However, ‘Onslaught’ is closer to a game mode rather than a campaign. It is a series of linked missions on procedurally generated maps. The campaign map will always be the same, but the battlefields will change every time you run it. And if you play on Iron Man, you will have to re-run it time and time again. In this situation, the procedurally generated maps help. Sure, your mission may often be to simply get across from one end of the map to the other with your hero, but having freshly generated challenges and treasures keeps it entertaining. It also helps that you’ll almost always have at least two different missions to choose from, with a very topline idea of what rewards you’ll get at the end (on top of what you can find and loot along the way). The hero you choose will only minimally impact the story of the campaign. The real treat is in how they’ll impact the way you fight. Falirson, the Barbarian chieftain protagonist of the main campaign, offers gameplay that is the closest to vanilla FGII experience. You’ll be able to use him as a slightly-magical vanguard and battering ram while also having access to hiring Barbarian units. Be careful with your troops and don’t be careless with their lives. His sister Alisa the Blind is a shaman and a seer, having traded her sight for a closer connection to nature. Her army will be made up of trolls as well as animals ranging from ravens to bears and spiders. The way animals can get upgraded into higher forms just like your regular troops makes little sense how do you turn a bear into an owl bear? but they offer interesting options. Trolls make up your beefy, reliable bulwark, with each upgrade making them even more deadly. Meanwhile, spiders and their all-terrain ability meshes well with the fact that Alisa already knows the layout of every map. The fog of war will still hide the enemies, but knowing where the ruins, burial grounds and altars are helps to loot the most locations along the way. Odds are, you may get not gold or artefacts, but permanent units! Relkar comes from the Clan Misneach – the same ones you beat up in the campaign. He has slipped out to follow the dreams without Falirson’s knowledge. Thus he only has a handful of loyal followers. Moreover, he can only hire mercenaries, who don’t stay with you after the mission. The only way to replenish your army is by end-of-mission reward units (and hoping for volunteers instead of treasure), so be careful and let the mercs die for you. The Onslaught campaign can branch in major ways and take you to wild places. The opponents you face will change constantly. If the stars align, you’ll be able to sit out the battle and let, say, invading lizardmen duke it out with the local barbarians while you slip past.
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