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Rise from the ashes of a dying world



<span class="bold">Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem</span>, an open-world ARPG where you will be able to shapeshift into highly customizable forms, is available now, DRM-free on GOG.com.

Humanity appears to be at the twilight of its reign over this world. You, on the other hand, are growing in power, exhibiting a (un)natural proficiency in wielding magic. For that you will be feared, persecuted, hunted. But your formidable talents will help you survive long enough to come across an enigmatic sect of Templars who wish to recruit you. Soon your path will become clearer, but your trials and tribulations are going to grow harder still.

WOLCEN Studio turned to early access so that they can gather precious feedback on their ambitious project and sustain its independent development. Thanks to CRYENGINE's power, the game's visuals already look captivating, as do the spectacular spell combos that will be at the core of Wolcen's gameplay. The developers admit that a lot of the intended content, including the Apocalyptic Forms, is still absent from the game but, similar to the protagonist, it is constantly growing and morphing into an impressive beast.



Expose the horrifying truth behind mankind's gradual extinction in the epic tale of <span class="bold">Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com.

Note: This game is currently in development. See the <span class="bold">FAQ</span> to learn more about games in development, and check out the forums to find more information and to stay in touch with the community.
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HunchBluntley: Just get a real beard, made out of cotton candy. That way, when you pull at it, you get delicious candy!
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Crewdroog: you, sir, are a freakin' genius!
Honestly, it sounds like something that could've been in one of those weird (Starburst? Skittles? whichever) commercials from a few years back (though for all I know, they might still be making them).
A DRM free single player ARPG?... The trailers looks nice. I'll wishlist it, wait for it to come out of in development and make a decision after some reviews on the finished product.
I just bought this off Steam a week ago. The visuals are outstanding. It's a work in progress that's fun to play.
Would be nice to get it as a KS backer but I will likely wait either way.
Grim dawn is just stealing all my time right now. :)
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six-: Would be nice to get it as a KS backer but I will likely wait either way.
Grim dawn is just stealing all my time right now. :)
I'm in the same boat with Grim Dawn. It's great.
I purchased. I really like ARPG's and I hope that my contribution helps the developers in making this a good one.
cool
wasnt this game with different game title?

Also when its gonna get really released?
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ambient_orange: wasnt this game with different game title?

Also when its gonna get really released?
It was originally called Umbra.

Not sure on release date.
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joppo: Now that you mention it that's something that should be shown in a more unmistakable way. But I won't be as harsh as you are - it's still in development after all.
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Starmaker: I watched their kickstarter character customization video. It's possible to separately choose the color of each eye, and hair vs beard color. But no option to play a female character.
There's another game on GOG which has no option for a female charachters either (name has slipped my mind you had a number of party members though..)
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Niggles: There's another game on GOG which has no option for a female charachters either (name has slipped my mind you had a number of party members though..)
This one will have female characters. It wasn't in the kickstarter video though. It was a stretch goal that was achieved.
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Starmaker: I watched their kickstarter character customization video. It's possible to separately choose the color of each eye, and hair vs beard color. But no option to play a female character.
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Niggles: There's another game on GOG
Welllll....there is The Witcher...
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Niggles: There's another game on GOG
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JudasIscariot: Welllll....there is The Witcher...
I was thinking along the lines of a viking inspired game -- party based - zero female charachters.
I dunno why gog would be interested in putting this unfinished game here. I mean devs have money from kickstarter and they can always put game here when they finish it.. :\ Seems the game will be fully released maybe two years later..
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ambient_orange: ... Seems the game will be fully released maybe two years later..
From what I played, this looks like reasonable estimate - one or two years. At least while the devs continue to dodge this question (btw question for some blue - why does the In-dev FAQ thread have Ashes of singulairy in it's url??).

Right now the world itself looks very good, maybe even better than Grim dawn. Minimap is pretty minimal, just large patches of green, only roads are visible. Some skills are implemented and visually appealing but completely unbalanced (no surprise here). First quest can be obtained, but as far as I can tell not completed. There is one interesting bounty dungeon. But the reward for clearing level is - ability to descend to next harder level. Maybe some skill book random drop. Equipment drops exists, but the stats are pretty unimpressive, you can lightning everything to oblivion even while naked (ok I lie, umbra missile is better, but I'm not sure how to verb that!).

By the way it's not classless. There are stat points and skillpoints gained per character level. If you put everything into power and manaregen, I can imagine you will have hard time to play as warrior, even if you level up the warrior skills to max. Of course equipment you can wear depends on stats, I wouldn't count on playing plate mail clad sorcerer either.

There is a good game in there, but it will take some time for it to materialize.

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ambient_orange: I dunno why gog would be interested in putting this unfinished game here. I mean devs have money from kickstarter and they can always put game here when they finish it.. :\
Money independence is always a good thing to have. With alternative source of income they may for example be able to implement some of the stretch goals that didn't get funded on KS. And with 50% in-dev discount, I'm happy to support.them, it looks like they know what they are doing. I avoid kickstarter, too much uncertainty. On the other hand I trust GOG to do their job when selecting in-dev projects. To invert your question - why would you want to prevent me from supporting them?

I would happily support an option to better separate in-dev games from the main store for people who don't want to deal with them. Here is the corresponding wishlist item. From the number of votes, it looks like most people here don't mind seeing in-dev games here (there may be more representative wish, I didn't search too hard).