‘This Way Madness Lies’ – Magical Girls Fighting Across Shakespearean Dimensions

This Way Madness Lies provides extra explosive flip-primarily based magical woman motion than you is likely to be used to in your group theater productions.

Running the Stratford-Upon-Avon High Drama Society could be sufficient work for most individuals, however Imogen has to cope with way over simply cranky actors and unreliable stage props. She, together with a few associates, must periodically head into alternate dimensions themed round numerous Shakespeare performs to cope with encroaching sinister forces. So, generally you’re working to placed on performs, and in others you’re preventing snowy beasts and deadly dwelling crops. The magical woman powers are undoubtedly an enormous assist it doesn’t matter what you’re doing, although.

Being one other title from Zeboyd Games, creators of Cthulhu Saves Christmas, you’ll be able to count on excessive-velocity fight that doesn’t waste your time however continues to be crammed with satisfying programs. In this specific title, you may make use of the characters’ friendships to unite into particular multi-individual talents. I don’t know what it’s about making characters work collectively to do tremendous assaults, however I by no means get uninterested in doing it (as seen by the entire period of time I’ve spent enjoying Chrono Trigger and Suikoden in my life). The better part about all of that is that the sport’s fight is designed to maintain issues transferring whereas nonetheless preserving that satisfying feeling of studying a few compelling new world. The builders have finished some neat issues with Shakespeare’s works that I wasn’t anticipating.

This Way Madness Lies is one other wonderful title from the developer that crams a compelling world, nice fight, and charming characters into a quick play time. They make excellent RPGs for individuals who don’t have forty to eighty hours to sink right into a recreation, and all whereas creating an idea I by no means knew I wanted. Who knew that magical ladies and Shakespeare might work so properly collectively?



This Way Madness Lies shall be made out there right this moment on Steam.

Joel Couture

Joel has been masking indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written guide-size research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is continually looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games will be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.