Wrath of the Necromancer

[SpiteAndMalice]

Hi all,

I've just started playing Iratus and I can see that there's a DLC available 'Wrath of the Necromancer'. I'm wondering whether any of you veterans can tell me:

a) Is it worth playing through the vanilla game first before adding the DLC, or is it better to start with everything on?

b) Is the DLC automatically applied to the base game once purchased, or do I have the option to toggle it on or off?

On first impression is a really great game, I'm looking forward to digging deeper.

[bunny de fluff]

You kind of need it to get to a new final level, I didn't play without it so I'm not sure, but it adds new enemies and recruits.

[SpiteAndMalice]

Cheers bunny, do you know whether it can be toggled on and off?

[Bumc]

Iirc it can be toggled on and off by default steam means.
The main issue is that DLC adds not only another floor, but also alternative bosses for previous floors.
So for the best experience I'd recommend playing one run until the end, buying DLC, finishing the 6th floor and then getting in another run with DLC on.
Other than that the replay-ability is somewhat on low side and if you are experienced with the genre you might find the difficulty too low, but the game should hold for at least 2 full runs.

[SpiteAndMalice]

Originally posted by Bumc:

Iirc it can be toggled on and off by default steam means.

Is this some Steam magic that I don't know about?

The main issue is that DLC adds not only another floor, but also alternative bosses for previous floors.
So for the best experience I'd recommend playing one run until the end, buying DLC, finishing the 6th floor and then getting in another run with DLC on.
Other than that the replay-ability is somewhat on low side and if you are experienced with the genre you might find the difficulty too low, but the game should hold for at least 2 full runs.

Great, that sounds like good advice. I've already purchased, via Fanatical, but I'll hold off on activating the key until I'm at the end of my 1st run.

[wulfster42]

I finished the game without the dlc, and glad i didn't have it as the dlc adds flasks/potions that would have made it even easier (Tho it was already super easy).

After you finish the game, if you get the dlc, you can then go and do the last area with the same team.

The combo pack adds 3 new minions, potions another area and more bosses/enemies to fight.

I think it's worth it (especially on sale right now). The whole game is fun and enjoyable and I can see replaying it with different combinations in the future (Gonna finish my second run right now and probably take a break afterwards).

Fun game though and yeah, I think the DLC is like 4-5$ right now.....so totally worth it.

[Draufen]

Originally posted by Bumc:

Iirc it can be toggled on and off by default steam means.
The main issue is that DLC adds not only another floor, but also alternative bosses for previous floors.
So for the best experience I'd recommend playing one run until the end, buying DLC, finishing the 6th floor and then getting in another run with DLC on.
Other than that the replay-ability is somewhat on low side and if you are experienced with the genre you might find the difficulty too low, but the game should hold for at least 2 full runs.

hello bumc, i dont wanna annoy you by whispering to your profile, so i d like to ask about something here ( i remember you revealed you were testing the game):
what determines the lvl of brains dropped in the game? is it the floor itself or lvl of minions partaking in battles?
thnx

[Bumc]

Originally posted by Draufen:

Originally posted by Bumc:

Iirc it can be toggled on and off by default steam means.
The main issue is that DLC adds not only another floor, but also alternative bosses for previous floors.
So for the best experience I'd recommend playing one run until the end, buying DLC, finishing the 6th floor and then getting in another run with DLC on.
Other than that the replay-ability is somewhat on low side and if you are experienced with the genre you might find the difficulty too low, but the game should hold for at least 2 full runs.

hello bumc, i dont wanna annoy you by whispering to your profile, so i d like to ask about something here ( i remember you revealed you were testing the game):
what determines the lvl of brains dropped in the game? is it the floor itself or lvl of minions partaking in battles?
thnx

That's not the surefire way to get me to answer, I'm not subscribed to this thread.
But I believe item pools (and brain levels) don't differ from minion or Iratus levels, only from the place where you get them (floor number, position on the floor and fight type). Could be wrong though, never dug deep in code.

[Vambran]

Never played with it off. The game would feel unfinished without now IMO. Makes the game a 5 LvL run instead of a 4 LvL run.