The Fantasy X-Com Game Forged of Blood is About to Fail on Kickstarter
It was announced by Critical Forge, that it is the final few days on Kickstarter for their game Forged of Blood that styles itself as the “Fantasy X-Com” game that everyone has been waiting for. Though met with a lackluster reception on Kickstarter, Forged of Blood has been widely praised within the niche TRPG communities around the world and the gamers who have tried the game have loved the game and its direction. With only a few days left, things do not look good for the Kickstarter campaign, but the team has already invested themselves to see the game through even without crowdfunding support.
Check out the gameplay videos of Forged of Blood, featuring some gameplay footage:
“Reflecting internally, the team’s Creative Director and marketing man, Igor commented that: “In hindsight, we should’ve thrown a few more dollars into our marketing or waited for a later build to showcase, but this was what our schedule and budget dictated and we had to chase it down.”
That said, the small independent studio will further tighten their purse strings and continue working full time on the game to its completion.
Forged of Blood Game Details:
Forged of Blood is a fantasy turn-based tactical RPG that focuses on creating a deep tactical gameplay experience centered around meaningful choice in a morally ambiguous world. With this game, we are merging a deep turn-based tactical game with an elaborate RPG experience that takes players on a journey to reclaim a lost kingdom.
Key Features:
- Tactical Fantasy: Take to the field with sword and shield or cast powerful spells in deep turn-based tactical combat against monsters and men.
- Classless Warfare: With 9 unique weapons and a vast magic system, Forged of Blood lets you build your characters the way you want – without being constrained by the typical tank/DPS/healer roles.
- Science in Magic: Explore the freedom and mysteries of one of the most complex and unique magic systems ever attempted in video games. With 60 Effects, 18 Effect Modifiers, and 18 Global Modifiers to choose from, the possibilities for spell crafting are vast.
- Kingdom at War: Command up to three parties of heroic characters on the strategic layer in your fight to reclaim the empire you lost.
- Meaningful Choice: Your choices matter. From character building to your choices in the game narrative, your decisions will reverberate across the Strategic and Tactical layers of the game.
- Your ends; your means: In a world of grays and unique perspectives, it is up to you to decide what is “right” and “wrong” for the future of Attiras. Forged of Blood will introduce a new Tri-Axis Personality Plot (TAPP) system in lieu of the traditional Good vs. Evil scale common in most RPG settings.
Current Schedule:
- Pre-production: February 2016 – July 2016
- Production: July 2016 – October 2017
- Final-production: October 2017 – Mid 2018
About Critical Forge:
Critical Forge is a young studio with an old soul, looking to make the games we grew up playing. We are a small independent team based out of Jakarta, Indonesia, currently in production of a fantasy tactical RPG: Forged of Blood.”
For more information on Forged of Blood, visit its Kickstarter page.
