[Review] Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem melds hack-and-slash gameplay with state-of-the-art graphics, and underpins it all with a truly modern AI. The game aims to deliver an intense and rich action RPG game, with deep and highly customizable character personalization, and many secret hidden in the world. The game's dystopian storyline is set in a world of fantasy and intrigue. As a former army officer who goes on the run from authorities after mysteriously developing magical powers, players must survive monsters both human and inhuman to unravel the secrets behind the famine and disease corrupting the realm.

 

In Wolcen you can face challenges alone, with your friends, or in a random group thanks to our Matchmaking system. Play the Act I’s story before reaching the repeatable content and launch a challenge that fits your goal for difficulty. The harder challenges will grant you the most awesome rewards!

Beta Key features:

Multiplayer mode: Co-Op/Multiplayer. Face challenges alone or with friends.
Mature story: Start the campaign of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem and explore an immersive universe, full of secrets to discover.
Deep lore: Discover Wolcen’s universe through items, skills, talents, and environment descriptions.
Voice-over: All dialogues, cutscenes, and dynamic scenes have english voice over.
Dynamic combat system: Fast-paced combat system with weapon-based combos. Dodge, Dash, Hack, Slash and unleash devastating spells on your enemies!
 

 

 

Weapon combo system: Each weapon has its own game style, including various gameplay effects and animations. You can choose up to 14 different weapon stances!
Tons of Loot: Weapons and Armors with randomly generated magic effects for more gameplay diversity. And tons of Unique items!
Free character development: No class limitation. You have three resources: Rage and Willpower interact with each other, using the Resource Opposition System. Stamina allows you to use a dodge-roll to avoid danger or travel faster.
Asymmetric Armor System: You will be able to equip different shoulders and arm protection on the left and right side of your character, bringing a great number of customization options!
Gems: Use gems to improve your gear for offensive, defensive, or support attributes.
Fight vicious and intelligent foes featuring many different attacks, combat patterns and defensive abilities. Crush the weaklings, and prepare to fight impressive, pitiless elite bosses.
Active skill modifier: Level-up your skills to unlock and combine modifiers for advanced customized gameplay.
Status Ailments: Each status ailment has its own trail and effect on your enemies. Burn, Freeze, Shock, Poison or inflict various weaknesses that will make you victorious. Choose wisely and combine these effects for more deadly attacks and spells.
Rotating Passive Skills Tree: A deep and innovative way to customize your play style with various specialization that you can combine for unique hybrid or archetypes builds!
Mandates of the Purple Phoenix: Execute mandates for the Host of the Purple Phoenix, come back alive to earn your rewards.
Expeditions of the Purple Phoenix: Choose the difficulty of your dungeon, a higher difficulty will give you more chance to obtain awesome rewards.

 

 

Area modifiers: Add area modifiers to your Expeditions for more loot and more challenge!
Wrath of Sarisel: Lure Untainteds in your Expeditions and face deadly enemies when you'll expect it the least. Finishing a Wrath of Sarisel dungeon will grant you items with unique affixes, allowing you to have passive points as an affix or cast spells you should not be able to cast with a specific weapon.

 

 

The Wolcen Team is now working on the release of the game, planned for January 2020. For the release, the game will contain the following features:

3 Acts of an epic, immersive and fully voiced campaign
Level Max 90
40 skill each with 12 to 16 modifiers
The ability to have several skills of the same type with different modifiers in endgame (Multiskill feature)
75+ enemy meshes, in addition to skin modifications
21 Subclasses in the Passive Skill Tree
11 Armor Tiers, each tier including Mage, Rogue, Warrior, and Tank styles, each with unique implicits and Defense bonuses
11 Weapons Tiers, each tier including 12 different weapons (1H & 2H Sword, Pistol, Shield, 1H & 2H Axe, Bow, Staff, 1H & 2H Hammer, Off-Hand Catalyst, Dagger)
Character customization
Playable female character
A whole new endgame mode, unlocking new game features
4 Apocalyptic forms with their dedicated skills, ultimates, and attacks
New boss mechanics and boss modifiers
Unique secondary areas to explore
Customizable game rules thanks to more Area Alterations
Crafting
Game enabling Unique Items
New item affixes
Many weapon stances will have new and improved animations
Armor skin transfer
Refined Armor Tinting system
Optional content and side quests
New environments and several variants for each of them
HUD redesign

 

 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit SP1, Windows 8.1 64-Bit, Windows 10 64-Bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4570T 2.9 GHz / AMD FX-6100 3.3 GHz
Memory: 8 GB memory
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 6850
DirectX: Version 11
Storage space: 18 GB available space
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit SP1, Windows 8.1 64-Bit, Windows 10 64-Bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770S 3.1 GHz / AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz
Memory: 16 GB memory
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 570
DirectX: Version 11
Storage space: 18 GB available space