Understanding the spirit of Frontier's new RTS, thanks to an army of spirits.
In Shyish, the Realm of Death, Nagash the Great Necromancer moulds the souls of the deceased into his personal army. Cursed with new forms that reflect their mortal sins, he creates endless hosts of wailing, suffering spirits known as the Nighthaunt. And then he sends them all to capture my bloody control points.
The result, at least in these campaign missions, is a feeling of constantly putting out fires. You can only have so many troops on the field at any given time, and to divide them across every point is to spread them too thin. But any point left undefended is vulnerable—if you don't have some backup standing ready to swoop over to it, it'll soon be lost. There's a constant ebb and flow of battle—your goal is to make sure it surges in your favour more often than against you.
Such a big, wild setting doesn't need to be undercut with a quip or a knowing remark, and melodrama fits the mythic fantasy better than fine nuance would. As soon as the wizard starts sinisterly talking about harnessing power and delving into arcane ruins, you might as well stamp"I'm Going To Turn Evil Later" on his forehead, but though the characters aren't subtle, they are likeable—particularly the Stormcast leaders, who, though they make look like fantasy Space Marines, have far more personality.
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