There are five extra characters in this first build include the following. For folks new to the series, higher profile levels can be accrued by collecting hope, which is earned by successful runs. More characters can be unlocked by levelling up your profile. these are The graverobber, Highwayman, Man-At-Arms, and Plague Doctor. On your first run of the adventure, you have four characters to make up your team. A radical switch that might not appeal to all fans of the series. Players transverse a map of branching nodes in order to complete a story arc. Instead of doing a dungeon run and returning to a town hub. The big change is the overarching run system. The core turn-based battle system has been fleshed out but still retains many of the previous game’s facets. Red Hook has been both bold and clever in this regard.

The brave option is to radically change the game flow and presentation.

A safe bet would be an incremental update with minor changes to a winning formula. The developers are caught between two stools. Especially when the first title garnered so much praise.

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