The preliminary reveal trailer for The Diofield Chronicle launched us to a few adjoining factions who’re participating in mutual discord: The Rowetale Alliance, The Trovelt-Schoevian Empire, and the Kingdom of Alletain. Nevertheless, after investing a while into the lately launched demo, it rapidly grew to become clear that these factions have extra to them than simply distinct emblems and completely different flag colours.
The demo solely covers the primary chapter of the story, which merely scratches the floor of the geopolitics and inner relations of Diofield Island, the land which homes the Kingdom of Alletain. Every chapter of this sport is preceded by a briefing session to elucidate the entangled net of home feuds and ruling our bodies, giving perception and depth into each single mission, irrespective of how small it could be.
You play from the standpoint of the Blue Foxes, a mercenary group who weren’t really a part of this large-scale battle, however after assembly the army chief of Home Yordan, Yulzim Yorden, they uncover the corruption that runs within the royal authorities of Alletain Kingdom and the encompassing elite homes. They then determine to take up arms and alter the historical past of Diofield for the higher, which proves to be a a lot tougher job than initially thought.
Diofield Island is unbelievably huge; the dominion is separated into 4 predominant fields extending in each path, and every discipline has its personal local weather, topography, pure sources, and diplomatic historical past. The south discipline, for instance, is a gigantic business port for not simply Alletain inhabitants but in addition noblemen and retailers from The Rowetale Alliance. It additionally has a profitable fruit-growing business because of the area’s heat local weather.
However, the North Area has a a lot colder local weather, with mountains perpetually coated in snow and huge coniferous forests. The winter has brought on the cities to show into ruins, main the general high quality of life to dwindle. The cruel life has additionally brought on lots of the locals to show into religious followers of the church, which in flip has decreased the variety of civil wars and sophistication struggles attribute of different areas.
These variations govern lots of the panorama decisions and mission objectives that gamers will get acquainted with alongside the journey. For instance, the tone of a mission within the south discipline will change drastically when the Blue Foxes encounter a military of the undead. Nevertheless, their existence just isn’t a shock, since in line with the lore, the south has an underground cemetery the place lots of these killed in territory disputes have been laid to relaxation.
In different phrases, there are many random twists within the sport, and loads of lore for gamers to dig into by way of the principle hub library to justify the place and why this twist has occurred. The story stakes additionally escalate naturally as you recruit new get together members, primarily for the way their background is deeply intertwined with the politics at massive. One shining instance of how the characters on this sport mirror a deep and fascinating story construction is Waltaquin, from the Redditch Home.
Woman Waltaquien, a princess of one of many oldest homes of Alletain, involves the Blue Foxes with a request to unravel a commerce battle with one other home. A request from her just isn’t one thing surprising, as each the Home Redditch, and Home Yorden (your commander) serve beneath the identical individual: Archbishop Jousha. He’s the chief of the Granvell Church, talked about earlier than as the principle governing physique of the Northern discipline, and likewise a member of the Lords Council, a really integral a part of how the federal government works in Diofield Chronicle.
The Royal Authorities on this world doesn’t really hearken to the folks, however to the proposals of ten chosen councilors from the nation’s prime aristocrats. Monks from the Granvell Church are additionally all the time represented on this council. Not solely do they deal with legislative and administrative affairs, however in addition they govern huge tracts of land, together with noble homes and households, which your get together member and commander serve beneath.
As beforehand famous, this hierarchical relationship flows naturally into the sorts of story missions you encounter in Diofield Chronicle. A mission will ask you to assist the home you’re concerned with beneath that Archbishop’s rule and resolve commerce issues distinctive to this area. One other mission will job you with guarding a non secular pilgrimage associated to the identical church, however the risks differ relying on the placement of the mission and the historical past of the area.
The Home Redditch concerned the undead because the battle was primarily occurring within the south discipline, however the pilgrimage was within the chilly Northern discipline. The north accommodates quite a lot of Jade-abundant mines, a mineral with magical properties, and the reason for many wars over sources. Jade also can ready used to enchant beasts and provides them extra power and viciousness. Therefore is the explanation why we solely see these beasts alongside a pilgrimage by way of this Jade-infested northern space.
If the participant decides to get invested in studying the importance of every character and placement, and the substance behind every area and army battle, they’re positive to search out quite a lot of fascinating and rewarding info ready for them. The briefing cutscenes are additionally very nicely performed for a contemporary technique sport and talk about not solely the mission background but in addition completely different tactical choices to resolve it.
It’s nonetheless unclear the place the story intends to go from this level, however they undoubtedly have quite a lot of choices to discover. The remaining councilors, the opposite Diofield areas, their underlying conflicts, and the varied organizations, ethnic minorities, and historic beasts which can be hinted to be just like the dinosaurs of our world, which went extinct for unknown causes. Diofield Island just isn’t solely wealthy in land but in addition in historical past and mythological legends.
Perhaps the sport will even prolong into the opposite territories of the Rowetale Alliance and the Trovelt-Schoevian Empire, however it feels extremely unlikely contemplating the apparent give attention to Diofield. That doesn’t imply different nations aren’t concerned within the politics and the interior workings of Diofield. The principle take is, that the Diofield chronicle has a narrative that’s price ready for, and a world so huge and deep that will cement it as among the finest tactical RPGs of our fashionable era by way of storytelling and world-building.
