I've played through the first fifth of Othercide and feel like I can talk about it.
Othercide is an interesting, turn-based tactics game that wants to do a lot with a little. I can respect that: making something very lean asks players to really focus on the things that matter.
And focus is what it asks for: this is not a game where the player gets to have three teams that can rotate through missions. Characters don't heal: they are regenerated if you sacrifice a character of greater or equal power.
So you use your high level characters until they are nearly dead and then sacrifice them to boost an up and coming character.
If that sounds bleak, it's because it is: in Othercide's Victorian-era influenced apocalyptic setting, it goes out of its way to remind you that there are horrors all around you. Children are possessed and need to be sacrificed to stop a plague-or worse.
Unfortunately for me, the game cut too far down. With only three classes, there isn't a lot of diversity between your characters, nor many choices that feel meaningful to make within those classes.
In addition, the visual style starts to work against Othercide as well. Black, white and red is a striking color scheme, but those are the ONLY colors in the game and red is used as a highlight. After awhile, it just gets dreary to look at.
I'm glad I checked it out but I'm not sure it has the lure to keep me playing.
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