG.
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Wildermyth was one of last year’s most welcome surprises, a tactical RPG that interwove crafted and procedural narrative toat times incredible effect. It’s a wonderful story generator, basically, and it scooped upour RPG of the year awardfor getting as close to the feel of a tabletop RPG as games have managed to get.
The game has received a new patch, named in Wildermyth style asthe Mara Mallard patch, anda roadmapto go alongside it. The latter is not as exciting as it sounds (if in fact you find the idea of roadmaps exciting), with the developers mainly talking about how 2022 will eventually see DLC, more events, and things like a soundtrack release.
It also says that, as long as there’s the demand, they’ll do more merch and possibly DLC in 2023.
As for Mara Mallard, it first of all brings the game to GOG. As for the game itself, it’s made improvements to the legacy browser (where you sift through heroes), allowing players to filter by legacy tier, class and playability. There’s also a hero list that lets you more easily see what past versions of your legacy heroes have looked like, “and for those of you tired of seeing your heroes in their 80’s and 90’s, there’s now an age customization option.”
The patch also adds one new event, rewrites three existing ones, and updates hairstyles to fit all heads as apparently people were seeing some “wonky barber jobs.”
The full list of changes is below:
Wildermyth is currently 25% offto celebrate the GOG launch,and has the same discount on Steam,where it sits on overwhelmingly positive reviews.
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Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer. He is the author of a Brief History of Video Games, a full history of the medium, which the Midwest Book Review described as “[a] must-read for serious minded game historians and curious video game connoisseurs alike.”
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