Will it be possible?

[Gunslinger 🚬]

I mean, will it be possible to complete the game playing with only 1 or 2 characters? Something like "Lone Wolf" in DOS. Considering that the combat system has parrying and dodging, then in skilled hands it should be possible? Or will the game force you to have party members anyway?

P.S. Thanks to the developers for the QTE mechanics, lately the games have become so casual that sometimes it's just boring to play them.

[mordread]

MrHappy did a whole playthrough of the demo with one character yes. There are certain points, where you have multiple characters in a fight (like at one point you get a second companion and a battle right after). You can even make a real lone wolf build like in DOS. There are certain items which you can use on character to give them permanent "skillpoints" so you can pump everything in one character.

[Gunslinger 🚬]

Well then that's good news. The game looks promising, if it's interesting I'll be able to play it more than once using different party members.
Thanks for answer.

[PHARA]

Publicado originalmente por mordread:

MrHappy did a whole playthrough of the demo with one character yes. There are certain points, where you have multiple characters in a fight (like at one point you get a second companion and a battle right after). You can even make a real lone wolf build like in DOS. There are certain items which you can use on character to give them permanent "skillpoints" so you can pump everything in one character.

Publicado originalmente por Gunslinger 🚬:

Well then that's good news. The game looks promising, if it's interesting I'll be able to play it more than once using different party members.
Thanks for answer.

He's wrong. You don't choose to play with only one character. you get new party members through the story.
you can choose which one you want to play with in the world but the fights are always with your full party members at the time of the story.
The game is heavy story oriented so, you will not lose a character in a fight but in a cinematic.

[mordread]

No you are wrong, you can dismiss any character in the Menu screen...Please watch the video before commenting.

[PHARA]

Publicado originalmente por mordread:

No you are wrong, you can dismiss any character in the Menu screen...Please watch the video before commenting.

link me with timestamp. thanks.

[mordread]

Publicado originalmente por PHARA:

Publicado originalmente por mordread:

No you are wrong, you can dismiss any character in the Menu screen...Please watch the video before commenting.

link me with timestamp. thanks.

https://youtu.be/Eb6gIHGNIvE?t=21305

look a little bit you can see that he starts EVERY battle with one character. Yes you cant prevent getting all the characters but you just delect them in the menu screen.

[PHARA]

Publicado originalmente por mordread:

Publicado originalmente por PHARA:

link me with timestamp. thanks.

https://youtu.be/Eb6gIHGNIvE?t=21305

look a little bit you can see that he starts EVERY battle with one character. Yes you cant prevent getting all the characters but you just delect them in the menu screen.

yeah it's a second run. not so logic because there's synergies between party members in fights one character run sounds absurd and not so fun IMO.

[mordread]

Publicado originalmente por PHARA:

Publicado originalmente por mordread:

https://youtu.be/Eb6gIHGNIvE?t=21305

look a little bit you can see that he starts EVERY battle with one character. Yes you cant prevent getting all the characters but you just delect them in the menu screen.

yeah it's a second run. not so logic because there's synergies between party members in fights one character run sounds absurd and not so fun IMO.

actually if you are the only one in the fight, you can get all the parrys, so you get infinite AP which is kinda busted on gustaves overcharge ability (which you also get one stack per parry)

[mordread]

but yeah in the end its only for challenge runs, like in games like bg3.

[PHARA]

Publicado originalmente por mordread:

but yeah in the end its only for challenge runs, like in games like bg3.

so yeah you can do solo but i would not recommend it unless you want to miss all mechanics the game has to offer. Nice challenge for second run.
just a demo we've seen so far.