The combat system is quite complex and cannot be explained in detail right now. Example: Wearing a sword and shield gives you a 'slash' attack (from the sword) and the abilities 'knockback' and 'shieldwall' from the shield.Īdditionally, there will be a traditional level-up system with skill trees but those skills will mainly be passive skills (still powerful). As there are no classes in the game, the active skills are mainly given by equipment. The skill system works a little different than you might expect.

Hi, actually we put a lot of effort into making historically accurate (or better 'believable') equipment and armor for the game, we are really glad you like that decision!Īs the game progresses and the player finds more powerful weapons and armor the style will get a little more 'fantasy-esque' but all within reason! Find and research new crafting recipes, gather resources and craft deadly weapons and impenetrable armor. See your Battle Brothers smash shields, get their armor shredded to pieces or get beaten to a pulp! Of course the same goes for the enemies. This allows for making your troops look like you really want them to! Every piece of equipment your Battle Brothers are wearing is displayed on the tactical map. Equip your Battle Brothers with weapons, arms, armor and powerful accessories. You want to make an all ranged squad? The only limitations is whether it stands the test on the field of battle! Your Battle Brother’s skills and abilities are given by their equipment and level. Level them up and aquire new, powerful skills and abilities to fit your own strategy. Each Battle Brother gains experience through combat. All enemies have unique skills and unique AI behavior, and you have to adjust your tactics if you want to stand a chance. Use the high grounds for your tactical advantage! Increase the range of your archers or repell overwhelming attacks against unsurmountable enemy numbers. Send your rangers through the woods into the back of the enemy while your armored shieldbearers stall the enemy attack. Field up to 12 Battle Brothers at the same time on huge combat maps. This is not checkers, this is a grown-up combat simulation. If it makes sense in real life it makes sense in Battle Brothers. Below the surface is a complex system working but we dont want players to study manuals and tutorials all day long. So you better think twice about that suicide charge with your most experienced Brother. If a Battle Brother is killed in combat he is dead forever, his experience and skills will be lost. No boring linear missions, you decide where to go and what to do! But with choice come consequences – the world will change permanently as the invasion sweeps the lands, and you may just find a town burned to the ground if you don’t come to its aid.

Worldmap, combat maps, characters and even the nature of the invasion itself are procedurally generated. To give you a better idea what to expect, here is our planned feature list:

Thank you guys for your support, and enjoy the game! Let us know in our own forums or directly here in the RPGWatch how you feel about the game, about any ideas you have and about any bugs you encountered. Come monday we’ll be back and look forward to your feedback and the inevitable myriad of technical problems. We’ll take the easter weekend off to recover a bit and lose the crunchtime-related rings around our eyes. If the game refuses to run on your rig and gives you a shader error, update your video drivers! The demo requires an OpenGL 3.0 compatible video card and Windows XP, 7 or 8. That said, the game isn’t properly balanced and if you find something clearly out of balance or plain stupid, let us know. Every scenario can be consistently beat with the right strategy. Read more about it here in our dev blog article on the worldmap. The final game will not consist of a few scenarios but have an open worldmap. It only reflects part of what the final game will be about and doesn’t cover the strategy part at all.

Everything in the game right now can be improved and most probably will for the final game. It’s pre-alpha, meaning it is an early release of a product still in development.Just keep a few points in mind when you give it a spin: Finally! Get out your party hats as it’s time to celebrate the release of the Pre-Alpha Combat Demo of Battle Brothers.

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