Effectively, it is a nice shock. Once I first sampled the tower defence deckbuilding delights of ORX a few months in the past, I would assumed that we would be enjoying because the demo’s medieval fort builders all through. Right this moment, nevertheless, devs Johnbell have introduced a brand-new faction for the sport, the sand-loving Dune Reavers. Much more intriguing, although, is that the Dune Reavers aren’t really large followers of constructing, you recognize, towers, favouring as a substitute the brute drive method of their giant armies. Can you continue to name it tower defence if there are not any towers concerned? Resolve for your self by watching the brand new gameplay trailer beneath.
First teased earlier this month, the Dune Reavers should nonetheless shield their central preserve throughout an orc invasion, however as a substitute of slapping down fort wall playing cards to shelter it from the oncoming hordes, you may be constructing a barracks and feeding it with a gentle provide of homes. Every home recruits one squad of troopers to your trigger, and you can assign them to sure tiles to defend your settlement.
Not like the Rune Guardians towers, although, your Dune Reaver armies can transfer about – albeit at a value of some gold. It’s also possible to improve them into archers, spearmen or grenadiers to offer them extra firepower – very similar to how you possibly can add turrets and poison-laced cannonballs to the castles of the demo’s Rune Guardians – however the factor I am most enthusiastic about attempting out are the Dune Reavers’ supernatural talents. The trailer mentions vampirism and teleportation as a few instance playing cards you can play, so I am intrigued to see what else Johnbell have in retailer for them.
The Dune Reavers and Rune Guardians will each be accessible to sort out ORX’s four-act marketing campaign when it launches into early entry. Every act has 4 missions contained inside it, culminating in an enormous boss battle on the finish, so it seems like there will probably be lots to sink your enamel into. You will even be warding off 9 totally different orc clans throughout 4 totally different biomes as nicely, together with deserts and snowy wastes, and coping with their very own distinctive climate methods. The proc gen nature of those maps had me hooked for hours after I performed the demo, however there can even be varied issue choices accessible in the event you actually need to up the ante.
We cannot have to attend lengthy to see how the Dune Reavers evaluate to the castle-loving Rune Guardians both, as ORX will probably be launching into early entry on Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer on August thirtieth.