Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna

Despite the culmination of the Wizardra trilogy, the authors of this popular series of cRPG games, Sir-Tech, decided to continue the series, offering players new adventures in the already known universe of the series. The fourth installment of Wizardra, however, brings with it a lot of changes in the mechanics of the game, because instead of controlling the whole team, in the game we manage only one character.

The heroine of the game is the evil sorceress Verdna, who in the finals of the first part of the series was defeated and trapped in deep dungeons by a team of daredevils. Stripped of its power and trapped in its former kingdom, it is protected by the traps and hosts of monsters that it created itself. Over time, however, Verdna gradually regains her old skills, including her extremely valuable ability to summon monsters. With their help, the sorceress regains her freedom and decides to take revenge for the wrongs she has suffered.

Players take on the role of sinister Verdna, and the aim of the game is to help her get to the surface of ten-level dungeons and regain the full power of the past. Unlike the previous parts of the cycle, we are not in charge of the whole team, but of a single hero. The system of character development has also changed. In Wizardry IV we do not gain experience, but we collect magical pentagrams hidden in various places underground. Each of them makes the heroine's powers more and more powerful and allows to restore health and summon more and more powerful monsters. During the game Werdna fights not only against various monsters, but also guards and adventurers, reminiscent of the heroes of the first three parts of the series.

Wizardry IV is based on a slightly modified version of the engine used in the first installments of the cycle, although it does not stand out significantly in terms of the luminaire. Due to the lack of experience points, the level of difficulty of the game was significantly increased. The authors also served players three alternative endings, one of which gained a reputation as the most difficult task in the whole history of the series.

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Last updated on August 14, 2015