Preview — The Waylanders RPG is borderline unplayable
(Windows Phone Central)

Frustrating combat kills the fun. Gato Studio`s The Waylanders, a party-based RPG inspired by Dragon Age: Origins and Baldur`s Gate, shouldn`t be in early access yet. While the game has admirable ambition and some charm, it`s simply too rough an experience to be worth paying for. Inspired by Celtic mythology, The Waylanders starts with your hero joining an expedition by the Celtic King Ith to the home of his gods, the Tuatha de Danaan. While the charming characters and novel setting have plenty of potential, both the expedition and the game quickly go horribly wrong. I don`t know what causes Ith`s diplomatic mission to fail because that cutscene is missing. You simply go from getting to know everyone in his inner circle to being assaulted by monsters while trying to rescue Ith. Apparently, his drunkard son Prince Lugaid messed something up. The result is that I felt like I was seeing spoilers for a game I wanted to play. Things just get worse from there as a series of combats expo...