Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Already passed it on GoG, supporting it here too so we get a sequel. Love the Runequest Glorantha setting dearly, wishing this dev much success.

The Return of Glorantha in an Age of Peril, when major Gods are dead and Chaos roams free. A grim survival-horror strategy rpg in the vein of the previous Six Ages game. A worthy King of Dragon Pass successor!

This game is honestly amazing. It is a clear continuation to the first game, Ride like the Wind, without being simply a retread. Where RLtW had more of a sandbox feel and was more focused on management, Lights Going Out shifts more towards the narrative elements. In my view, it does a better job of balancing the management/story dual-focus than RLtW did, making it a better game. While both games are great, LGO fixed the issues I had with RLtW in that its ending is a great climax to the story and that it does not feel like it ends too abruptly. I still had a couple of issues, the increased difficulty was welcome, especially when it came to food, but the removal of so many rituals was a puzzling decision, and I ended up a bit bored having to constantly do the same ventures or the same spirit bargains to feed the people since those are single click actions. I really wish Inilla and Dostal rituals were possible for example. My second small issue is that too many of the possible leaders are scripted with even replacement kids lined up, which severly reduces the diversity of leadership we can have. I wish the kids were at least not 100% certain to spawn and were instead, like many other narrative chains, only a possibility. But that's it really. The game is very fun and fascinating, the ending was very atmospheric, and there are clearly multiple paths to pursue within the game with regards to kingship and collaboration with Chaos and the like. Can't wait to fire it up again after I complete another RLtW game. Please release the next game in the series devs, your work is too good. I promise I will buy it at full price on release!