{"id":8669,"date":"2020-11-04T17:08:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2020-12-02T11:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T11:20:37","slug":"children-of-morta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.offkorn.com\/blog\/children-of-morta\/","title":{"rendered":"Children of MORTA"},"content":{"rendered":"

A roguelike with actual (albeit heavily sentimental) plot\/character development along with gameplay quite similar to Diablo<\/a>‘s, Children of Morta<\/a> expects you to run through the same semi-randomized levels multiple times with different characters hacking and slashing through hoards of enemies.<\/p>\n

In addition to standard unlockable upgrades such as increased drop rates, stat boosts, and additional playable characters, the game also features specialized universal buffs that automatically unlock as a character spends skill points. I presume this is to make it less of an annoyance that you can’t just play one character exclusively (your maximum health takes a major hit if you use the same character 3+ times in a row). This results in something of a middle ground where you have to grind to progress, but the variety in the characters’ playstyles makes it less onerous than it would otherwise be.<\/p>\n

As mentioned the gameplay is like Diablo’s<\/em>, just somewhat compressed (and lacking an equipment system). One key difference that greatly affects the difficulty is that health potions here are both far less effective and completely random; sometimes you get 3-4 from a single enemy group, sometimes you’ll go an entire floor without seeing any. Being lucky enough to find a charm\/blessing that grants regeneration or increased healing is often the difference between success and failure… although it’s not like there’s any penalty for failure, so while annoying I guess it’s not really all that big an issue.<\/p>\n

At the moment I’ve only just completed the first zone with one character at level 9, two at 8, and one at 6 (I haven’t used the recently unlocked fire mage yet). My strategy so far has been to run through the first level until a character hits level 4, the second until they hit 6, and then the third until they hit 8. It’s been working pretty well progression-wise and I haven’t had to run through the same level with the same character more than twice (though not all have successfully beat each boss).<\/p>\n

Hopefully that trend will continue in the later zones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A roguelike with actual (albeit heavily sentimental) plot\/character development along with gameplay quite similar to Diablo‘s, Children of Morta expects you to run through the same semi-randomized levels multiple times with different characters hacking and slashing through hoards of enemies. In addition to standard unlockable upgrades such as increased drop rates, stat boosts, and additional playable characters, the game also features specialized universal buffs that automatically unlock as a character spends skill points. I presume this is to make it less of an annoyance that you can’t just play one character exclusively (your maximum health takes a major hit if you use the same character 3+ times in a row). This results in something of a middle ground where you have to grind to progress, but the variety in the characters’ playstyles makes it less onerous than it would otherwise be. As mentioned the gameplay is like Diablo’s, just somewhat compressed (and lacking an equipment system). One key difference that greatly affects the difficulty is that health potions here are both far less effective and completely random; sometimes you get 3-4 from a single enemy group, sometimes you’ll go an entire floor without seeing any. Being lucky enough to find […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,7],"tags":[148,28,452,121,473],"class_list":["post-8669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc","category-video-game-related","tag-action-rpg","tag-fantasy","tag-roguelike","tag-rpg","tag-third-person-perspective"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t