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City of the Shroud
City of the Shroud is a tactical RPG with a twist - battles take place in a real-time, combo-based combat system where you unleash special moves, build powerful combos, and outmaneuver your opponent. Join the live, player-driven story as it unfolds in a sprawling world, where bitter rivalries battle for control of a city descending into civil war. As you play, your choices, and the choices of every player, will create a living world of shifting alliances as you race to uncover the truth before it's too late. -Real-time, combo-based battle system: think on your feet and chain together your attacks to defeat your opponents -The story is a living episodic campaign: every player's actions impact how the story unfolds for the entire community. -4 episodes: each episode is crafted based on the cumulative influence of every player's choices and actions from the previous episodes. -Written by multiple chart-topping independent author Moira Katson -Online PVP multiplayer -Deep combo and stat system lets you customize your character to suit your playstyle -Mod support: customize the appearance of your units in battle -A distinctive world, beautifully realized in 2D and 3D
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10 reviews found83
Chalgyr's Game Room
Aug 9, 2018
At this point in time, City of the Shroud is a fantastic experience. With great storytelling, an amazing combat system and the ability to set your party up as you see fit, there’s more than enough to keep you going with the current single player components to get you started and the multiplayer components to test your mettle against other players.
80
GameSpew
Aug 8, 2018
The aesthetic is beautiful and enchanting. And the storytelling is the crowning jewel of it all. Stephen King once said ‘Story is king’.
77
Gamefa
Sep 6, 2018
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70
GameSpace
Aug 9, 2018
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63
PowerUp!
Aug 13, 2018
City of the Shroud offers an ‘OK’ RPG experience wrapped around a fun and interesting combat system core.
60
DarkStation
Aug 15, 2018
Despite having some cool narrative hooks and an overarching premise that will span several player-influenced chapters, City of the Shroud lacks a coherent, consistent tone and central character about whom we care. Verbose and in need of an editor's red pencil, the writing falters when it tries to be funny and the combat lacks fluidity, variety and intensity. City of the Shroud contains some original ideas but the game built on them doesn't quite do them justice.
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Geeks Under Grace
Aug 8, 2018
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50
Cubed3
Aug 6, 2018
With City of the Shroud, the premise is far better than the execution. The five different sides of the story is by far one of the best parts but is buried far too often in meaningless fetch quests and mediocre writing. The combat system would be better served if it was turn-based and deeper, as spamming is simply far more effective and not particularly fun.
40
The Overpowered Noobs
Aug 13, 2018
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TheSixthAxis
Sep 12, 2018
It is difficult to recommend City of the Shroud. It offered so much but delivers very little. The dialogue is linear and devoid of interaction, the limited number of character portraits is frankly absurd, and the combat system just isn’t fun.
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