Each year, lesser known games pop up that are true gems and deserve similar attention and adoration to the AAA titles that dominate the gaming news cycles. For me, the game that most fits that description so far this year is Rollers of the Realm. I got to play through the first chapter of this addictive pinball RPG and was surprised at just how compelling it was.
That’s right, a pinball RPG. Those two genres don’t appear to have anything in common, yet developer Phantom Compass has melded these two divergent gameplay types into one absolutely addictive experience. Rollers of the Realm features multiple human party members which are represented during gameplay as pinballs. Each party member has different characteristics, which affect pinball speed and size, as well as damage output.
The healer, for example, is a small green ball that does not deal much damage, but is able to revive fallen party members using her mana-fueled special ability. The soldier is the muscle of the group and his pinball is a large gray ball that deals plenty of damage. However, his ball tends to wobble uncontrollably at times, and he is too big to access some areas of the map. One party member I started out with was a little girl and her dog. The dog is taken from her early in the story, but once recovered, the dog can be summoned as a second ball onto the pinball table, making the girl twice as dangerous.
This is an excerpt from the full story which was originally featured on gamrReview, read the full version here – Rollers of the Realm Puts the RPG Genre on Full Tilt – Preview
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