tmw a game tricks you into reading
Charming pixel and text-rpg set in a really immersive world I just wanted to learn more and more about.
Which brings me to the biggest downside to my experience.
Shouldn't have set a day limit at the start as I was forced to end my playthrough too early for my taste.
Which brings me to the biggest downside to my experience.
Shouldn't have set a day limit at the start as I was forced to end my playthrough too early for my taste.
The shape is smart: just overhead and text, lots of assisting images. I can't remember after playing what was rendered or part of my imagination - genius!
But when a game has lots of reading, it gets me itchy. Why aren't I reading a book with a better story? The premise of the main quest is surprisingly interesting, but the chatty characters give too little with too much text; not dense enough to escape the itch. I haven't gone back to it.
But when a game has lots of reading, it gets me itchy. Why aren't I reading a book with a better story? The premise of the main quest is surprisingly interesting, but the chatty characters give too little with too much text; not dense enough to escape the itch. I haven't gone back to it.
Con una melodía cautivadora y misteriosa Roadwarden nos da paso a su mundo. Una península ambientada en fantasía oscura medieval, en la que pasaremos los siguientes 40 días. Pero no es su mundo lo que hace peculiar a este título, si no su forma de narrarlo. Con el apoyo visual de un bonito pixel art de la zona donde nos encontramos, todo lo que ocurre en el juego se cuenta a través de texto. Tiene un enfoque digno de novela, con extensas descripciones, pero aprovechando la interactividad que le brinda el medio. Ese enfoque me gusta, me parece una experiencia bastante única dentro del medio, aunque a veces pueda hacerse algo denso.
Tras una introducción en la que defines la clase de tu personaje y su motivación, Roadwarden te da un objetivo principal abstracto: explora su península en 40 días. Con esa idea en mente, te lanzas a descubrir lo que tiene la península para ti. Una península que realmente me ha parecido muy disfrutable de explorar y descubrir los secretos que guarda. Los pueblos y la gente que lo forma son interesantes, constantemente buscaba saber más, mejorar mis relaciones con ellos o ayudarles en diferentes tareas. Consigue muy bien transmitir la sensación de ser un roadwarden como ellos lo definen, un oficio que busca hacer los caminos más seguros y las relaciones entre pueblos más fructíferas. Todo influenciado por tus decisiones. No vas a poder tener a todos los personajes ni pueblos contentos, te tocará decidir de qué lado estás. Y esas decisiones tienen consecuencias, muy bien representadas en su final. Lo único que me ha desagradado de su apartado narrativo es lo densa que me resultaba a ratos su narración. Quizá porque intenta tratar todo con demasiado detalle innecesario, alargando mucho determinadas situaciones hasta el punto de saltarme partes de texto por aburrimiento.
Su apartado RPG y de gestión de recursos me gusta. Aunque he echado de menos que hubiera espacio para más rol, que tu clase importara un poco más en la historia y que pudieras definir más tus respuestas. Más compromiso por el RPG clásico. Por otro lado, hay una mecánica de su sistema de gestión de recursos que me genera debate, y son los 40 días que tienes para explorar. La totalidad de tus recursos como personaje (vida, armadura, apariencia, hambre y dinero) tienen como denominador común el tiempo. Todos se pueden conseguir gastando dicho tiempo, convirtiéndose en la divisa principal del juego. Le da significado a cada una de tus acciones, ya que no quieres quedarte sin tiempo para explorar, pero tienes que gestionar cada uno de tus atributos. Sin él las decisiones en roadwarden perderían sentido, siendo un punto fuerte del título. Sin embargo, llegar al final sin poder descubrir todo lo que te ofrece te deja un regusto amargo. Tras una larga reflexión, creo que esta mecánica es una representación de la vida en sí misma. El tiempo nunca se detiene y tenemos que tomar decisiones porque en algún momento se acabará para nosotros. No siempre podremos hacer todo lo que queramos antes de que se acaben nuestros días.
En definitiva, roadwarden me ha parecido una experiencia chula y peculiar. Su mundo me ha parecido interesante de descubrir, aunque en algunas partes me haya costado seguir por su forma de narración. Sin duda con una de las cosas que me voy a quedar es con su ambientación, lograda con una banda sonora impecable.
Tras una introducción en la que defines la clase de tu personaje y su motivación, Roadwarden te da un objetivo principal abstracto: explora su península en 40 días. Con esa idea en mente, te lanzas a descubrir lo que tiene la península para ti. Una península que realmente me ha parecido muy disfrutable de explorar y descubrir los secretos que guarda. Los pueblos y la gente que lo forma son interesantes, constantemente buscaba saber más, mejorar mis relaciones con ellos o ayudarles en diferentes tareas. Consigue muy bien transmitir la sensación de ser un roadwarden como ellos lo definen, un oficio que busca hacer los caminos más seguros y las relaciones entre pueblos más fructíferas. Todo influenciado por tus decisiones. No vas a poder tener a todos los personajes ni pueblos contentos, te tocará decidir de qué lado estás. Y esas decisiones tienen consecuencias, muy bien representadas en su final. Lo único que me ha desagradado de su apartado narrativo es lo densa que me resultaba a ratos su narración. Quizá porque intenta tratar todo con demasiado detalle innecesario, alargando mucho determinadas situaciones hasta el punto de saltarme partes de texto por aburrimiento.
