Today on May 7th, all of us celebrate Ancient Forge's 5th anniversary . The GC team wants to thank all the players who have been with us during this journey. We gathered the experience, tailored the strategy for our future titles and have watched our team grow from 20 to 50 amazing individuals over the past few months, and we're just getting started!
The Future of Glorious Companions
After the success of The Tenants, our team has been busy refining Glorious Companions, a turn-based tactical RPG set in the fantasy world of Navaroth. We're aiming for a full release in early December this year, bringing loads of new features and enhancements based on player feedback from the Early Access phase.
Here are some key changes and additions we've made to Glorious Companions this year:
- Brand New World Map: Handcrafted and visually striking, offering a more immersive experience.
- Prologue: A revamped tutorial and storyline that helps set the stage for player goals.
- 12 New Battle Maps: Unique battle maps for each biome, offering varied combat scenarios.
- 5 New Dungeons: Tackle challenging dungeons with epic loot, unique enemies, and powerful bosses.
- New Side Quests: More variety and depth as you explore the world of Navaroth.
- New Points of Interest: Encounter fresh challenges and secrets as you journey through the world.
- Overhauled UI: An improved user interface for smoother gameplay.
- Balancing, Fixes, and Quality Improvements: Enhancing the overall experience.
Hey everyone!
First of all, we need to apologize for being so quiet for a while. For a long time we were processing the feedback coming from you to the Glorious Companions team, and while we were working on The Tenants to close all the publisher milestones, we had more than enough time to start thinking about new features for you! Now its time to get back with some great news, a big sale, and whats most important, a full release date!
But first, let me share with you our special news. Today on May 7th, all of us celebrate Ancient Forge's 5th anniversary . The GC team wants to thank all the players who have been with us during this journey. We gathered the experience, tailored the strategy for our future titles and have watched our team grow from 20 to 50 amazing individuals over the past few months, and we're just getting started!
The Future of Glorious Companions
After the success of The Tenants, our team has been busy refining Glorious Companions, a turn-based tactical RPG set in the fantasy world of Navaroth. We're aiming for a full release in early December this year, bringing loads of new features and enhancements based on player feedback from the Early Access phase.
Here are some key changes and additions we've made to Glorious Companions this year:
- Brand New World Map: Handcrafted and visually striking, offering a more immersive experience.
- Prologue: A revamped tutorial and storyline that helps set the stage for player goals.
- 12 New Battle Maps: Unique battle maps for each biome, offering varied combat scenarios.
- 5 New Dungeons: Tackle challenging dungeons with epic loot, unique enemies, and powerful bosses.
- New Side Quests: More variety and depth as you explore the world of Navaroth.
- New Points of Interest: Encounter fresh challenges and secrets as you journey through the world.
- Overhauled UI: An improved user interface for smoother gameplay.
- Balancing, Fixes, and Quality Improvements: Enhancing the overall experience.
Anniversary Sale - 50% Off for 5 Years of Ancient Forge! In celebration of our milestone, we're offering a special 50% discount on Steam for Glorious Companions and The Tenants. Take advantage of this amazing deal from May 7th at 6PM CEST with our anniversary bundle! Anniversary Broadcasts During the sale, we'll be hosting broadcasts for our released and upcoming games:
- Blockbuster Inc. (Steam release June 6th! Wishlist now)
- The Tenants
- Glorious Companions
- And The Constructors
Glorious Companions
Ancient Forge Studio
Ancient Forge Studio
2019-06-04
Strategy RPG Singleplayer EA
Game News Posts 63
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Mixed
(111 reviews)
https://gloriouscompanions.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001040
The world of Navaroth has been carefully built and maintained by us throughout the years. The whole premise began as a pen-and-paper RPG system. Even the game itself had many different forms throughout the years. In 2009 it was a small mini-game with 2D cards representing the characters. However, it has turned into so much more.
- Custom and gritty combat system: no one is invincible as a single well-aimed strike can take out a careless warrior.
- No battle is truly over until it’s over: eliminate the enemy captain to win the battle, but be careful as it works the other way around too!
- Tried and proven formula: the world of Navaroth has its roots in an original pen-and-paper RPG system featuring a science based magic system.
- Pick your side: become an ally to the vengeful Scarres or join the ranks of the wise Valrenay militia. More factions will be revealed during the development.
- Take care of your men: keep their morale high by serving them luxury food and alcohols, train them at special facilities when they gather enough experience and crucially - don’t let them bleed out after a tough battle.
- No two soldiers are ever the same: play to your units natural predispositions, train and equip them to your liking.
- New world on each playthrough: the continent and its political climate are procedurally generated at the beginning of every journey.
- Start small and expand: focus first on making a name for yourself as a lord by winning small skirmishes, or lay the foundations of a thriving merchant guild.
- More power means more responsibility: a wise leader is not merely an army commander; attend to a variety of political and economic issues as your empire grows.
- Danger from afar: try not to get too complacent, as the Ancient Guardians eventually wake up and threaten the known world.
At the very beginning there’s only you, your family’s grumpy servant and a rusty sword against the entire world. Forget about a big army of professional mercenaries, you’ll have to settle for a bunch of shoddy, club-wielding scoundrels as you work your way up and gain enough credibility and coin to hire better companions.
Remember that the journey is not a fairy tale. You will scramble for gold to keep your party fed, rested and more importantly, with their pouches full of coins - as your men will not stay with you for very long without their wages paid on time.
Your units earn experience points proportionate to their contribution on the battlefield. Send them to train in militia barracks or to master new abilities in distant shrines and they’ll come back stronger a few days later. You’ll be able to choose from a plethora of different equipment to gear them appropriately. Each item and armor piece has different qualities and there are no clear-cut best builds for every possible scenario - all the weapons are designed to be viable under favorable conditions.
Folks say that a brave commander doesn’t hide behind their troops. What they don’t tell you, though, is that they’re usually not alive for their second battle. You’ll have to be very careful to not overextend and yet not appear too scared to join the fray, as your men will take notice of that.
Depending on your starting archetype your lord commander will provide a different aura that helps nearby companions. Fighter’s Command is a buff that will help you to build a protective formation around your commander by granting nearby units a shielding/parrying bonus for each ally unit in direct contact with one another. Skirmisher’s Path on the other hand, grants a dodging and mobility boost for nearby units who are not standing next to allies. You’ll unlock more unique commander abilities as you progress in the game.
The game is a big breathing world where things happen even if you stay idle or focus on doing your own thing. Decide between rising in the ranks of the chosen faction, or risk making more enemies by founding your own kingdom; between playing dirty and taking any advantage you can, or becoming an honorable hero; between making bank and making allies.
Your end game is dependant on your play style and the actions you took. There’s no set story in the world of Navaroth. You may end up managing wood supplies between a dozen cities you own. Who knows, you might simply enjoy the life of a vigilante’s band leader and decide to stay on the run. This is your story.
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