Voyage to Farland
Voyage to Farland is a tough as nails turn-based graphical dungeon crawler inspired by the cult classic Japanese Mystery Dungeon games.
A homeless wanderer enters the forested valley called Iya Gorge – a strange land filled with mystery, danger and frightful creatures possessing fell powers. In search of a lost sister, the wanderer takes on challenges in forests, dungeons, and caverns to defeat an evil witch who has kidnapped the local children.
But completing that quest is just the start, for beyond it lies the more daunting task, embarking on The Path of No Return, a brutal trail through catacombs and treacherous lands to reach the mythical place known to locals simply as "Farland".
There, a fascinating surprise awaits our undaunted adventurer…
Highlights include procedural generation, emergent puzzles and a unique "kimokawa" (cute but creepy) art style to offer indie fans a game inspired by the hardcore 16-bit golden age of gaming.
Features:
- replayability that will keep you busy for months to come
- tons of monster types with devious abilities
- starter dungeon and 4 unlockable themed dungeons
- 4 NPCs you can recruit to help you fight
- rescue codes to save and be saved by other players
Fun things you can do in Voyage to Farland:
- get a pet robot you can level up
- find the introverted outcast monster and make him your ally
- go rafting in the Twilight Stream (spoiler alert!)
- take on the challenge of the Strategy Dungeon
- build weapon & shield enchantments and store gear in a warehouse
Steam User 7
This is a terrific game. I haven't played the Japanese Mystery Dungeon games this takes it's inspiration from. I guess I've been missing out.
Voyage to Farland is a turn-based roguelike. It's very bare bones. There are no classes, skills, stats, gold or shops. You are just your level, hit points, and whatever you pick up in the dungeon. In exchange for all that Voyage to Farland focuses more on consumable item abilities. The items you find control enemy pacing, placement, movement, etc. There is very little direct damage. Gameplay is focused on tactics, exploration, and inventory management.
There is a good variety of enemies, enough to keep things interesting. The enemies all have leveled up versions, Sometimes they will level up during a fight when they kill one of your companions, or when you trick them into killing one of their allies.
The items are where this game really shines. The variety isn't huge, but it is all useful. No clogging up your inventory with useless junk to sell later. There is just enough so that you can learn what it does, and how to use it effectively. Then you can finally stop dying repeatedly, and watching your companions be butchered by monsters.
I definitely recommend it to any roguelike fan.
Steam User 8
The sprite and tile art are terrible- reminds me too much of the 90% of games in the GameMaker library.
Other than that, it lives up to being like Chunsoft's Mystery Dungeon line of games as mentioned in the game's description, which is worth it if you grew up with those titles and don't care much for the game's visuals.
Steam User 2
Quote: Pretty great for a one man dev team and It will scratch that mystery dungeon itch
Steam User 7
A roguelike for PC that actually feels like your playing a real Mystery Dungeon game! While the graphics are cute the game itself is extremely challenging. If you liked Shiren the Wanderer or any of the Torneko games then this game is for you!
Steam User 3
What this game needs is a kickstarter to hire a decent artist and get a decent soundtrack.
those are the biggest glaring problems with this game.
Pretty great for a one man dev team and It will scratch that mystery dungeon itch.
Steam User 2
what this game lacks in graphics, music, polish and originality it more than makes up for in the way it copies the pokemon mysterie/shiren wanderer games I used to play on the DS, would definetly recommend
Steam User 3
A fun roguelike in the Mystery Dungeon Style. Fight your way through the cute hordes of ultimate destruction and defeat the witch.
Has nice retro graphics, some different game types, and sounds/music. I definitely recommend it to any roguelike and/or Shiren the Wanderer fan. Also available on Android.