A secret office tasked with investigating paranormal and magical phenomena, staffed by inventors and exorcists ready to dive into eldritch artifacts and mysterious creatures. Let me preface by saying that information about The Royal Office of Magick Affairs, a dark isometric RPG set in Victorian London, is still quite limited.
What I do know is that the game is being developed by the Swedish indie studio Allvis STHLM. It’s a tactical RPG featuring what looks like a gridless turn-based combat system. It promises a fascinating blend of magic, Victorian technology, and weapons.
It’s fascinating that every murder or enemy killed in the game feeds the underlying “evil,” making it crucial to approach situations differently. For example, using characters with Authority skills can resolve conflicts without bloodshed. Alternatively, you can leverage diplomatic abilities or opt for a stealthy approach to navigate certain scenarios. This pushes you to think beyond just combat and consider the broader consequences of your actions.
There’s also a strategic layer centered around base management, though how deep it will be remains to be seen. This aspect could add significant depth to the gameplay, offering opportunities for resource allocation, upgrades, and long-term planning. This includes recruiting new specialists, maintaining relationships with the various factions in the game world, and striving to keep conflict as a last resort in order to remain in the shadows.
Each agent will be well-defined and distinct, featuring unique traits and perks, strengths, and personal traumas to confront. Their progression doesn’t seem to be tied to a specific class but rather to a free-form skill tree.
There are still very few details and images available for The Royal Office of Magick Affairs, but the few screenshots published on the Steam page hint at a setting and premise with a lot of potential. Check out the overview and screenshots to glimpse this intriguing title and wishlist it to support.
A dark, tactical RPG, set in a Shelleyan London filled with arcane mysteries to solve, artefacts to recover and beasts to defeat.
Guide your team of exorcists and inventors through the darkest corners of Victorian London and try not to lose your mind!– Recruit agents and learn their traumas and strengths
– Take on tasks to earn political favour
– Manage and expand your home base
– Keep magic and technology apart or risk disasterControl an organization, tasked with investigating and combating supernatural events.
The Royal Office of Magick Affairs features a unique and branching story where the obvious path might not always be the best one.– Stay hidden in shadows but pay for it in stress
– Use action points to navigate tense turn-based combat
– Advance any character along any skill tree
– Master Victorian weapons and magical artefactsAs a government representative you should try to solve conflict without the use of excessive force. Find other ways of obtaining your objective through diplomacy, authority and subterfuge.
