Arydia

With my shamefully building collection of unopened Kickstarter games I thought I better get stuck right into Arydia which arrived this week. It’s pre-painted so there was no excuse not to open it up right away.

Here are a couple of photos from my first hour or two of playing. I’ve avoided any early spoilers as best as I can here.

Now for my initial impressions of the game? It’s fantastic. The exploration is really good and I’ve already had a riddle to solve which suggests there might be puzzles to overcome.

The combat is interesting because the attacks have directions/patterns rather than a flat damage against HP for enemies. Then for yourself armour protect parts of your body which may or may not block enemies depending on where about on your body they attack.

Did anyone else back this and if so how many characters are you playing as? I’ve opted for 3 rather than a full party of 4 and at my current low level with few skills to use it doesn’t feel overwhelming at all.