Wizardry: The Five Ordeals coming to Switch

Game Spark Publishing and 59studio are releasing Wizardry: The Five Ordeals on Switch, the two companies have announced. A release is planned for January 30, 2025.

Wizardry: The Five Ordeals is a dungeon crawler originally made in 2006. Those on Switch will gain access to the main scenario “The Price of Deception,” along with the extra scenarios “Traveler’s Property,” “Children of the King Selene,” “The Devoid of Apotheosis,” “The Pickled Man of Galvan,” and “The Wheels of Flame. Also, with a day-one update, “User Scenarios” can be accessed. “Prisoners of the Battles” and “The Absence of Misericordia” scenarios will be offered as DLC.

We have some information about the game in the following overview:

Classic hardcore gameplay. Experience a deep dungeon crawling RPG. This game was created by the main staff that worked on the popular RPG series back in 2006. In this game, players can experience many different dungeon crawler RPGs using the same base system. Available for the first time on Steam and outside of Japan with enhancements to the user interface and much more. Official scenarios seen for the first time each with dozens of hours of gameplay.

Gameplay that is easy to get into. Players will create their own character—much like a traditional tabletop RPG—and venture into a grid based dungeon with a party of up to six members. The turn based combat mixes the simplicity of Japanese RPGs with the difficulty of tabletop RPGs. (Our internal dice is not rigged!) Your character can be lost forever and saves will be overwritten. Get ready for a classic hardcore adventure.

Newly Improved Version

The Steam version has been overhauled using the Unity engine. While the core gameplay is left unchanged from 2006, the user interface has been improved for a modern audience.

Improvements include:

• Widescreen / high-resolution support with new user interface and 3D mazes with high-resolution monsters.
• In-game scenario selection.
• Custom portraits support.

Check out a trailer for the title below.

Switch Trailer

For those in Japan, Wizardry: The Five Ordeals will be sold physically standalone as well as via a collector’s edition. The collector’s edition contains “The Absence of Misericordia” scenario plus an original soundtrack CD for “The Five Ordeals” and “The Absence of Misericordia,” scenarios, an acrylic stand, and a set of “The Five Ordeals” monster cards.

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