For those who don’t know the original game, For the King is a must for fans of tabletop RPGs and digital board games. It’s a perfect adventure to play with friends or even solo. Exploring the kingdom of Fahrul is guaranteed fun and in this review I’m going to talk a bit about the first game and the novelties brought in its sequel and why it’s a game that works a lot for streamers.

In For The King, the adventures in Fahrul are unique every time you play the game

In For the King 1, the adventure is limited to 3 players and in its sequel we go up to 4. You can each control a hero or divide them up as you see fit, with a small limit on customization in terms of colors, accessories and races.

Unfortunately, it’s not possible to change your general appearance, such as your hair or beard, and that’s something I’d love to see in the series. It doesn’t detract from the experience, but more customization would add a lot, allowing the character to represent me more.

The classes here are quite different from what we’re used to in an RPG: we have the Blacksmith, Hunter and Scholar, for example, and many other varied classes to unlock during the game. This applies to both games and you can find these classes all over the map, in dungeons, completing quests, rewarding players who explore the map a lot.

This sense of exploration and discovery will excite players and viewers in a live stream, after all it’s always fun to discover secrets in a group and viewers can help the streamer with this.

Improved campaign system gives the streamer more fluidity

In its original game, For the King, the campaigns could take a long, long time, which would end up making the live very long to finish, having to get together with friends in several sessions to finish.

The solution to this in its sequel, For the King 2, was to split the main campaign into 5 chapters, allowing players to have smaller sessions that are easier to cover. Each chapter has its own adventure, areas, enemies, etc. This allows for more flexibility in a live game. In particular, I see it as a great solution for quicker games, after all, it’s not often that you can get 4 friends together to complete an adventure.

During the adventure, you can collect a currency called LORE which you can spend in a specific store in the game, where you can unlock new NPCS, new locations, classes, weapons, armor, etc. This allows players to open up new possibilities with each new adventure, increasing the replay value and, with the campaign divided into 5 parts, making it easier for players to discover what’s new in the store.

Customizable difficulty makes the game more inviting

For the King 1 and 2 can be very difficult games, after all here you have to think a lot about how to manage your money, items, equipment and the combat is turn-based where each player has a turn to attack.

The biggest difference in For the King 2 is that we now have a positioning system, where you can move your heroes around to avoid an attack, or take cover behind another, more resistant hero. However, the game has a customizable difficulty option, so you can make it easier or harder, for example by increasing the price of items in the stores, specifying how many lives you will have, among other changes.

This allows you to bring in people who aren’t used to playing games like this and everyone can have fun, after all the game has cooperative modes, Local and Online. As well as support for various content planned over the next year, including the return of the Bard class, something that has only been present in the first game so far.

For the King 1 and 2 were tested on the PC version, via Steam. The first game doesn’t require a very powerful machine, however its sequel, For the King 2, requires a little more power to run better and take the game to a live stream, after all it has a certain graphical improvement and more detail in its enemies and characters. The game is also running well on Steam Deck, it’s a great way for fans of the Valve’s new handheld console to venture into Fahrul anytime, anywhere.

Both games are available in several languages, which will make it much easier for the streamer and his audience.

For the King 2

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Summary

Overall, both For the King games are great for live streaming and For the King 2 only improves on the first game. They work well and have plenty of content to entertain, as well as the rich world of Fahrul to discover. More customization of the heroes would certainly add to the game, but it doesn’t detract from its quality. The future of this franchise looks brighter and brighter and we’ll certainly have a lot to explore in this world.