Yesterday’s Gamescom 2022 continued to ramp up as indie developers showcased the projects they had been working on for a while now. Announced back in 2021 by developer Covenant.dev, a new studio from ex-CD Projekt Red Developer Stan Just, Gord caught the eyes of many. It is often described as an amalgamation of The Witcher 3 and Darkest Dungeon in terms of execution and style. A year later, we are treated with 16-minute gameplay footage of this single-player dark fantasy survival strategy game!
Gord Gameplay Footage Reveals Survival Elements and Combat Mechanics
In Gord, you are the leader of the Tribe of the Dawn. Ultimately, the goal is to expand your territory while managing the well-being of your people. As you explore the outskirts of your established society, you discover pages from The Chronicle, a historical text explaining the intricacies of Slavic folklore. Actively seeking these out will allow you to know more about how the world came to be, the different Gods and factions that roam the area, and the mysterious Whisperers.
Gord Gameplay Footage - AI-Driven Quest System
Gord features an AI-Driven Quest System in which you will have a clear set of goals to follow rather than merely surviving the onslaught of hordes of enemies. These include main and side quests, as well as random challenges that may set you off on another path in the wilderness. For instance, you will be hunting for legendary beasts and creatures like inTribes of Midgard.
At the start of the Pre-Beta Build, you are presented with the Poisoned Eggs Quest where you must defeat the Foulspawn within a set time before they infect your citizens. The interesting part about quests like these is that you ultimately make the final call in terms of Accepting or Rejecting it. The consequences can be grave so you must choose wisely. In this case, rejecting the quest will significantly lower the Sanity levels of your people while accepting it will result in a massive boost.
Keeping track of their overall disposition will drive your settlement forward. However, when they succumb to illness and hunger, their sanity and burden levels will be heavily affected. This can then impact the lives of others, lowering their productivity and morale.
Gord Gameplay Footage - Base-Building and Survival Elements
Gord’s survival elements include creating your tribe from the ground up by designing where structures should be properly positioned. Buildings range from basic and advanced to military, which will have you erect Axe Pits as well as Spear Halls to train soldiers who are adept at wielding these weapons. Like inAge of Darknessand other RTS games, you have to be cautious of tribal invasions since they will not go easy on you. Additionally, there are monsters and entities that you need to defend yourself from.
Every villager features numerous stats such as Sanity and Faith levels as well as strengths and weaknesses. Managing them individually is important since not all of them are excellent candidates for exploring the wild to gather additional resources, for example. Assigning citizens to certain activities that they are good at such as Cutting and Mining increases the experience points they receive, making them effective at their jobs. Meanwhile, some are soldiers whom you should equip with decent armor to effectively defend your fort against enemies.
This dark fantasy survival game also has a Weather Severity Mechanic, which will affect the tribe’s survivability. Winters are probably harsh, requiring a stable source of heat. Although in the gameplay footage, the player stayed in the Spring Season so there was not much in terms of the weather to deal with.
Combat in Gord is equally interesting. In one scenario, you travel with a group outside of your camp to gather resources. You then see bandits on the horizon. To prepare for the fight, you can pause and reposition each fighter. Melee characters attack using their axe at point-blank range whereas archers stay at the back to deal damage from a distance.
Similar toThe Witcher 3, you will encounter different creatures such as dragon-like snakes and massive monsters. By the time you reach this point, you should already have incantations, which are related to the game’s Religion System. Appeasing the Gods with your actions and prayers grants access to a variety of offensive, utility, and support incantations. Doing so will give you the upper hand in combat where you can limit what the enemy sees, charm beasts into fighting with you, and heal or resurrect downed members as needed.
Custom Scenarios
Gord is not limited to the campaign mode. In fact, you’re able to also customize scenarios, which would allow you to adjust your circumstances based on what you want. So changing the mode’s difficulty, objective, map size, raid intensity, enemy types, resources, and even the environment are all accessible to you. Note that such scenarios are also procedurally generated so you should definitely expect random events to occur, making the game so much more refreshing to play each time!
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