These characters have a few key qualities. In both cases, the arc of the game is a discrete story that progresses over many years, following a rag-tag group of heroes assembled by the player.
Others are vastly more generic, and lean almost entirely into the procedural tools. Some of these are more tailored to scripted plot beats by the developers, delving into a specific enemy faction and the way it must be destroyed within a long, mythic story. Each game of Wildermyth is divided into three or five chapters. Instead, it focuses on creating the conditions where unique stories can emerge. Wildermyth’s use of procedural generation is geared less toward novel enemies or giving you infinite replayable game levels. Procedural generation is also responsible for Spelunky’s levels, Enter The Gungeon’s dungeons, and the orc bosses that show up in Middle-earth: Shadow of War. The key concept that governs all of Wildermyth is procedural generation, or, the creation of game worlds and their contents based on some broad rules. The random event that puts the player character in contact with the mystical woman who can curse you with raven-ness is one of what feels like hundreds in the game, each of which can have major impacts on your created party as they attempt to beat back a monstrous horde threatening the world they live in. There is no warrior-bird hero questline in the game.
That story wasn’t fully written by the devs of Wildermyth. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch. When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun - and worth fitting into your schedule. Now they’re thick as thieves - and also, Stilyewn is missing an eye.Polygon Recommends is our way of endorsing our favorite games, movies, TV shows, comics, tabletop books, and entertainment experiences. When it went off, I chose for Stilyewn to dive in the way and save Rosellia. When they arrived, the figure from Stilyewn’s past was nowhere to be found. Naturally, Stilyewn and Rosellia jawed at each other for most of the trek.
One of my characters, a mage named Stilyewn, recently received an invitation to reunite with an old frenemy, and I had him take a bickering buddy from my party, Rosellia, along for the ride. Sometimes, this might mean they acquire a new item or take their friendship (or rivalry) with another hero to a new level. During these events - which can run the gamut from dark rituals in the dead of night to chance romantic encounters with mysterious water sprites - individual characters are often faced with choices, which you, the player, get to make. While your characters move between locations, “Wildermyth” sporadically throws storybook-like events at them, replete with gorgeous prose and lovingly crafted visuals.
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