Druidstone - A New Tactical RPG - TheHiveLeader

Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest is a new tacitcal RPG from the folks who brought us the Legend of Grimrock games. Since TheHiveLeader absolutely LOVED the Grimrock series, and has been on a bit of a TRPG kick, he figured he'd take a look. Is it any good? Let's find out!

Evil is afoot in Menhir Forest. The druids, the caretakers of the woods, are troubled: their archdruid has disappeared under deeply suspicious circumstances, and a cancerous growth of purple cysts is spreading, carrying corruption and sickness wherever they appear. It takes a special kind of hero to save the day. Or maybe more than one.
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest is a labor of love from the co-creators of the critically acclaimed Legend of Grimrock series. Druidstone is a tactical, single-player, turn-based roleplaying game, which combines the best qualities of modern RPGs with the elegance of tactical boardgames. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through handcrafted, challenging missions with varying, and often surprising, objectives.
Set in a unique fantasy world, Druidstone is filled with ancient lush forests, standing stones, snow-topped mountains, deadly creatures and puzzle-ridden ruins. And somewhere in the middle of all of this, caught in the flow of events, are Aava, the archdruid's daughter, who must now shoulder his responsibilities, Leonhard, a warden with a mysterious past and a lethal destiny, and Oiko, the failed Red Priest who is living proof that one may be very smart without being particularly wise. Along the way, they meet companions and villains, whose unique personalities and abilities make every encounter memorable.

[xephthetamagochi]

we are losing our touch, how DARE you enjoy games we force you to cover!

[michaelcoffey]

Nice, thanks for covering this had never heard of it and now it is a game I will be doing research on as I really liked Grimrock

[jazznblues]

When I first saw this title I read it as Druidstoned. You can decide on my condition at that moment.

[AzzRushman]

The game was nice, but i couldn't endure the "get three stars on each level".
It made the experience seem so damn "Angry Birds".

[ECHO-Gaming]

I swear man, I will watch and enjoy every video you put out. Doesn't matter the game. But that's because I'm a selfless Hive watcher #SelfBurn

[BobbyMcSwansonSauce]

Looks pretty neato...will be picking this one up

[SleepyCrow]

that green thing is one knife and a set of giant chompers away from bieng a tonbery

[Caellx]

That mage character is a tonberry tho.

[ThatOtherGuyOI]

have you played the T-RPG/gatcha 'the alchemist code' on mobile? has some similar elements and different elements of games you called out at the beginning of the video.

[leonardoraele]

Try Children of the Zodiarck. It's pretty good tactical RPG.

[bryansuminski]

Please try Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs

[SaotomeKun]

Sounds less frustrating than FE games… nice.

(If I don't use Arena grinding in FE games I'm doomed to fail, so my comment might not mean much…)

[wereowl]

Hey Mr hiveleader did you know that city of heroes is back could you perhaps make a video on it

Thanks :)

[inkedfritz]

Try out Battle Brothers with the new dlc as well

[RavenBeardenStudios]

@ TheHiveLeader Ya still gonna do subject delta had a voice?
I am a bioshock 2 fan, but it always bother me that delta doesn't have a voice.

[theimmoralcookie]

I want it!...But I must remain calm...I AM REMAINING CALM!!! *grabs wallet*

[Skyztamer]

This game looks interesting. With the exception of Valkyrie Chronicles, I can't get into tactical RPGs because I find them to be overly tedious (especially FF Tactics, and I really want to get into it after playing through most FFXIV Stormblood's blalliance raids).

Also no permadeath is a positive for me. Never been a fan of that system personally.

[sandbakk]

Is this coming to consoles too? Looks great, but don't have PC to play it on. I just don't care for PC gaming.

[Lord_Shmesh_The_Squishy]

This looks really good! When I get the extra cash, I'll be sure to check it out! ALSO HIVEY!! CYBERPUNK 2077 HAS A RELEASE [April 16th, 2020]