Su apartado RPG y de gestión de recursos me gusta. Aunque he echado de menos que hubiera espacio para más rol, que tu clase importara un poco más en la historia y que pudieras definir más tus respuestas. Más compromiso por el RPG clásico. Por otro lado, hay una mecánica de su sistema de gestión de recursos que me genera debate, y son los 40 días que tienes para explorar. La totalidad de tus recursos como personaje (vida, armadura, apariencia, hambre y dinero) tienen como denominador común el tiempo. Todos se pueden conseguir gastando dicho tiempo, convirtiéndose en la divisa principal del juego. Le da significado a cada una de tus acciones, ya que no quieres quedarte sin tiempo para explorar, pero tienes que gestionar cada uno de tus atributos. Sin él las decisiones en roadwarden perderían sentido, siendo un punto fuerte del título. Sin embargo, llegar al final sin poder descubrir todo lo que te ofrece te deja un regusto amargo. Tras una larga reflexión, creo que esta mecánica es una representación de la vida en sí misma. El tiempo nunca se detiene y tenemos que tomar decisiones porque en algún momento se acabará para nosotros. No siempre podremos hacer todo lo que queramos antes de que se acaben nuestros días.
En definitiva, roadwarden me ha parecido una experiencia chula y peculiar. Su mundo me ha parecido interesante de descubrir, aunque en algunas partes me haya costado seguir por su forma de narración. Sin duda con una de las cosas que me voy a quedar es con su ambientación, lograda con una banda sonora impecable.
Estupendo text-based RPG, que captura de maravilla el feeling de cualquier TTRPG en una mesa, con un mas que notable desarrollo del mundo, un mas que buen setting y una buena OST que te acompaña mientras lees y disfrutas del buen pixel art.
Mi única pega es en los personajes con los que interactuas, que pese a que le ves la intención y el buen querer en sus dialogos, nunca llegan a desarrollarse mas allá de recordar a X o Y porque te hagan una jugarreta.
Mi única pega es en los personajes con los que interactuas, que pese a que le ves la intención y el buen querer en sus dialogos, nunca llegan a desarrollarse mas allá de recordar a X o Y porque te hagan una jugarreta.
God what a mood. The only reason this isnt 5 stars is because I'll be honest, if Im reading this much Id rather be reading a novel haha. This isnt tk say Roadwarden is poorely written as what it achieves is great, and the music and atmosphere are sublime. However, at a certain point a visual novel with this degree of RPG type choices will lose its focus a bit. I grew a little bored near the end, but I will be revisiting it as a staunch militaristic religious type in the future because the worldbuilding is remarkably open and locks you off from a ton due to its time constraint and choices you make. My choices were, of course, to be a hippie dippie pagan lol
I really wanted to like this game. It seemed like it would be right up my alley. But after getting about 3 hours in, it started to feel like it was nothing but an endless interlinked series of fetch quests, none of which I could do because I was too broke and too low on stats. I looked up some advice for beginners and this was only confirmed. “Try going to X, get a Y, do that for a few in-game days, and hopefully you don’t get ambushed on the road, good luck!” Either that or, “Just try to do a quest that you know you can do right now, and see where it leads you.” Another 3 hours later, I’ve been running around the whole map for days, my in-game time limit is halfway up, and I’m no closer to even being able to START most of the quests.
All this is to say, I can see why people love this game so much, but it did everything in its power to bore and frustrate me. I did appreciate some of its aspects though, such as how merchants will often outright refuse to buy anything from you if they don't need any of it. Makes the world feel more believable.
All this is to say, I can see why people love this game so much, but it did everything in its power to bore and frustrate me. I did appreciate some of its aspects though, such as how merchants will often outright refuse to buy anything from you if they don't need any of it. Makes the world feel more believable.
Absolutely amazing experience, it's pretty rare for a game to keep me so hooked that I end up binging it in a couple of days.
Phenomenal worldbuilding, atmosphere, soundtrack, pixel art, I could go on and on, together with really fascinating characters whom you always wanna learn more and more.
It's very text-heavy and if you're not a native english speaker (like myself) you could have a hard time with it but if you're willing to get past that it's a must-play, especially on sale
Phenomenal worldbuilding, atmosphere, soundtrack, pixel art, I could go on and on, together with really fascinating characters whom you always wanna learn more and more.
It's very text-heavy and if you're not a native english speaker (like myself) you could have a hard time with it but if you're willing to get past that it's a must-play, especially on sale
Roadwarden reminds me a lot of the best parts of what I loved about Disco Elysium and Citizen Sleeper. The richness and diversity of characterizations in all three games makes their comparatively small game worlds feel deep and alive, filled with tons of uniquely memorable characters, and also notably empathetic without needing to be soft or cozy. Amazingly, Roadwarden pulls this off without even giving visual depictions of its characters, relying entirely on thoughtfully written text instead of the notably cool character portraits that Disco and Sleeper have.
