Drova: Forsaken Kin - 2D action RPG inspired by Gothic series

[PorkyThePaladin]

Infinitron why no front page news article about this gem? This is the 2024 Codex GOTY.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Unironically asking infinitron to make any posts about a good game is a level of optimism I need in my life

 

[Jack_Deth]

Infinitron why no front page news article about this gem? This is the 2024 Codex GOTY.

It really is a candidate IMO.

 

[Konjad]

Look, it might be good, but it just doesn't have Obsidian logo.

 

[Nikanuur]

Crows Feet is an absolute blast of a trap.

1. Reliable bleeding trigger.
2. Cheap to produce.
3. It stays armed even after enemy stepped on it several times.
4. Even after all of this, you can still disassemble it back to your inventory.

Best use so far - charging Harpies. Before trying out this trap, I considered them a difficult semi-boss.
With two of these traps armed, I just danced around the Harpies close enough so that they spammed those (well-telegraphed) charge attacks instead of the feather throws, and they kept tripping over the traps repeatedly.
An occasional Execute (extra damage per bleeding) sealed the enemy’s doom.

 

[Cyberarmy]

4. Even after all of this, you can still disassemble it back to your inventory.

It despawns after a time, you'll need to pack it up after 1 min I guess. But it is really dirt cheap so not really a problem.

 

[Konjad]

I enjoyed the game for the most part, but I'm getting bored late game with all these dungeons/caves with constant combat and tedious puzzles. I'm not even sure I want to finish it at this point.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Which dungeons? Late game is so easy because you should be OP, the last 2 dungeons in the game took me less than 2 hours combined. They did better than Gothic, those last dungeons were pain.

 

[Konjad]

These ruins n shiet, nevermind.

That said, it was a very enjoyable game until that.

This game by just being decent might be the best RPG of the year

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

These ruins n shiet, nevermind.

That said, it was a very enjoyable game until that.

This game by just being decent might be the best RPG of the year

As far as I know there's only 2? mandatory dungeons.

The library which was a bit bigger but should take ~1h to full clear including optional stuff while the red tower was just 5 rooms total with quick fights in each.

They were anything but slogs tbh

 

[thesecret1]

These ruins n shiet, nevermind.

That said, it was a very enjoyable game until that.

This game by just being decent might be the best RPG of the year

As far as I know there's only 2? mandatory dungeons.

The library which was a bit bigger but should take ~1h to full clear including optional stuff while the red tower was just 5 rooms total with quick fights in each.

They were anything but slogs tbh

you forgot the spider temple

 

[Alienman]

Solo game, or can you have a party of adventurers?

 

[thesecret1]

Solo game, or can you have a party of adventurers?

Solo

 

[pOcHa]

Solo game, or can you have a party of adventurers?

if you have to ask that after seeing gothic series in the thread name then this is probably not a game for you

 

[Alienman]

Solo game, or can you have a party of adventurers?

if you have to ask that after seeing gothic series in the thread name then this is probably not a game for you

Probably not.

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

This looks like a game I would enjoy. I would like to avoid spoilers and build talk if I decide to play it. One question, can you use your shield to block? I noticed in a gameplay video that the character was dodging over and over when fighting even though he was carrying a shield.

Yes, in fact shield guys were a pain to me sometimes before I was OP because blocking in time blocked my special attacks which inflict bleed

 

[cpmartins]

This looks like a game I would enjoy. I would like to avoid spoilers and build talk if I decide to play it. One question, can you use your shield to block? I noticed in a gameplay video that the character was dodging over and over when fighting even though he was carrying a shield.

The issue with shields is that they deplete stamina based on the damage they mitigated. So, you'll get stunned (your stamina reaches zero) whenever any high level enemy hits your block. Better than dying I suppose.

 

[ArchAngel]

I've finally joined you brothers, about 3h into game now, mid to lvl 4. So far good, exploration is fun and combat is balanced as I have not gone too far away from starting camp. I went far north and found a cave with a certain cool weapon and beaten a monster there with throwing daggers and a sling :D

 

[Shaki]

Yeah, this is actually a very cool game. Glad I found this thread. A bit disappointed this wasn't on the front page. Interest seems oddly low here.

Jewtron is too busy posting 300 Baldur's Gate 3 ambience videos, to care about putting actually good games on the front page.

 

[ArchAngel]

Question for people that finished the game or got very far. If I do the quests and join the Remnants now, does that create any problems with Nemeton later or will I still be able to go there and join them as well?

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Question for people that finished the game or got very far. If I do the quests and join the Remnants now, does that create any problems with Nemeton later or will I still be able to go there and join them as well?

Do you mean actually becoming part of the faction or just completing the quests to get in good standing?

It locks you out of some things like certain people refusing to barter with you, etc.

If you want to maximize quests, xp, etc. just do the quests to put you in good standing with the factions but don't join until you're completely ready

 

[ArchAngel]

Question for people that finished the game or got very far. If I do the quests and join the Remnants now, does that create any problems with Nemeton later or will I still be able to go there and join them as well?

Do you mean actually becoming part of the faction or just completing the quests to get in good standing?

It locks you out of some things like certain people refusing to barter with you, etc.

If you want to maximize quests, xp, etc. just do the quests to put you in good standing with the factions but don't join until you're completely ready

well quest says I need to join so to access the druids, also Nemeton seems to be far away and probably lots of high level enemies to kill to get there so I wanted to farm as much XP and gear from Remenants.

 

[HoboForEternity]

It's over broskis. They've done and gone and nerfed caltrops.

 

[Cyberarmy]

I hate when they nerf stuff in single player games but that stuff was overpowered as hell even without the reuse.
Well, its cheap to craft and there are lots of resources if you explore right, so not that much of a problem.

 

[1451]

I just saw the patch, I hope it doesn't mess with my progress and my saves keep working.
This game is a surprise to me, literally zero advertisement and I accidentally discovered it on steam while looking for games similar to the veilguard.
It's a great game, leaves space to the player to think about his or her moves, exploring the world, using maps, backtracking.
It is a great adventure.
I'm constantly worrying about progressing too fast the story of act 1 and missing out some caves with wolves I have left because I'm not strong enough yet to clear them.
Lack of armour really hurts in this game and the merchant in the town is too expensive, out of principle I refuse to hand him the coins.
Will have to find some other way of acquiring an armour without joining a faction or giving coins to some merchant.
This is what keeps me playing.
Definitely a great game and seeing posts in this thread back from 2021 shows that it had a long development cycle.
And the fact that they keep releasing patches shows how passionate they are about their game.
Definitely worth the 25 euros since I can get more than thirty hours of game from it, currently at 9 without having completed act 1 yet.