Picture it: you’re on the pinball battlefield. You’re down to the very last of your flippers and the Rogue has become a captive ball. Goblins are closing in and you’re surrounded. Sweat pours down your brow as you pull back the plunger and launch the Healer pinball. Swiftly rolling down the ramp — collecting extra mana as you encroach on the attacking Goblins — you feel a burst of adrenaline as the extra mana surges through your veins and with great haste, you instantly swap your pinball from Healer to Mage and unleash a powerful barrage of magic upon the Goblins. And thus your victory is secure — thanks to your quick thinking and strategic use of hot-swapping.
Today, Phantom Compass is excited to show off the new hot-swapping mechanic introduced in their upcoming pinball-meets-RPG mash-up Rollers of the Realm: Reunion — the sequel to their smash-hit Rollers of the Realm.
In Reunion, a new mechanic allows players to select up to three playable-pinball heroes that they can alternate between at any time during battle. Each hero ball has unique physics, stats, and special abilities, creating interesting on-the-fly tactical choices. With the right strategic planning in advance, players can bring the pain or save their party and deal with any situation thrown at them.
Have a swarm of Goblins you need to dispatch? Use the Knight to knock over and stun enemies, making the Rogue’s surprise attacks more effective. Notice the Rogue’s dog companion becoming more friendly with your companion heroes? Use the Rogue to summon her companion, then swap to any other hero while keeping the dog multiball in play. Or, fit into a tight spot with the Rogue, then swap to the Knight or Goblin Prince to deal devastating damage to breakables and enemies!
Check out the latest trailer to see hot-swapping in action:
[YouTube] https://uberstrategist.link/RotRR-HotSwappingYT[Download] https://uberstrategist.link/RotRR-HotSwappingDL
About Rollers of the Realm: Reunion:
The successor to 2014’s Rollers of the Realm, Reunion expands and improves upon its predecessor’s medieval questing and bombastic pinball arcade action with a new campaign storyline, loads of party and hero customization options, competitive leaderboards, and even a two-player cooperative mode! Players are invited to plunge into a medieval fantasy world where battling creepy goblins or tentacled beasts means warming up your flipper-fingers and using RPG-styled “character” balls to smash through or sneak around your foes, traps, and targets.
Key Features of Rollers of the Realm: Reunion:
- An Unlikely Fellowship: Classic flipper-focused pinball meets rich role-playing in a mashup sure to tickle the fancy of both pinball enthusiasts and RPG fans alike
- Baller Companions: Choose from five different pinball heroes including the Knight, Mage, Rogue, Healer, and Goblin Prince with each offering distinct physics modifiers, ball sizes, and upgradeable gear
- Dungeon Master: Personalize the party’s progression through stats and equipment to best suit the trials ahead. Perhaps unleashing powerful magical abilities to weaken enemies as the Mage would be best before sending the Knight in?
- There and Back Again: Overcome fearsome foes, labyrinthine mazes, and noggin’ scratching puzzles in a quest to conquer the 30+ missions and 24 playfields in a thrilling campaign mode
- Two Heads are Better than One: No need to brave the long road ahead alone thanks to two-player cooperative play where each player controls a flipper
Rollers of the Realm: Reunion, will launch in 2022 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Be sure to follow Phantom Compass on Twitter and Facebook to keep up to date on everything they’re doing!
Wishlist Rollers of the Realm: Reunion on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1628120/Rollers_of_the_Realm_Reunion/.
Phantom Compass will be at GDC Play
Next Month, Phantom Compass will join the Game Developer Conference (GDC)’s GDC Play, an interactive showcase for indie games. You can check out the team and try your hand at Rollers of the Realm: Reunion, or book a meeting to meet with Founder and Company Director Tony Walsh, and Head of Production, Ericka Evans, by registering to attend at this link.
Thank you in advance for sharing the news. If you have any questions or would like to chat with a member of the award-winning Phantom Compass team, please let us know, and we’d be happy to coordinate!
