GamesStrategyBulwark: Falconeer ChroniclesOpen-world city builder-exploration game Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles shows off 30 minutes of all new gameplayWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Gathering resources, recruiting NPC commanders, upgrading units, and waging war are all part of the formula, but for those who’d rather immerse themselves in world-building without all the hassles, Bulwark will also offer a “cosy Freebuild mode” enabling players to build as they like without having to worry about the limits of resources or upgrades.
Along similar lines, Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is also designed to be very easy to play. “No conventional controls. One button to paint the landscape, another to move about,” Sala says in the new video. “And while you paint towers and walls, people will start to make the world come alive. Keep building—that’s the trick. This can be confusing at first, overwhelming even, but don’t worry—there’s also no mistakes.”
The video features a look at Bulwark’s campaign mode, which takes place in the aftermath of devastating war, and includes a tutorial laying out some of the game’s more unusual features: The resource system, for instance, isn’t based on how many workers you assign to a particular task, but on the distance those resources have to travel from the source to wherever it’s needed. It’s unconventional but not necessarily unintuitive, especially given the simplified interface and automation present in the game: A need to micromanage is clearly not going to be an issue in Bulwark.
From there, the video moves into overworld exploration, finding and recruiting new allies, and of course a spot of combat. Bulwark may be designed to be accessible, but it’s clearly got a lot going on.
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