{"id":1359145,"date":"2025-10-15T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/HzRG3QuVsTpXrWUBPXLyeR"},"modified":"2025-10-15T19:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:45:57","slug":"scottish-dark-fantasy-dynasty-warriors-sounds-like-a-game-pitch-from-a-fever-dream-but-this-roguelike-demo-proves-its-got-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/scottish-dark-fantasy-dynasty-warriors-sounds-like-a-game-pitch-from-a-fever-dream-but-this-roguelike-demo-proves-its-got-juice\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Scottish dark fantasy Dynasty Warriors&#8217; sounds like a game pitch from a fever dream, but this roguelike demo proves it&#8217;s got juice"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The 1995 Mel Gibson film Braveheart, a fictionalized retelling of the battles of Scottish knight William Wallace during the First War of Scottish Independence, was full of blatant historical inaccuracies: Its dates were wrong, its dress was anachronistic, and\u2014worst of all\u2014it didn&#8217;t even cover the period in Wallace&#8217;s life when a demonic meteor fell into the heart of Scotland, turning the occupying English forces into an army of corrupted mutants clad in molten, accursed iron.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;ll admit that last bit isn&#8217;t often acknowledged by historical consensus, it <em>is <\/em>the basis for Tears of Metal, an upcoming hack-and-slash roguelike with a playable demo <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4040960\/Tears_of_Metal_Demo\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Steam<\/a>. It&#8217;s a dark fantasy Dynasty Warriors following a legion of displaced Scots\u2014a combination I didn&#8217;t know I was missing, but one I&#8217;m happy to report is sick.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2034px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.24%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"nQELkyouUwrfiiWrP7fZ7H\" name=\"ss_7278f92efd80038efc2c73e837f3cf21a7f5100c\" alt=\"William Wallace charges at English troops in Tears of Metal.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/scottish-dark-fantasy-dynasty-warriors-sounds-like-a-game-pitch-from-a-fever-dream-but-this-roguelike-demo-proves-its-got-juice.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"2034\" height=\"1144\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Paper Cult)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tears of Metal&#8217;s look is its biggest strength. It&#8217;s decked out in thick, sketchy comic book style, with scribbled highlights and streaks of effect accents punctuating the by-the-dozens dismemberment of hapless English footmen.<\/p>\n<p>And the Hades-esque run progression doesn&#8217;t hurt, either. As you advance from battle to battle as one of Tears of Metal&#8217;s commander characters\u2014limited to our man Willaim in the demo\u2014you&#8217;ll gain upgrades that add new effects to your attacks, dodges, and blocks. Like how a God&#8217;s boons are built around specific mechanic synergies in Hades, the upgrades in Tears of Metal are tied to themed clans.<\/p>\n<p>Clan Caithness, for example, is &#8220;a clan of artisan and glass workers who believe that the bonds of a thousand is stronger than the will of one.&#8221; Their upgrades let attacks fire damaging light beams that chain between enemies, and others apply a &#8220;Refracted&#8221; debuff causing foes to take additional chain damage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2034px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.24%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"eStcaZJuHDS4EZu6ZidLDN\" name=\"ss_b06ae94ecbd900f74c3ee1a49d56707ba53b482e\" alt=\"William Wallace attacks enemy troops, spreading a poison debuff.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/scottish-dark-fantasy-dynasty-warriors-sounds-like-a-game-pitch-from-a-fever-dream-but-this-roguelike-demo-proves-its-got-juice-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"2034\" height=\"1144\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Paper Cult)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In one run, I&#8217;d cobbled together enough Caithness perks to turn William Wallace into a one-man armada of energy weaponry, able to afflict swaths of enemies with Refracted with light attack sweeps while heavy attack combo finishers sent lasers lancing through whole regiments.<\/p>\n<p>Other clans offer radial Smite damage, or orbs that seek out and damage enemies when collected, or stackable delayed damage debuffs that chunk heavy amounts of health when they expire. Collectible charms, unlockable allies, and between-run upgrades to your character&#8217;s equipment and the troops under their command feel like they&#8217;ll provide plenty of potential synergies to tinker with in the full version.<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s anything I&#8217;d want to see more of from Tears of Metal, it&#8217;s a bit more visual weight to the combat. Even with the grit and grime of the graphic novel graphics, landing hits could use a bit more punch. Some chunky hitstop could go a long way here, but I&#8217;ll confess I&#8217;m <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/capcom-if-youre-listening-monster-hunter-wilds-needs-its-hitstop-back\/\" target=\"_blank\">a little biased<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Tears of Metal has already caught my interest, and I&#8217;ll be eager for more highlander hack-and-slash at launch. Tears of Metal is scheduled to launch sometime before the end of 2025, and you can wishlist it <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1913120\/Tears_of_Metal\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Steam<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/scottish-dark-fantasy-dynasty-warriors-sounds-like-a-game-pitch-from-a-fever-dream-but-this-roguelike-demo-proves-its-got-juice\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1995 Mel Gibson film Braveheart, a fictionalized retelling of the battles of Scottish knight William Wallace during the First War of Scottish Independence, was full of blatant historical inaccuracies: Its dates were wrong, its dress was anachronistic, and\u2014worst of all\u2014it didn&#8217;t even cover the period in Wallace&#8217;s life when a demonic meteor fell into the heart of Scotland, turning the occupying English forces into an army of corrupted mutants clad in molten, accursed iron. While I&#8217;ll admit that last bit isn&#8217;t often acknowledged by historical consensus, it is the basis for Tears of Metal, an upcoming hack-and-slash roguelike with a playable demo on Steam. It&#8217;s a dark fantasy Dynasty Warriors following a legion of displaced Scots\u2014a combination I didn&#8217;t know I was missing, but&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/scottish-dark-fantasy-dynasty-warriors-sounds-like-a-game-pitch-from-a-fever-dream-but-this-roguelike-demo-proves-its-got-juice\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1359146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748],"class_list":["post-1359145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Scottish dark fantasy Dynasty Warriors&#039; sounds like a game pitch from a fever dream, but this roguelike demo proves it&#039;s got juice | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 1995 Mel Gibson film Braveheart, a fictionalized retelling of the battles of Scottish knight William Wallace during the First War of Scottish\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/scottish-dark-fantasy-dynasty-warriors-sounds-like-a-game-pitch-from-a-fever-dream-but-this-roguelike-demo-proves-its-got-juice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Scottish dark fantasy Dynasty Warriors&#039; 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