Each character is controlled individually, so they both have their own timeline in which you have to juggle their movements individually. Makes sense? Well, now we add the twister. For example, a simple attack or block might take one heartbeat, while a powerful smash attack or spell could take 4. Each move in combat is played out in heartbeats. Instead of going to a turn-based system like a lot of similar games do, this is a heartbeat based system. But when combat arrives, so does the ability play with time. Throughout the game, Kipuna travels with a companion at pretty much all times and during the normal course of events, both characters move together, doing RPG things like exploring and pinching stuff out of unoccupied houses. Kipuna then discovers her ability to manipulate time and the game proper begins. Time winds backwards and she misses the chasm but still has a piece of the stone embedded in her chest. That is until an otherworldly voice comes to her, showing her how to reverse time. During her attempt to escape from the incoming hordes she falls into a chasm and finds herself impaled on a glowing stone of power. To set the scene the game starts with the player taking control of Kipuna, a charming lass who just happens to have the bad luck of being around during the sacking of her village by an invading army. So not knowing much else, I dived in and, I have to say, fell a little in love with Kipuna and this time-based-tale. A CRPG that promised cool time-bending mechanics mixed with the usual trappings of the genre? Sign me up. So when Iron Danger came across my vision I knew I had to, at the very least, check it out. The way these titles looked at the concept of time as something more than a way to mark the passage of hours and minutes drew me in and kept me playing to the very end. Both Stories: The Path of Destinies and Omensight became some of my favourite titles in the year of their release. Look I think I have a thing for indie games that play with time in interesting ways. Iron Danger – A Unique Trip Through Time PC
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