Wave of Darkness

Mechanics

When it comes to mechanics, Wave of Darkness employs similar gameplay to its predecessor, mixing hardcore action in the vein of classic hack’n’slash games with a large freedom of gameplay and few original solutions. So, once again the focus of the game is the spacious open world that we can traverse without any limitations or invisible walls. Even while following the path outlined by the main plot, we have a complete freedom to explore, as well as the order and method of completing side quests. Completing the game in 100% should take about 70 hours.

At the beginning of our playthrough we may import our Legends of Dawn character, or create a completely new hero. Similarly to the predecessor, Wave of Darkness doesn’t have the classic limitations in form of classes, allowing our character to develop without restrictions in different schools, combining over 35 abilities, typical for few different classes. The game includes an expanded crafting system and a new method of equipment management. The number of available items, potions, and spells was increased. The runic system was improved, with runes used for, among others, opening chests and activating various mechanisms, as well as creating new spells. The developers introduced an ability to make a sacrifice to individual gods, resulting in various bonuses for our hero.

Technical aspects

When it comes to visuals, Wave of Darkness for PC doesn’t differ much from its predecessor, but the game received a bit of fine-tuning, and now works only with 64-bit operating systems. The game world is now even more diverse, with our character visiting hundreds of completely different locations, such as dungeons, crypts, catacombs, castles, camps, temples, cemeteries, docks, swamps, caves, mountains, and canyons, as well as flying islands known from the predecessor.