Overfall - Something New

Do you like RPG's and strategy games? Do you like vikings and fighting?  Do you like sailing and exploring an open world?  Do you like negotiating and diplomacy?  Well, I have an underdog hit that you may like called Overfall.

Indie game brought to life with your help and Kickstarter
I remember Overfall because developers had a fund raiser for the game's development nearly a year ago. 1,430 backers pledged $67,768 to help bring this project to life.  Now, Overfall is nearly finished, and it is a dream come true thanks you fans.

What is Overfall?
Overfall is available for early access on Steam, but it will be fully released on March 1, 2016.  In Overfall, you are the captain of your own ship and can explore the shifting seas of a strange realm. Fight challenging foes…or befriend them. Recruit lost souls and learn their histories. Take part in stories of the absurd and the tragic, the magical and the mundane - intimate, epic, and never the same twice in this fantastic strategy role-playing game!

Why is Overfall unique?
The most exciting aspects of the game is it use of teamwork with the fighting system and the storytelling.  Developers stated "one of the main strengths of Overfall comes from the stories you encounter during a playthrough, an island-to-island experience where you don’t just sail around trying to save the world - you can just as easily encounter a charming stand-alone story or a self-contained quest progression. The more of these encounters we have, the richer and more fun the overall experience will be. We wanted these encounters to be perfect, and to achieve that, we started searching for ways to improve our storytelling."

What is separates the writing from other RPGs?

Developers said "Game Writing Style Guide, which would explain the basics of creating a story in Overfall, give some ideas on how to write a good story, and outline Overfall’s writing style with a couple of examples. And we already were in touch with the best person for writing this kind of guide, not only because he’s a great writer with worlds of experience, but also because he’s great mentor material.

Combat and progression
Overfall is similar to Xcom with its combat strategy movement system.  You have to move a limited amount of spaces, and select your attack or buff to progress the battle.  It's unique because team work is everything.  You can't put faith or level up one character to accomplish everything.  You have to use one character in support, and use a stronger character to support. It's one of the few RPG's in a while to make you think about choices because enemies will gang up on you in order to end your game.

Barter and Trade
You also have to barter, trade, and maintain an inventory of supplies that will determine if you have the ability to explore and enter combat.  Deciding between restoring your health, upgrading weapons or ships will be key to surviving.  Dust is a drug and currency that you use to barter.  Dust is a magical ingredient which causes some to become addicted to it.  It can be used to upgrade utility skills at guild ships.  Also, can be used to alter movement speed of the ship for a short period of time by pressing SPACE key, this process stacks up 3 times and fades slowly.  I wonder if dust can be exploit later to those who are addicts?

Overall on Overfall
It's definitely worth a playthrough.  Right now it's still a beta version.  When the game is released on March 1, 2016 in its full version, it will be priced at $9.99 to $19.99.  It's not on the level with final fantasy graphics, but it gets the job done and tells a good story.  I enjoyed being one of the fans that help support this project, and I encourage you all to play Overfall as well.

Indie Video Games in Alpha Stage I'm Playing

I've gotten some critics saying I don't use AP formats when I write reviews.  All I have to say to that is that I write like I talk to my friends.  Some of my friends and followers ask what do I do when I'm not playing the lastest games.  Well, I'll share a side hustle of mine, I beta test indie games and do playthroughs for alpha versions of games that have not been released yet.  Here are my top three:

7 Days to Die
It's a good game that most don't know exist.  The game revolves around being a survivor of a nuclear near Navazgane, AZ.  It's a survivor horror game where you have to hunt, craft weapons and shelters while fighting hoards of mutants or zombies.  The game's hard challenge is don't get caught outside at night because the hoards are insanely hard to beat or outrun.  The open world of 7 Days to Die is destructible.  I don't know if it was a glitch but I literally had the roof cave in on me when a hoard of mutants attacked the home I was in.  I only played the single player mode so far, and I will explorer the multi0player mode once I make more gaming friends.

H1Z1
My friend actually told me to try this one out.  He has a successful channel, but i won't plug it because he makes like $250,000 at year off youtube and twitch doesn't need anymore advertising. This is the most popular alpha game out there.  I played a few versions of the game, and I have to admit I like the progress developers are making.  H1Z1 is a survival horror massively multiplayer online (mmo) game that puts in a small city and rural area with 100s of zombies and other players.  The main challenge to me is surviving the other players or the player vs player environment(pvp) .  When someone says "I'm friendly" never believe that because 100% it's trap for his friend to snipe you.  The main goal of the game is looting homes, camps, and buildings for gear to help you survive.  You can find car parts and drive around the map, but a shotgun to the radiator or hidden hump on the street will immobilize you quick and cause instant death. There are options to build bases and loot lockers.  The last time i played it that was all you could do with the game, so I hope more will be added later.

Reign of Kings
I played this game a few times, and the racism of players in the community was annoying.  Moderators and admin have gone a long way to keep it clean, but it threw me off a bit.  Reign of Kings is a medieval sandbox game that allows you collect resources, craft gear, hunt and claim the throne as king.  As king, you can raise taxes on resources and maintain the kingdom.  This game is one where you need friends because defending the throne or even walking around the open world is difficult.  It's a fun game with a lot to offer, but the only down side is other players that exploit the game.  It's early but I believe with a few mods the game will have a lot of interest later on.

I play anything I get for free, so if you want me to play your game and review it.  Send it may way.  I got a fanbase of 400,000 around the global.