Nicely, this can be a nice shock. After I first sampled the tower defence deckbuilding delights of ORX a few months in the past, I might assumed that we would be taking part in because the demo’s medieval fortress builders all through. In the present day, nevertheless, devs Johnbell have introduced a brand-new faction for the sport, the sand-loving Dune Reavers. Much more intriguing, although, is that the Dune Reavers aren’t truly massive followers of constructing, you realize, towers, favouring as an alternative the brute power method of their giant armies. Can you continue to name it tower defence if there are not any towers concerned? Resolve for your self by watching the brand new gameplay trailer beneath.
First teased earlier this month, the Dune Reavers should nonetheless shield their central preserve throughout an orc invasion, however as an alternative of slapping down fortress wall playing cards to shelter it from the oncoming hordes, you will be constructing a barracks and feeding it with a gradual provide of homes. Every home recruits one squad of troopers to your trigger, and you can assign them to sure tiles to defend your settlement.
Not like the Rune Guardians towers, although, your Dune Reaver armies can transfer about – albeit at a price of some gold. You may also improve them into archers, spearmen or grenadiers to present them extra firepower – very like how you could possibly add turrets and poison-laced cannonballs to the castles of the demo’s Rune Guardians – however the factor I am most enthusiastic about making an attempt out are the Dune Reavers’ supernatural skills. The trailer mentions vampirism and teleportation as a few instance playing cards you can play, so I am intrigued to see what else Johnbell have in retailer for them.
The Dune Reavers and Rune Guardians will each be out there to deal with ORX’s four-act marketing campaign when it launches into early entry. Every act has 4 missions contained inside it, culminating in a giant boss battle on the finish, so it feels like there can be a lot to sink your enamel into. You will even be keeping off 9 completely different orc clans throughout 4 completely different biomes as properly, together with deserts and snowy wastes, and coping with their very own distinctive climate methods. The proc gen nature of those maps had me hooked for hours once I performed the demo, however there may even be varied problem choices out there if you happen to actually wish to up the ante.
We cannot have to attend lengthy to see how the Dune Reavers evaluate to the castle-loving Rune Guardians both, as ORX can be launching into early entry on Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer on August thirtieth.