Like those other two games, Roadwarden asks you to read a lot, but I’m glad to read as much in any game with similarly evocative detail and a selective word count; nothing ever feels like filler I’m tempted to skip through.
Beyond its great writing, the sparse acoustic soundtrack is beautiful in many different moods; I particularly loved the emotional impact of hearing an area’s background song change after one of the few transformational plot events occurs. The pixel graphic landscapes are just as smart as the writing in what they choose to include, and I love how exploration offers unfolding blankness as choices are made.
Like those other two games, Roadwarden asks you to read a lot, but I’m glad to read as much in any game with similarly evocative detail and a selective word count; nothing ever feels like filler I’m tempted to skip through.
Beyond its great writing, the sparse acoustic soundtrack is beautiful in many different moods; I particularly loved the emotional impact of hearing an area’s background song change after one of the few transformational plot events occurs. The pixel graphic landscapes are just as smart as the writing in what they choose to include, and I love how exploration offers unfolding blankness as choices are made.
One of the most grounded and fully realised world & stories that I've played
A grounded dark fantasy text adventure. I’ve been waiting for a game like this my whole life.
Probably one the best text-based RPG games I've played in years. As a person who is a big fan of old text adventures, Roadwarden really does feel like the logical extension of that genre, which is exactly what I was looking for in this title. It doesn't do anything crazily new or unique, but it does have it's own worldbuilding aspects that really do add a lot. I won't say much, and just say that you should definitely play it if you enjoy that genre
At first I found the regular walls of text off-putting, but by the end I really felt invested in those walls of text.
hmm... snake bait
I'm too impatient/tired to play a slow-ish game right now, but I really enjoyed the vibes of this game. It's INSANE to me that this game was built in Ren'py. That's super duper cool.
Unfortunately I couldn't finish this one. It's a shame because the worldbuilding was super cool, but the writing was just too longwinded. If you're a fan of text-based RPGs, then I would definitely recommend.
A tentative 7 but you HAVE to know what you are getting in to going in to this game. It's a choose your own adventure book more than a game, heavy on writing. Very Witcher-esque in it's setting, it has great world building, lovely pixel art and sound design and rewards you for actually paying attention to some of the flavour text being said. Only thing I would advise is take your time and go unlimited days on the first play through, I regretted having to go home early.
Everyone says it so it feels so unoriginal to repeat it, but I gotta. Roadwarden is a better Witcher than the Witcher is. The setting, narrative, the characters. It's all very good low fantasy with critters and swords and quests and lore. Roadwarden's quality is astonishing for a Ren'py game. It's well designed, it's pretty, it's engaging. It's a fantastic visual novel-RPG experience.
It's hard to say much without giving things away. But it's as well written as any fantasy novel I've ever read, it's as engaging as an RPG I've ever played. It's well worth a playthrough or two for any fan of either genre.
It's hard to say much without giving things away. But it's as well written as any fantasy novel I've ever read, it's as engaging as an RPG I've ever played. It's well worth a playthrough or two for any fan of either genre.
this game was cool but i got like the worst ending i was just vibin
Roadwarden is a surprisingly well written text adventure that felt to me like experiencing a visual novel (A genre I have not explored too much yet), the prose striked a great balance, easy to read but complex enough and added great depth to descriptions and was (as should be in a game like this) one of the main reasons the game is as inmersive as it is.
Exploring the unnamed peninsula for the first time is a such a captivating experience, in this fantasy-like yet grounded world that forces you to plan your days ahead if you hope to achieve a good ending for your character. I found myself submerged by the incredible soundtrack and intrigued by the many mysteries of this ruthless region.
I have only played once, and my ending wasn't all that great, but I know there is a lot that I've missed and suspect that the game has a good deal of replayability.
Each place felt unique and had a different story, interesting tasks and many different characters. Conversations felt natural and it felt good to earn the trust of the village leaders.
I will keep the OST in my personal playlist , and hope to come back to unsolve the riddles I left unriddled and get a better ending for the roadwarden.
(https://youtu.be/jbL7C3Ucg_A?si=rgOpJBzWh-UtKcGc)
Exploring the unnamed peninsula for the first time is a such a captivating experience, in this fantasy-like yet grounded world that forces you to plan your days ahead if you hope to achieve a good ending for your character. I found myself submerged by the incredible soundtrack and intrigued by the many mysteries of this ruthless region.
I have only played once, and my ending wasn't all that great, but I know there is a lot that I've missed and suspect that the game has a good deal of replayability.
Each place felt unique and had a different story, interesting tasks and many different characters. Conversations felt natural and it felt good to earn the trust of the village leaders.
I will keep the OST in my personal playlist , and hope to come back to unsolve the riddles I left unriddled and get a better ending for the roadwarden.
(https://youtu.be/jbL7C3Ucg_A?si=rgOpJBzWh-UtKcGc)