Balrum

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Description

Steam Store Description (from Ad Blurbs)

Balrum is an old-school, hybrid turn-based, open world indie RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. In addition to traditional RPG features Balrum has deep crafting which allows the player to craft their own custom items. Balrum also features farming your own crops, building your home, and survival mechanics complemented by the game's main features. In Balrum you will have a faithful animal companion as your pet. Your pet is fully controllable and adds greatly to the complexity of the combat.

The player takes control of a young man whose peaceful life is suddenly interrupted by events which will change his life forever.

Features:

• Real-Time world with Turn-Based Combat
  
• A huge Open World with dozens of Dungeons to explore
  
• Spend your learning points to create a pure class or a hybrid class
  
• Dozens of Side Quests and an Epic Main Quest
  
• Three separate paths leading to the end
  
• Building
  
• Farming
  
• Tame various animals to be your loyal Companion
  
• Deep Crafting System which allows you to create custom items
  
• Day/Night Cycle with Weather Effects
  
• Survival Mechanics

Story

It's twenty years after your village fled the kingdom and took refuge in Darkwood. You always knew that these woods hold dark secrets but now you start to feel it's evil on your own skin. Horrible things are happening. You discover fragments of the woods dark history and come to the conclusion that you have to leave your home. You know in your heart that once you step out of the protection of the place where you grown up, nothing will be the same. You have to face a world that's in chaos. A world without laws. Nevertheless you feel something else too. You feel freedom. A completely new world awaits you to explore it, but the feeling quickly turns into guilt. There are people in Darkwood who are counting on your help. You are their last hope.


NOTE: Thank you to all our backers on Kickstarter for making this game possible.

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Critic Reviews

CRPG Revisiting old classics	Windows	Jul 02, 2016	4 out of 5	80
Indie Game Reviewer	Windows	Apr 30, 2016		80
One Up Gaming	Windows	2016		80
Spazio Games	Windows	Apr 29, 2016	7.5 out of 10	75
IGN Greece	Windows	Apr 01, 2016	7.4 out of 10	74
Starburst Magazine	Windows	Apr 12, 2016		70
Games.cz	Windows	Jul 21, 2016	6 out of 10	60
One Angry Gamer	Windows	Mar 31, 2016	Unscored	Unscored
RPGWatch	Windows	Feb 20, 2017	Unscored	Unscored

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