Wildermyth is the best RPG I’ve played in years owing to its ability to craft stories. Instead of relying strictly on traditional narrative, Wildermyth attempts to collaborate with the player. Your input as a player will help to shade the experiences and attitudes of your character in a way that binary dialogue trees can’t. This results in far more memorable and interesting stories than any writer could craft on their own. I still remember characters like Maya and Nyxa because of the unique journeys I was able to accompany them on, which is more than I can say about the majority of games I’ve played.

It also doesn’t hurt that the game features strategic turn-based combat. If you, like myself, dislike when turn-based combat devolves into healing faster than the enemy can deal damage then you’ll enjoy Wildermyth. Healing mid-fight is a rarity, so players need to carefully consider the position of both their fighters and the enemies. This brings a sharp focus onto the unique abilities of each character, as you’ll want to utilize them to their fullest while navigating each combat scenario with as few casualties as possible.

Wildermyth is an absolute banger on both the story-telling and gameplay front. It’s one of the few games I played last year where the writing impressed me as much as the mechanics. If you like RPGs, you need to pick this up.

If you want to read a more detailed breakdown on how Wildermyth involves the player in story-telling check out: https://frostilyte.ca/2021/12/13/the-best-stories-in-wildermyth-are-told-by-you/