![]() ![]() This first-person action RPG with real-time strategy and management elements has been on development for the last four years. Since it entered the Early Access phase on March 31st, Empire of Ember has received many major updates aimed at implementing new content and features, as well as improving the game’s performance. ![]() Get both steel and magic ready, for it is time to decide the fate of an Empire: indie studio Poleaxe Games have announced that Empire of Ember will be fully released on Steam on January 20th 2022, at a price-point of $24.99/€20.99, with a launch discount of 25%. A real shame considering the high praise of the original Ember, and a customer/fan base that would actually love to see a true Ember sequel in the heart and style of the original.EMPIRE OF EMBER WILL GET FULL RELEASE ON STEAM ON JANUARY 20th The epic fantasy action-RPG prepares to leave Early Access with new features and several major improvements The developer said that the Steam algorithm killed Empire of Ember right out of the gate, but the biggest reason that Empire of Ember failed, IMO, was the complete abandonment of the original Ember customer base to chase after a different buyer base, offering something which both groups simply had no interest in playing.Īs a result, Empire of Ember was DOA, and all support and bug fixing quickly abandoned. Should have kept it as a team-based open world adventure ARPG, and not transform the IP into a 4x military tactical simulator. Not sure how the original Ember did sales-wise, but I think it was a big mistake to completely alienate the IP's existing fan base by genre swapping the sequel to something the original fan base had no interest in playing. Baldur's Gate 3 is big right now, sparking a revival of isometric team-based fantasy RPG's. ![]()
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