Citadel: Forged with Fire – in the Test
For several decades, role playing games are firmly in the heart of the video game community is established, and therefore, are considered new titles of this genre is even more critical, as for example, in the case of First-Person shooters is not the case. Many RPGs to Shine through an elaborate Story, or creative innovation. Much too often, you think to yourself: “Have I seen everything yet?”. But Citadel: Forged with Fire, fresh the Early Access Phase, outgrown, want to now make his own way. It mixes classic Genre Gameplay with, for role-playing games, unusual items, and will offer many exciting hours of gameplay.
As it is, start each role-play, with the required character position. This is created on every Server a character of its own. Contrary to the usual options, you can choose neither Stats, nor race or even a class, but you’re concerned only with the Look of your protagonist. That neither class nor values and you can choose has a quite simple reason: When all the inhabitants of the world of Ignus is emerging magical talents, which must therefore start with the same basic skills. Nevertheless, the character is not making marked position from boredom, you can in addition to classics such as gender, skin and hair color, or facial expression, such exciting body features such as neck length, shoulder width, and nail color according to your taste. Through these options you can get with the tools at Hand to create his own “race” in the world of Ignus. No matter whether it is a large Troll mage, or a small elven sorceress, one would almost think that the only limit would be your imagination. In fact, however, set some Limits, because with hairstyles and faces, only four pieces are available, and also features the Fantasy, such as wings, are, unfortunately, what the fun but a little limiting.
Tell me a story…
A straight to the point: the Citadel: Forged with Fire can be used as a Single – or Multiplayer be denied. The world of Ignus, which travelled on your path, is a mystical place, full of real existing animals, magical beasts, plants and minerals. So beautiful the world is, also, an exciting story can not provide. There is little information about Ignus and its inhabitants, which you will receive in the course of the game. Because Citadel: Forged with Fire sees itself as a Sandbox RPG and is a lot of room for your personal stories offer. Just this Sandbox character of the beginning is not the Problem. One is completely alone, get in the zone a couple of smaller Beginner Quests, but the bottom line is that you have to carry all the Information together, without having to have a goal in mind. Due to the Absence of various incentives, the Start of the adventure is more than crippling. And it doesn’t take long and I realize that I have to do it again with one of these – for me – tough RPGs to.
Let’s Spells to learn!
If to Citadel: Forged with Fire but is a Chance and in the game mechanics of the decent apps, then you suddenly have some Surprises. The first fascination of the offer, the spells you can cast. The given spell, you are not only fix, but you also have the option to create your very own sayings. These consist of an essence, are increased by different ingredients and a gun tied to it. What sounds complicated is actually quite simple and is easily learned. In your inventory you have a total of four weapons. In addition to the classics, such as a sword, you can bars also magic or even tools, for example, an axe with you. You have no magic to a weapon, so this is generated only slash or stab damage. Non-conjured tools, serve only to removal of materials. From the beginning, you’ll have an infinite supply of arcane essence in the essences can get as rewards for Quests, or in the Form of Loot in your possession. Now, to create a spell, you choose first, for an essence. Then you define the type of the spell, of which four to choose from – attack damage, area damage, skill, and Useful. To be able to finally be special ingredients in the “pot” thrown in to enhance the effect of the respective spell. Although there are many options, to Create the magic, not a lottery, because the number of possible spells is limited to four spells per essence. But caution: Selects the time of the enchantment of your weapon Wisely, because you can only take a certain number on your trip!
Let’s take a magic wand carving
Unfortunately, you can’t just go quickly to the next dealer on the corner to acquire Equipment. It takes a lot of raw materials so that we can make in the sweat of our brow, the majority of our equipment. The world offers us a wide variety of resources that are just waiting to be collected. In the process, but you can not be an infinite number of raw materials, when you wear it. Each Item, whether it’s herbs or ore, showed a certain amount of weight and only a limited payload. This may, however, with the increasing Level increases. Also, you gain Skill points you can distribute, allowing you to access to blueprints for better weapons, potions and armor gain. Also, better production facilities, can be explored to produce higher quality end products. Here is the Problem of the lack of Story or support strikes, however, because often one may not find clear where the individual raw materials, here’s a Tutorial would have worked wonders. Information about the locations of various resources are distributed in the game world, but, unfortunately, it stumbles by chance on this, as the game directs you there.
Work hard, build a wee house…
One of the most exciting elements in the Citadel: Forged with Fire, is the Build your own dwellings. It was already the case in some Games, but here it is a little reminiscent of Fortnite and is, as far as I know, in this Form, never in a role-play occurred. As in the Manufacture of the equipment, it must also be the Building of the houses only to learn. Individual components eures home can consist of wood, stone or marble. There are not only elements for the body, but also your May be asked as an interior architect. Thus, various light sources, flags, and wall decoration are available, in order to make it to YOUR house. In your Dwelling is enough space to all the production sites that you have researched and built you put. A house is not just a roof over your head, but also a practical Use is. The only thing missing us to the happiness, would be to have a pet, or? And here the game gives you the opportunity to fulfill your desire. To tame an animal, you must first create the corresponding spells. You have created the magic, you need to teach these as long as your potential pet, until this results in. Have Gefolgstiere certain peculiarities. You can follow you, in a more aggressive way, allowing you to attack immediately if an enemy is approaching you. You can tame animals but also to the movement of use, you should have a saddle. Especially fun it is, of course, if the taming of a dragon is a success. You should dream of a large petting zoo, I must disappoint you, because you can only have four animals in a home.
The dark sides of magic
The biggest problem with Citadel: Forged with Fire in my eyes is the Lack of a Story, as well as the very limited Tutorial, making the game a lot of Potential for being stolen from them. This is not but, unfortunately, the only shortcomings, the belching of a sour. Especially console player will fight in a very unfavorable adaptation of the controller to the Controller to often the hair, and say that The could do better! Especially noticeable in the character menu, and in the loadout, which has cost me a lot of nerves makes. Finally, you need to then designed on the, unfortunately, very lame, Multiplayer will be spoken. Role-playing games make me in groups is simply more fun, but here, the developers put quite drastic Limits. The current limit is fifty players, whether on official or private servers. The official servers are in PVE or PVP versions available staggered, with different multipliers for experience points and resources. You can look at the German Gameserver provider G-portal rent a own Server.
Conclusion
Citadel: Forged with Fire actually has a lot of Potential to be a really good role-playing game to be, but unfortunately much of it is not used properly. This starts with the harsh and uncontrolled introduction, the lack of Story elements, bad console port, through to the highly limited number of players. You fight first, through this adversity, and you will be rewarded with a surprisingly good game, but who wants to do that. After nearly twenty minutes of playing time, I was so annoyed and ready for the game forever to put down. But the urge to Search for a good article, helped over this high hurdle over. This Motivation will probably have hardly anyone. There is a lot in views, such as the Taming of a dragon, or the Rise in the “broom League” (a Quidditch similar sporting event, the magician in Ignus), but this is hardly enough to find his fun from the very beginning.
What is Citadel: Forged with Fire ? A Sandbox Role-Playing Game
Platforms: PC, PS4, XBox One, X
Tested on: XBox One, X
Developer / Publisher: Blue Isle Studios, Virtual Basement LLC / Blue Isle Publishing
Release: 1. November 2019
Link: Official Website
