Approved
| Story |
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| Innisbrook, a southern province of Virailon human kingdom, is suffering from dark mages, cults, and demons that recently became active and threaten everyone living in the region. The biggest danger is a newly founded yet massive pyromaniac cult named "Phoenix Claw", whose followers have been burning entire villages and their residents for unclear purposes. You are Esther, one of the best soldiers under the command of Virailon Magistrate Council, a high-ranking authority tasked with maintaining the kingdom’s law and bringing those who oppose it to swift justice. You were sent to Innisbrook in order to investigate the matter and assist local troops in defending the province from enemies of the crown. With your soulbound partner, an ancient dark spirit named Kara’zhuk, you arrive at Innisbrook and start your path. Around you are corpses of civilians, villages burnt to ashes, power-hungry demons roaming empty fields, and numerous wildlife, driven crazy by strange curses of local dark mages. You are unsure where this road will take you, but you know it won’t be an easy one. |
| Gameplay |
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| The map uses many core principles of RPGs/micro maps typical for WC3. Playing as Esther, you'll have to fight enemies, do quests, and explore the map in order to get more powerful and move the story forward. The focus on quests, however, is much smaller than on exploration and player choices. They serve as major tasks you'll have to perform to get to the ending, but the way you'll approach them is mostly up to you. Interact with surrounding people using Esther's special ability: not everyone will talk to you, but those who will have a word might tell something useful or assist in your journey. Sometimes, you'll be presented with player choices with two or more possible outcomes. There is rarely a 100% right answer, so I suggest simply picking the choice you like the most. During fights, especially on the first half of your playthrough, you'll usually be heavily outnumbered, so approach your enemies carefully. Item management and wise spending of your gold might help you immensely in some encounters. |
| Companions |
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| Besides Esther and his spiritual friend, there'll be a possibility to recruit up to 14 additional non-hero characters into your team. Progressing the main story will only give you 2 characters, 12 more are entirely optional and have different conditions under which they'll decide to join you. Some will require you to bring something to them first, others will be in need of your rescue and gladly join after you'll help them, in some cases, you'll have to figure out what the possible companion wants before you can add them to your crew. Possible team members are scattered throughout the whole map in the most unexpected places, so the more you explore, the more chances you have of assembling a powerful army. Try to get them all! Be careful not to lose them, however, as their deaths are permanent. |
| Additional Features |
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| To interact with surrounding folks, use "Interact" or simply press [Z]. All player choices are done via you typing the answer into the chat. Be careful to type phrases that'll exactly match the presented answers. Please do not spam the same answer into the chat several times, as some triggers may react poorly to this kind of behavior. The cutscenes in the map are not skippable, however, the game will autosave after most major cutscenes and some important story events. You may find the autosave in your "Custom Saves" folder. It's still advised for you to save on your own as well to not lose significant amounts of progress unrelated to the main story. |
Thanks! There were originally some custom tracks used for certain moments (Like Gabriella's ritual and the final fight), but they bugged out all the time and I haven't figured out the way to use custom music properly, so that concept was abandoned. Might return to that idea in the future.
Hello, sorry to hear that. Are you by chance playing on Reforged graphics on?
Well, there's the problem. Refer to the map's description:
okey, thanks you i will prove it
Oh I know!
Thanks a lot! When I get the time, I'll probably test how the waygate function would work on these tunnels instead of the manual teleportation (although waygate also has some other issues that would need to be addressed), I'm glad you liked the map overall. A little spoiler regarding the question:
