«©NCSX» Magic school is in session once again and this time around, students have a choice between three institutions of eldritch education. Choose one of the three and your protagonist is outfitted in the uniform and colors of your newly appointed institution of higher learning. Upon starting the game, players are introduced to the school by welcoming NPCs who give a short tour before proceeding into the character customization menu which allows players to build and outfit a male or female hero.
Characters may be custom-created by choosing race, sex, hairstyle, pigmentation, and voice. Once the character has been finalized, attribute levels for strength, wisdom, faith, etc may be apportioned from a reserve of available points. From there, players build a party of adventurers who venture into dank digital dungeons, battle monsters, and gain boatloads of experience as well as loot. When exploring the world, the environment is viewed from a first-person perspective and the stutter-step movement is evocative of old school RPGs like Wizardry and Bard's Tale. The publisher Acquire also touts 40 personable NPCs who appear in the game to provide dramatic foil and interaction.
All reservations will include a bonus Drama CD which features the voice actors from the game in an original story and a bonus "Startup Guide" which is being given away by the publisher in 1:1 ratio. Based on the description of the bonuses in the preorder solicitation, the CD will likely be inserted into a plastic flap located on the last page of the Startup Guide.
