The gameplay advances as you solve puzzles and discover artifacts. Morning's powers grow with the grind of dispatching zombie like creatures which are inhabiting the castle's basement. Of course. Using the artifacts on the magical well yeild magic scrolls that help Morning to attain more danmaging spells.
It is a very nostalgic game. the interface works very simply and easily. The Save game option is available at any time which is another plus that I look for in every game that I test. Morning's powers advance as you obtain the special artifacts by solving up to 22 puzzles in the game. They are both logic and inventory based. There are Runes in the game which are used to make the spell scrolls. You start with "Fire" and "Blast" Runes which make up the spell "Fire Blast". then you can combine Runes to make other new spells such as Spark Blast, or Stone Canon. There are about 24 runes throught the game which gives variety to the kinds of spell casting that you can do.
Sword attacks are a little awkward at first, but as Morning gains in strength the combat becomes more enjoyable. Her intitial spells are fire based, and she can blast away at the mobs of undead that amble twords her. You can choose to take them on or to avoid the slow moving enemies. The spell casters a a little bit harder to avoid. There are plenty of edifices to explore and hide behind. Simply put it is a third person point and click adventure RPG. you right click to spell cast and left click to melée. The old school simplicity is welcome when you want a game that will easily run for you with out the additional "fun" of dealing with an MMO or a game that takes a super computer and a super geek just to get it to play. You get skill points to distribute to build Morning's on abilities to customize her to some degree.
Multiplayer:
n/a
Overall Impression:
I wish there had been a map function. That makes for a deduction from the over all score. The game is a bit short. That means that I wanted more and it's a good sign. I am looking forward to a sequel. It's a game that has all the right stuff that I have seen in other games that grew up and out to become blockbusters. I think that these folks have some good ingenuity going there and I would like to see them do well and come out with future offerings. This game gets a hopeful 8.5
The Morning's Wrath the team is moving on to their next game and intend to design and develop it with the same passion that inspired them before. At this point it is all still top secret!
Marketing Efforts Towards Women:
Obviously since the main character is female, it is exciting to play. Morning's character has interesting challenges to deal with. Her fiancé betrays her. She finds out that her parents are killed and suddenly she is the Queen. The story line in the game is very strong and inspiring. You get involved in her character and you really do want to see Morning succeed, and you begin to care about what happens to her. She is a strong female lead, the sort of which we look for in a game.Articles on WomenGamers.Com solely reflect the experiences and perspectives of the author(s). Feel free to agree or disagree in the accompanying forum thread.
