Stranger Preview

The guys at Hooked Gamers have conjured up a short preview of Fireglow’s recently announced RTS/RPG hybrid, Stranger.

I’m a big fan of both the RPG and RTS genre, but nothing about this game really drew my attention; nothing made it stand out. The basics of the game are very simple. Learning how to equip weapons, how to fight, destroy and repair useful buildings, it all feels like second nature to you if you have played RTS games before. That said, the game leans heavier towards its RPG side than its RTS side. If you would take Diablo and add a couple of computer controlled allies as your entourage, it would look a lot like Stranger.

The game is colorful and relies heavily on all sorts of bright and cheery spell effects. Once in a while the screen can get quite crowded with allies and foes tripping over each other, trying to put an end to each others existence. That doesn’t mean you should expect huge battles however. The crowdedness comes mostly from arms, legs and weaponry flailing about than from the number of characters. I am not certain what the maximum number is but I doubt it will be any higher than thirty in total. The graphics aren’t the greatest, but turning everything to max, it doesn’t look too bad either. This does mean that the game looks good even on an older rig. You can keep your wallet closed for playing this one, you are not likely to need any hardware upgrades.