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Sands of Salzaar (Chinese: 部落与弯刀; pinyin: Bùluò yǔ wān dāo; trans.: Tribe and Scimitar) is a 2021 fantasy strategy action role-playing game for Microsoft Windows, developed by Chinese indie video game company Han-Squirrel Studio, and published by Hong Kong company XD. In the game, the player controls a customized character to battle, recruit troops, manage a fief, and explore dungeons. The game was initially launched as an Early Access title on January 3, 2020. It was fully released on December 16, 2021.

Sands of Salzaar
Developer(s)	Han-Squirrel Studio
Publisher(s)	XD
Composer(s)	Chan Tang
Engine	Unity[1]
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	December 16, 2021
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

The game is set in the fictional realm of Salzaar, a region marred by war after the collapse of great empire, with a fantasy blend of pre-modern Chinese, Mongolian, and Arabic culture. Each areas have settlements in which the five initial major factions vie for control. The player may choose one among eight base classes, or create their own, and pick a side or start their own faction. The game features both story-driven campaign and sandbox mode. Sands of Salzaar has been described as a mix of Mount & Blade, Diablo, League of Legends and Dynasty Warriors.[2][3][4]

Gameplay

The game is a big open ended affair with a variety of quest to complete anda focus on large crowds combat engagement with a focus on troops recruitment. The game has two main modes that the players can choose between story and open-world. The game also has a variety of classes to choose like Berserker, Jackal, Knight Errant, Sentinel,Shaman, Spirit Witch, Spiritmancer and Sultan. Each one of them with their own exclusive quests and skill trees. There is a variety of equipments to bet set by the player, and each level-up bring a skill point that can be used to get new skills in different branches of each character's skill tree. The world map is separated into six areas with different biomes: desert, canyon, uplands, snow, and swamp.

Combat in Sands of Salzaar offers a unique mix of ideas. The game's RPG approach and isometric view usually brings comparisons to the Diablo series[3] and games like it: the progression, the equipment, the mouse and keyboard oriented controls, the character's set of skills on the bottom part of the screen. But Sands of Salzaar brings an army vs army approach to the combat with a instanced map bringing multiple enemy troops scareer around the battlefield, with each squad moving at different speeds and strong emphasis on the troop cathering and strategy commanding of the layer's army and conquering of areas, thus drawing comparisons to the war strategy RPG series Mount & Blade[5] and the isometric strategy oriented gameplay of League of Legends,[4][6] but overall battles are always described as chaotic.

References

External links

• Official website

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