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More specifically, those on PC with an Epic Games Store account, which is free to everyone, can now download High North Studios AS and Raw Fury’s Skald: Against the Black Priory. This is the first time the game has ever been made available for free. That said, it normally only costs $14.99, so the savings are not particularly significant.
A Dark, Retro Fantasy RPG With Party-Based Gameplay
For those unfamiliar with High North Studios AS and Raw Fury’s Skald: Against the Black Priory, it is pitched as a retro-style, fantasy, party-based, and turn-based RPG set in a grim and dark world featuring tragic heroes, violent deaths, and Lovecraftian horror underpinning it all.
As you can tell from the trailer above, the game is an 8-bit RPG inspired by the many RPGs of this variety from yesteryear. Also, like many RPGs from the golden age of RPGs, you have to gather and lead a party, in this case, a company of broken heroes, from the tainted shores of Idra to the gates of the Black Priory and beyond.
Those who decide to check out this old-school RPG now that it is free should expect a runtime of about 15 to 20 hours, on average. That said, completionists will need closer to 25 to 30 hours, a meaty amount of content for a game that normally only costs $14.99.
