This may sound complicated, but it’s all reasonably straightforward - Armello’s systems rarely combine in interesting ways. There are also cards that can build a character’s inventory, cast spells, or play tricks on other players. Each character has four attributes, like Body (hit points) and Spirit, and four resources, like Coins and Rot (a scale of their corruption). There are a lot of other numbers and mechanics at work, though, adding detail but not necessarily depth. Each is distinct both visually, with the superb style of the intro video carrying over to their character models and animation, as well as mechanically - each has a specific passive ability that makes their playstyle different, like an especially stealthy assassin rat, or a bear that gains combat power for every spell cast.

The characters include such fantastical creatures as chivalric rabbits and sultry wolves, and they are Armello’s biggest strength. “That’s in spite of its eight different playable animal heroes who run around an attractive map, fulfilling quests and (temporarily) killing one another.

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