Drova: Forsaken Kin - 2D action RPG inspired by Gothic series

[thesecret1]

I'm constantly worrying about progressing too fast the story of act 1 and missing out some caves with wolves I have left because I'm not strong enough yet to clear them.

Don't be. You literally can't "miss out" on content in this game, save for one area becoming inaccessible at the very end of chapter 3, and for the Pit mines if you join Nemeton. There are also no changes to existing spawns, and new spawns in future chapters are nearly non-existent, and only happen along the roads (not a single instance of it happening in caves, etc.). I also did everything in act 1, and I think I did myself a disservice, as I then had to do the rest of the game in a dead world with no monsters save quest-related ones.

 

[Shaki]

I hate when they nerf stuff in single player games but that stuff was overpowered as hell even without the reuse.
Well, its cheap to craft and there are lots of resources if you explore right, so not that much of a problem.

Tbh I was already self limiting with Crow's Feet like that, being able to just craft one and spam it infinitely was far too OP.

It's still OP after the patch, but a lot of consumables are, as long as you can't spam them every single encounter it's ok.

 

[Tavar]

I picked this up and put a couple of hours into it. It's good and really captures the Gothic vibe. I really like how expressive the animations are. The ones for laughing and spitting on the ground always put a smile on my face.

 

[ArchAngel]

Two things I do not like is lack of companions, there are quests where you get a temporary companion so there is AI for it and ranged weapons mostly being crap. Most monsters are big HP bags and ranged weapons have bad damage compared to how long aiming and reloading takes and how enemies swarm you. You are basically forced into melee playstyle. I try to open all battles with bow or sling and each time notice how little damage it does to monsters around Remnants even with having best bow in that area.

This kills all replayability of this game.

 

[Brickfrog]

Does anyone have a time estimate for a playthrough?

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

Does anyone have a time estimate for a playthrough?

35-45 hours if you're doing everything quest and getting the most out of a single playthrough

Or just read the thread and see people who already posted their playtime in the last 2 pages is always an option

 

[Shaki]

Does anyone have a time estimate for a playthrough?

40h

 

[Sunri]

Does anyone have a time estimate for a playthrough?

took me 22 hours, I missed one important quest

 

[Late Bloomer]

I accidentally discovered it on steam while looking for games similar to the veilguard.

 

[ArchAngel]

How do you kill the black Bird like creature that shoots 3 projectiles? Or am I just not supposed to kill it at lvl 8 with Remnant level weapons?!
It basically 3 shots my character.
I even tried to use my Magic Missile scrolls on it but even 200 damage missiles only do little damage to it..

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

You can kill anything at any level pretty much it just depends if you feel it's worth it to spend a bunch of expensive consumables on that specific enemy/area

 

[Shaki]

Or am I just not supposed to kill it at lvl 8 with Remnant level weapons?!

Just like Gothic, you're probably expected to not kill it until late game, or cheese it with consumables.

 

[toro]

Die Entwickler sagten in ihrem Stream das sie prinzipiell ein Drova 2 entwickeln wollen würden sofern Drova sich gut genug verkauft das eine Finanzierung einer Fortsetzung realisierbar ist. Da es sich nur um ein 6 köpfiges Indie Studio ohne großes Vermögen in der Hinterhand handelt kann das wohl ein wenig dauern.

google translate:

The developers said in their stream that they would want to develop a Drova 2 in principle, as long as Drova sells well enough that financing a sequel is feasible. Since it's only a 6-person indie studio without a lot of money up its sleeve, it can probably take a while.

 

[thesecret1]

How do you kill the black Bird like creature that shoots 3 projectiles? Or am I just not supposed to kill it at lvl 8 with Remnant level weapons?!
It basically 3 shots my character.
I even tried to use my Magic Missile scrolls on it but even 200 damage missiles only do little damage to it..

you mean harpies? They're only tough on low levels since they take a million hits to kill, but you can also just spam cluster bombs at them (consumables). Alternatively, just progress through the game until you get some better weapons, and you'll kill them ez. If you're asking for tactics, the easiest way to fuck them is to go melee, as they'll usually start charging you instead of shooting shit, and the charge is super telegraphed and easy to dodge. You do need to run away when they decide to shoot again though.

 

[ArchAngel]

How do you kill the black Bird like creature that shoots 3 projectiles? Or am I just not supposed to kill it at lvl 8 with Remnant level weapons?!
It basically 3 shots my character.
I even tried to use my Magic Missile scrolls on it but even 200 damage missiles only do little damage to it..

you mean harpies? They're only tough on low levels since they take a million hits to kill, but you can also just spam cluster bombs at them (consumables). Alternatively, just progress through the game until you get some better weapons, and you'll kill them ez. If you're asking for tactics, the easiest way to fuck them is to go melee, as they'll usually start charging you instead of shooting shit, and the charge is super telegraphed and easy to dodge. You do need to run away when they decide to shoot again though.

I guess they could be called Harpies, I have not seen anyone give them a name yet. Are later weapons that much better that I can kill them in few hits instead of 20+ like it is now?

