I only just started this game, I got to ask any long time players if you are supposed to be able to play and experience it from the enslaved perspective?
I messed up on the first job which ended up getting me defeated and being a slave because I got defeated I have no food or stamina, as a captive the game is giving me 30 stamina worth of food maybe every few days and wanting me to expend sometimes 80 stamina a day, trying to play as a slave seems a very fast spiral downwards that always leads to death.
are you supposed to be able to play as a slave ?
also I wonder how you are supposed to work in the crystal mines ? they tell me to mine crystals, can't see crap, don't have a pick and the only 2 directions I could see to go both times lead to me being attacked by guards.
regardless I am enjoying this one, nice artstyle and some interesting scenes so far I might even throw some money at the developers.
Game is difficult.
It is a legit game.
Matthew Principle applies here: which nicely compliments the realism of the world's design.
There's hard fail-state, which is death.
There's soft fail-state, which is being captured (it's as major a setback as you are under-levelled or poorly Skilled out).
I start by hunting boars and gathering fruits and herbs in the forest southeast.
I make Good Soups and then do jogging runs during the day to cash in the herbs to the hyper gynecologist kid.
If I get captured, as strong as I am now, I would definitely be able to escape and kill all the captors.
I'd make sure I'm well fed and get some sleep in so I can break any restraints or locks.
Then I'd pick up rocks and set Traps or Sneak by to get my items from the chest.
But even captured at a higher level, I'll have more opportunity to escape.
You gain levels if you endure.
'Dungeons' can take an hour or so to clear or maybe Sneak out of.
You need to be very careful all the time.
Some key abilities are Sneak and Traps.
Being a Fighter that likes to Hurt people using a Sword and Shield is probably easiest.
Sneak and hit them from behind, then hit them from behind and run away to Sneak and lose them and rinse and repeat can be very effective.
Getting Boars to fight each-other and then collect their Meat can be efficient.
And getting a Bow to Snipe the fat-asses is a time-efficient method.