Most equipment is bought using the in-game orb currency, but some high level weapons and pieces of armour will also be dropped during boss battles you'll engage in at the end of each main missions. Weapons and armour here are all class-specific but the game does a good, clear job of showing you who can wear or brandish what. It's a decent, if hardly original, system that gives you plenty of choice as to how you wish to personalise your party's capabilities and – with the introduction of fun support sidekicks such as Hup, everyone's favourite Podling paladin, and Boggi, the furball Fizzigig who rolls around the battlefield healing and supporting the team – there's certainly plenty of ways in which to go about engaging the Skeksis, Arathim and other dark-infected creatures from across the kingdom of Thra.Īlongside the various skills afforded to your team via jobs, there's also plenty of equipment to get your hands on in order to strengthen your fighters. As expected, soldier opens up a skill tree comprising various offensive-based options, whereas scout gives you access to ranged attacks and mender focuses on healing, buffs and other magic-based shenanigans. There are a total of twelve different jobs for each of your characters to choose from and you'll start off with the fundamental three – soldier, scout and mender. ![]() Indeed, jobs are very much the most in-depth and important aspect to unlocking the strategies you'll need to take on the Skeksis. From here, you'll eventually build up a solid roster of up to fourteen playable heroes, each with access to a variety of different jobs which open up various skill trees from which they can choose a set number of attacks, buffs and defensive options to take into battle. You'll start the game with just two characters, Rian and Mira, with whom you'll get accustomed to basic movement, attacking and the ins and outs of levelling-up and buying gear. In terms of the actual game itself, this is pretty much straight down the line, tried-and-tested tactical fodder. More intriguingly for fans, some of the scraps and situations you find yourself in here are things that are mentioned in Age of Resistance but happen off-screen, so you're getting to see them for the first time. From the off, missions are lifted directly from the events of Age of Resistance and follow the series closely, while some of the nicer surprises in terms of characters who join your party as you make your way through the campaign come in the form of some returning faces from the 1982 original. ![]() An expensive, multi-episode forerunner to the seemingly long-forgotten 1982 movie masterpiece was a somewhat unexpected announcement when it was first made by Netflix, but perhaps not quite as unexpected as this top-down tie-in that sees you take control of a bunch of your favourite Gelflings and their various goofball pals as you seek to gather together the forces of good from across the land of Thra and strike a killer blow against the evil plans of the sinister Skeksis.įirst off, obviously, if you've seen the new show or are a long-time fan of the movie, you're going to get a lot more out of this game than just going in blind. ![]() Brave the wild lands of the seven Gelfling clans to unite them and obtain unique strategic benefits.The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics seeks to recreate the major plot beats and battles from Netflix's recent – and absolutely excellent – Dark Crystal prequel series in turn-based tactical strategy form. The Clans of Thra – Thra is full of a variety of Gelfling homesteads and unpredictable environments, from arid deserts to lush forests, each as dangerous as they are wondrous. Use guile, planning, and even the terrain to overcome superior foes! Units can be customized for specific fights with unique gear and varied abilities across an expansive job system. Strategic Tactical Battles – Join the resistance and experience multi-layered, tactical role-playing-game combat. Unite the Gelfling tribes and drive the rebellion to success, or defeat. With 14 playable characters, including familiar faces from the classic film and the new Netflix Original series, you build your own teams and devise winning strategies to overthrow the rule of the Skeksis and restore light to the Gelfling homeworld of Thra!Ī Twisted Fairy Tale – Explore the expansive fantasy story filled with mystical creatures from faraway lands of the vibrant world of Thra, where innocent Gelfling lives are consumed for their essence by the nefarious Skeksis. Along the way, you will recruit and customize new allies by assigning them jobs, modifying their abilities, and outfitting them with equipment to ensure victory. In The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, you will lead a fledgling resistance of Gelfling against their oppressive overlords, the Skeksis, across more than 50 unique turn-based tactics RPG battles.
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