 

[BosanskiSeljak]

How do you kill the black Bird like creature that shoots 3 projectiles? Or am I just not supposed to kill it at lvl 8 with Remnant level weapons?!
It basically 3 shots my character.
I even tried to use my Magic Missile scrolls on it but even 200 damage missiles only do little damage to it..

you mean harpies? They're only tough on low levels since they take a million hits to kill, but you can also just spam cluster bombs at them (consumables). Alternatively, just progress through the game until you get some better weapons, and you'll kill them ez. If you're asking for tactics, the easiest way to fuck them is to go melee, as they'll usually start charging you instead of shooting shit, and the charge is super telegraphed and easy to dodge. You do need to run away when they decide to shoot again though.

I guess they could be called Harpies, I have not seen anyone give them a name yet. Are later weapons that much better that I can kill them in few hits instead of 20+ like it is now?

Have you never played Gothic?

 

[toro]

 

[thesecret1]

I guess they could be called Harpies, I have not seen anyone give them a name yet. Are later weapons that much better that I can kill them in few hits instead of 20+ like it is now?

Yes. Once you get some good weapons, you'll be taking 3 of them on at once and not even break a sweat.

 

[Parsimonious cook]

I read the title as Drova: Foreskin. That is probably the most interesting thing about this though.

 

[ArchAngel]

How do you kill the black Bird like creature that shoots 3 projectiles? Or am I just not supposed to kill it at lvl 8 with Remnant level weapons?!
It basically 3 shots my character.
I even tried to use my Magic Missile scrolls on it but even 200 damage missiles only do little damage to it..

you mean harpies? They're only tough on low levels since they take a million hits to kill, but you can also just spam cluster bombs at them (consumables). Alternatively, just progress through the game until you get some better weapons, and you'll kill them ez. If you're asking for tactics, the easiest way to fuck them is to go melee, as they'll usually start charging you instead of shooting shit, and the charge is super telegraphed and easy to dodge. You do need to run away when they decide to shoot again though.

I guess they could be called Harpies, I have not seen anyone give them a name yet. Are later weapons that much better that I can kill them in few hits instead of 20+ like it is now?

Have you never played Gothic?

I tried when it originally released, all I remember is that it had super strange control scheme and I hated it. But I hated all FP or over the shoulder games. Unless game was isometric I considered it a game for subhumans.

 

[HoboForEternity]

I thought i really liked the true /good ending. You need to do a really difficult dungeons and they tracks how many "boss" monsters you defeated and some of your choices from quests. While it never escape the cliche, especially it boils down to "power of friendship and cay" but the execution and process is really well done because it rewards exploration and dilligence. I enjoyed it more than any piranha bytes game's endings.

 

[Nikanuur]

Wind Talisman + Flow Catcher + one Dash + one Dodge = 250% damage of a next basic swing.
Paired with bleeding ...wow, just wow.

 

[Saark]

Picked this up a few days ago and ended up playing it for most of my day and while doing some work that didn't require much of my attention. Finished it with almost all quests done and achieving the good ending. Great game, that really evoked the original Gothic feeling of being a weak little dumbfuck at the start of the game, trying and wasting hours to explore areas I really shouldn't have, and getting away with some loot you are looking forward to use 5-10hours down the line.

A very serviceable story that neither wows you nor disappoints you, and no real negatives either. The old roman civilization gave me some Age of Decadence vibes as well.

If I'd have to criticize one thing about the game, it'd be how weak bows are, especially against multiple enemies, and a particular story development in chapter 3 that I did not like whatsoever. Game would've really benefited from having a third faction there. That being said, while I did put down the game for an evening because I was upset at some railroading in that specific part of the story, they tied it up nicely in the end and that largely made up for it.

Seeing how this was made by a tiny indie studio, this is a great game that deserves to be recommended, if only to get more of these in the future.

 

[ArchAngel]

Ok, I chose to join Nemeton. Neither faction really explains well why should one join them or seems to care that someone wants to join considering this seems to be a world with limited manpower, they treat anyone like expandable manpower like if there are 1000 new people coming there every day.. so I chose the place that has better walls and nicer looking area. And that makes Chapter 2 happen and many quests from Chapter 1 are removed.. nobody mentioned that so here is a warning for new players.
So I got access to Nemeton Heavy armor which is 4x better than what I had so far (46 vs 12 armor....) and in combination with good shield my character is a tank now. Now I can go and fight 3 of those cave creatures that spring from the floor and smash ground to cause rocks to fall on you.. I can beat the Bear one on one without much use of consumables and fight 3 Boars at the same time by basically tanking their hits.
I only lost so far to the worm thing in one of the caves, my hits do like 1% of damage, I do not feel like doing that fight for 30 minutes so I just left.. also I found some kind of forest tree shaman next to one of the Gloving stones (east of the tavern), he kicked my ass a few times I tried to melee him. He seems to do magical damage or something and does a lot of it.

 

[ArchAngel]

So far I would give this game about 8/10 with score only able to go down as I play more as this is no Fallout or Underrail. If this was FP or Souls like camera I would not even bother playing it.