Necronator: Dead Wrong

Mechanics

The game is divided into five campaigns related to one of the five available in-game commanders. Each of them has their own story and motives for which they have decided to the Necronator, which we discover as the game progresses, as well as a unique spell and a special unit that they can put into battle.

Each campaign is divided into missions where we have to defeat the forces of good. For that we have to play the right cards. These are divided into offensive and defensive spell cards that can speed up our army, throw a temporary shield on it or deal damage to the enemy and summon appropriate units. There are twenty of them in the game and each of them can be improved, but they can also enter into synergies with each other, making them even more powerful. On our side we will see skeletons, ordinary warriors, mages and archers, but also ogres and other monsters. The enemy can put clerics, steel golems, fluffy sheep and other disgustingly nice creatures into battle.

The maps on which the skirmishes take place are small in size and our units move along a pre-determined track as in tower defense games, except that instead of construct buildings, we play one of the cards available in the hand. After winning the mission we get the opportunity to choose a new type of card to add to our decks.

Between each mission, we can use the deck-building screen. With a certain limit, we need to manage the decks so that it is as adequate as possible to the threat. The more powerful the spell and the higher the unit level, the more points it consumes.

Technical aspects

Necronator: Dead Wrong combines several graphic styles. From three-dimensional environmental models to units represented by two-dimensional sprites, using pixel art design.