Exploretheancientruins,survivetothebottomlevelandsavetheworld.
Everytimeyouplaythegamewillcreateanewdungeonfullofchallengesandsurprisesforyouin5differentenvironmentspopulatedwithmonstersandancientmagicalartifacts.
Thereareeightdifferentplayerclasses,eachonedesignedwithanuniqueplaystyle.Someofthemarecombatfocusedwhileothersmustrelyontheitemsfoundonthedungeontosurvive.
Asyouadvancethroughthegame,youwillfindmorethan40differentmonsterswithdistinctskillsandfeatures,youwillbeabletocharmthemusingmagicspellsandmakethemfollowyouinyourquest;usingancientmagicfoundinthedungeonyouwillalsounlockthepowersandskillshiddenontheirevolvedforms.
Unlikeclassicroguelikesadaptedtomodernmedia,inAnaniasthereisnocumbersomemovementorcomplexcommands,howeverallthefeaturesfromthegenrethatmakethegamesfunarekept:turnbasedcombat,randomlevelgenerationandlongtermitemstrategyareamongthethingsthatmakeeveryadventureintothedungeonenjoyable.
Youcanalsoplayalongwithyourfriendsintheonlinemode;thegamekeepallfriendsuptodatewiththeiradventuresinrealtime,soyoucansetupchallengesorjusthavefunseeingyourfriend'scharactersdieinthedungeon.
Thereare8classes,eachonewithitsownstrengthsandweaknesses:
Alchemist
*Shootsliquidatenemies(Acid,LiquidFire,andotherpotions)
*Canmixreagentsintopotionswithoutdangerofexplosion.
*Startswithpowerfulpotions(FlamePotionforexamplewhichdealsalotoffiredamagewhenthrown)
Arcane
*Cancastthemostpowerfulspellswithoutdangerofbackfiring
*Extendspowerofmagicwands
*Startswithpowerfulspells(likeCharmMonsterwhichmakesanycreaturebecomeyourally)
Paladin
*Canuseallweaponsandarmor
*Blocksattacksusinghisshield
*Extendslifetimeofweapons
Hunter
*Nevermissesashotwithabow
*Performscriticaldamagewithbows
*Preventsarrowsfrombreaking
Thelevelsinthedungeonarerandomlygeneratedeverytimeyouplay,soyouhavetoexplorethelevelgatheringusefulequipmentandlookingthestairstothenextlevel,whileavoidingdeathandmanagingyourlimitedresources.
...willyoudropyourspareweaponandcarrythispotionwithyou,knowingitcouldbeusefulonthenextlevel?
...willyouriskattackingagroupofenemiestofetchthatpowerfularmorthatcouldsaveyourlife?orwillyoubetterrunawaytosaveyourhitpoints
...willyouwithstandtheenemyattackstoreachthebackrowandkillthephantomwhoisconstantlyhealingallothers?
...willyoucarrywithyouthatpowerfulweapontouseitagainststrongenemiestwolevelsbelow,evenifthatmeansusingupinventoryspaceandattackingwithaweakerweapon?
Theoddsareagainstyou,butifyoudiethere'salwaysachancetostartagainandwishforbetterfortune
CheckouttheFellowshipEditiontoplaywiththefourextendedclassesandshareyouradventureswithyourfriends!
Barbarian
*Chargesagainstenemieswhilerunning.
*Gainsstrengthwhenlowonhealth.
*Recovershealthbydefeatingfoes.
Slayer
*Canslashthroughenemieswhilewalking
*Jumpsovertheenemiesfromthedistance
*Expertwiththrowingknifesandaxes
Monk
*Strikesenemieswithflyingkicks
*Damagefromunarmedattacksincreaseswithpower
*Immunetopoisonorspellmaladies
Sage
*Cancastelementalspellsmultipletimes
*Canunleashthefullpowerofelementalspells