The Way of Wrath Kickstarter Campaign Live

The Way of Wrath, Animmal Studio’s story-driven, open-world, tactical RPG set in a pre-historic shamanistic world, is now live on Kickstarter. The campaign goal is set at $27,774, with $5,337 already pledged and 32 days still to go.

The game is said to combine a dramatic branching story with the interactivity of an open-world game, and if that sounds like something you might enjoy, here’s the Kickstater trailer:

And some additional information:

The Way of Wrath is a story-driven, open-world, tactical RPG set in a pre-historic shamanistic world. Inspired by Baldur’s Gate, Gothic, & The Legend of Zelda.

Explore Handcrafted Open-World

Discover exciting secrets and explore beautiful but deadly landscapes with many unique areas, each offering distinct challenges.

Hunt, Fish, Craft, Perform Rituals

Discover animal lairs and hunt vicious predators, drill holes in a frozen lake to catch fish, and scour the land for rare herbs and minerals. Use what you find to craft weapons, armor, medicine, and special empowering incenses to inhale at shaman altars.

Dramatic Choice-Driven Story

Discover factions full of complex characters in believable communities that live and breathe the rich lore of the game.

Fight In Brutal Tactical Battles

Combat is fast, dynamic, and lethal. Use clever tactics, chain party skills into combos, and master the art of war.

Complex Character Creation

Customize your character’s appearance and choose from 8 very distinct story origins. Freely mix 100+ skills and craft your own playstyle with the classless RPG system.

Gather Your Party

Recruit 8 unique story companions that you can befriend, antagonize, or romance. Or craft a completely new party of custom characters.

Manage Your Fort

Command your own fort as your home base. Get to know your allies over the campfire, share food & drinks, and play mini-games. Rule over your people and oversee the construction and rebuilding of defenses.

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The Way of Wrath is a story-driven, open-world, tactical RPG. It combines old school RPG game mechanics like tactical party-based combat, detailed branching dialogue and a rich, dynamic story (Baldur’s Gate, Divinity: OS) with the interactivity and immersion of 3D open-world games (Gothic, Zelda, Skyrim).

​ From the intricate choice-driven story to the deep tactical combat and exciting exploration in a lovingly handcrafted open world. We carefully shape each feature to recreate the magic of legendary RPGs and rekindle the joy of getting fully immersed in a new epic adventure.

• Classless RPG system. Customize your character’s appearance, origin, skills, and reputation.
• Full RPG story experience. Solve complex quests, gather loyal companions, and befriend, antagonize, or romance interesting, characters.
• Handcrafted open world. Explore a beautiful snowy landscape and survive its environmental hazards. Hunt, fish & perform mystical shaman rituals.
• Choice & consequence. Experience the aftermath of every action and shape your story.
• Fort management. Build traps and siege equipment. Craft weapons, armor, and tools of war.
• Turn-based combat. Fight in tactical battles against foes with unique AI tactics, gear, and skills.
• Days are story turns. Each in-game day the map updates with new encounters, quests, and character storylines move forward based on previous day decisions.

Beyond that, you can now check out the first campaign update that talks about the game’s justice system.