Tyrant's Realm Analysis – A Nostalgic Soul

The tyrant's kingdomof celestial stone gamesit's a indie soulslike based on a roguelike principle. Use a graphic and artistic style that remembers this wonderful 32-bit moment on consoles, it is a title that, without a doubt, will not leave anyone indifferent. Although Currently only available on PC (Steam)we hope that it can also land on consoles soon.

Do you want to know all the details about this curious independent? So you are in the analysis noted.

The main premise

The tyrant's kingdom not only is it a like a soul. Mix this genre with that of roguelikeso that every time they end our days, We will start at the beginning by losing -almost- all the equipment that we have. But don't worry, because The game has permanent improvements at your disposal which can be purchased, as well as some equipment or healing potion cost increases, from a merchant located between zones. For this we must spend coins which we will collect in each area and final boss.

Although I don't want to lie to you either. Yeah, you will repeat the same areas and the same patterns over and over again (unless you buy a shortcut from the merchant that will allow you to skip levels). After all, that’s what a roguelike is based on. Actually, really There are few levels in this adventure, and they are quite short, you just have to move forward eliminating the monsters and find the exit. This is so because The funny thing is that once the final boss is defeated, you start from scratch with the possibility of increasing the difficulty of the journey, by modifying certain elements (for example, in the first difficulty we will not need keys to open the doors and move forward, but in the following ones we will need them) and granting ourselves greater rewards.

Playable Mechanics of Tyrant's Realm

You already know that soullike involves having a bar of endurance (energy), different built (sets of equipment) with which to try until we find the one that is most comfortable, dodge, do paradesetc. Yes indeed, here we don't have levels that we can increaser to increase our power, but yes we find altars throughout each phasewhich will serve to increase our health or strength, among other things.

Now it's time to talk about enemies. And, although we see enough variety in each “run“The truth is that their variety of attacks is quite limited, as is the case with ours.. The same goes for the bossesalthough in this case, at least They surprise by having different phases (some of them) and require different actions on our part depending on which fight. For example, there is a fight against a hunter in which, to reach this great dreaded final monster, we will first have to cover ourselves with his arrows, stealthily avoiding his gaze, before being able to approach him. In another, we will come across a humanoid warrior elephant that must be knocked off its throne by destroying the two pillars that hold it, before starting the fight. This gives a touch of originality to The tyrant's kingdom it suits you very well.

What's in each level of Tyrant's Realm?

With advancement in each level of the game, We will find different weapons, shields and armor this will free some enemies or objects that we break. Also there are chests scattered throughout the area, which we will have to search to receive some random parts and equipment. In addition, we see the previously mentioned altars that will serve to increase an increasingly lower percentage of the attributes of our equipment, depending on the color to which they belong, since they are divided into categories.

After completing each level we will have the option to choose two different paths to continue our journey. At first we won't know anything about these paths, so we will have to try to explore them. Then, in other passages, these chosen paths will be recorded in a world ball that we will find in the antechamber of each level (where the merchant is), which we can consult to check which paths we have already visited and which we can take now to discover new landscapes.

32-bit is back

As I mentioned in the introduction to this analysis, the graphic and artistic style of The tyrant's kingdom This clearly reminds us of those wonderful 32-bit days. on consoles. Which means that, obviously, the graphics will look quite pixelated (but not blurry, since you can adjust the resolution to almost anything your screen has). Nevertheless, For those nostalgic, this will be a great detail having had this type of graphics that are generally not considered today, despite the importance of retro. We even have the possibility of adding a CRT filter to the image, as well as changing it to 4:3 instead of 16:9, among other details this will delight the most nostalgic.

The theme is medievalwith swords, halberds, axes, knight armor, thief armor, etc. Even at certain levels there will be spike traps with which we will have to be constantly vigilant so that they do not harm our health. Something that adds to the difficulty of seeing correctly in this title, since It's too dark and there's no way to adjust the brightness.although I was able to verify that enabling the CRT filter helps a little. We hope this can be fixed in a future update.

Finally, the tyrant's kingdom…

The conclusion I can draw is that I doubt that The tyrant's kingdom This will surprise no one. However, It's a lot of fun to play and can end up becoming really addictivehaving a very well done gameplay and a technical part as nostalgic as it is certainly problematic (if we refer to the darkness present at all times, mainly).

Yes indeed, prepare to suffer with its difficultieswhich will increase as you manage to reach the end of the adventure. If you can deal with it, you'll end up with a title to consider that, at the very least, will be worth your attention.

The tyrant's kingdom It is now available on PC (Steam). If we know anything about a hypothetical launch on Xbox consoles, have no doubt that we will inform you here, in the Xbox Space.