First impressions of the last spell

That said, every time we start a game we’ll start in a small town that has a group of wizards trying to perform the spell. Our goal, as we have already mentioned, is to protect them. For this we will have to build, equip our heroes and fight. In addition, the game makes it very clear from the start that each game will be different. Show off an interesting roguelike component, every time we start a new game we will have different heroes. These will have different classes, as well as attributes, so the action will always have variations.

Nights and days

The last spell, uses this concept that creatures can only appear at night to develop their action. In this way, there are two clearly distinguishable playable points depending on whether it is day or night. During the day we will have a preparation phase, where we can buy resources and equipment with gold, as well as improve our heroes in case they have reached a higher level. We can also build defenses like a barricade with building materials, which will help us slow down the enemy.

When we have finished all our preparation, we will just have to go through the phase by clicking on a tab. It will cause night to fall and hordes of creatures will begin to arrive in our little fortress. The game will indicate the direction from which these horrors will begin to appear. We can therefore prepare before the battle by placing our units.

EThe fight itself is very similar to what we’ve seen in games like Final Fantasy Tactics, In fact, a lot of its mechanics are the same, so if you’re a fan of this type of title you’ll be more than happy. However, The combat uses a turn-based system, where the hordes of darkness will go first, then us with our heroes. This means that we can use all of our heroes before passing the turn, which allows us to perform some pretty elaborate actions. Of the same shape, each of our characters has movement points, action points, health and mana. This will allow us to do a large number of actions, although we will have to be very careful not to use up our mana, because without it we will not be able to perform any abilities.

Army of darkness

The surprising thing about The last spellis that with this tactical component, one would expect relatively small battles, where strategy would be fundamental. However, the team is not limited to that, but offers us some fights against real hordes of enemies. Skeletons, living dead and other enemies from beyond the grave will invade our fortress to finish off wizards

The difficulty of The last spell, is one of its characteristic points, because it is normal that we die several times. And that’s it, wiping out all of these creatures when they attack us from different flanks can be a daunting task. Despite everything, the game will allow us to modify its difficulty by adding some concessions such as more resources or better initial equipment among others. Also, once we die, we can get upgrades for the next game from the number of enemies we wiped out or by completing other objectives.

All of this is accompanied by a fantastic pixelart section that fits the title perfectly and doesn’t want to hide when it comes to being dark and visceral. Something that could not be missing in a world as bloody as the one that presents us The last spell. Likewise, the sound section is well finished in terms of effects, although for the moment the title is not available in Spanish. However, do not forget that we are facing a preview version of the game.

Finally, The last spell, is a title that brings us a mishmash of genres that translates into tough tactical action, as well as addictive. Its roguelike component makes every game different, so we’ll be spending many hours enjoying this launch.. To date, the only downside to this preview access is the language, something that will be addressed with the final release. For the rest, we are before a game that should not take your eyes off.