Legends of Eisenwald is Aterdux Entertainment's rather original take on the hybrid-TBS genre. The scene is currently dominated by games like Civ, Endless Legend and Heroes of Might & Magic, all of which take on a high (sometimes Sci-Fi) fantasy backbone to give games a bit more pezaz. LoE takes a different approach, being set in Medieval Germany with largely realistic medieval characters, and only a sprinkling of superstition and mythology. Instead of dragons and wizards, you have your more basic but very much interesting medieval archetypes, like crossbowmen, monks, shield bearers and noblemen. There are a couple of support spell-caster types, but these largely come in the shape of healing priestesses and monks offering their divine blessing. It's a very rustic game, both in development and environment, focusing on the income of castles and some really extreme focus on individual character development. The questions LoE brings to the table are whether its originality can still provide entertainment, and whether or not it's done a good job on smoothing out the backbone.
Aterdux Entertainment has announced some new downloadable content for their tactical strategy-RPG, Legends of Eisenwald. The DLC is titled "Road to Iron Forest", which includes a new map, a new adventuring location and a new storyline. The developer also revealed that they were starting a Season Pass for future DLC.
Palmer Sturman: Legends of Eisenwald is a testament to a lost art form in gaming. Like Pillars of Eternity, or Divinity: Original Sin, Legends of Eisenwald borrows liberally from popular fantasy titles of the past, but instead it looks towards a different set of titles that, at one time, appealed to a massive audience: Might and Magic and King’s Bounty. It’s an intriguing title that, at best, managed to invoke some of the nostalgia that came from playing those titles as a kid, and, at worst, meandered in terms of pacing due to its weak storyline.
Legends of Eisenwald is the second game from developer Aterdux Entertainment, and a medieval time period piece that allows you to experience a share of Germanic lore and style
