Thyria Review (Steam)

Rating: 7
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · Published May 12, 2024 · Updated July 12, 2024

Thyria Preview is a unique combination of dynamic exploration, turn-based combat, and crafting. Summon and train a team of Guardians, who will accompany Thyria into the minds of the cursed villagers. Help them vanquish their nightmares. Summon your Guardians and get into the minds of the cursed villagers. Explore the dreams to collect Soul Dusts, Inks, and knowledge. Treat your patient to increase the rewards but also the many risks… Each Guardian will offer a range of spells and unique abilities. Redouble your strategy and perseverance to overcome the living nightmares, which creep into the heart of the most obscure dreams.

Thyria Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
18.68GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Display settings – aspect ratio, resolution, and fullscreen.
Ten save slots.
Graphics settings – graphics quality preset, v-sync, target fps, and run in the background.
You can remap the controls.
Eleven character classes – Bard, Kingsman, Lancer, Sentinel, Battle Cleric, Night Warden, Ranger, Thief, Wizard, Priest, and Necromancer.
Choice of two genders – male or female.
Character customisation for the head – hair, hair base, beard, beard base, mustache, face/skin, eyes, eyebrows, scars, and tattoos.
Four difficulties – Easy, normal, hard, and unfair.
Action RPG gameplay.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Commanders vision is where you can see the outline of allies, interactive points, and enemies.
You can cook ingredients found and have a handy available to cook now list.
Movement can be done with WASD or by clicking or holding the mouse button down.
Vendors let you buy, trade, and repair with them.
Alchemy stations let you craft potions, poisons, etc.
Handy loot all button.
Full 3D game world.
Camera controls let you rotate the camera, and zoom in and out.
Multiple choice encounters throughout as it helps also shape the story and relationships.
You can save when you want from the menu.
Shrines give a temporary buff or effect to the team and can refill over time.
Earn EXP and level up to put points into your stats amd earn unlocks for the skill tree.
The game plays out in real time until you get into combat and then it’s turn-based.
Camping can be done in dungeons and the open world and doing so lets you regain health and mana along with getting buffs from food.
Combat turn is determined by initiative.
One cool thing is when in combat the world around you carries on so anyone can walk in and join the fight.
What you can do in combat is determined by AP (action points).
When selecting an ability or attack you get a range of attack rings to help.
Forges allow you to craft new weapons and armor.
You can attack enemies from multiple angles which can determine how much damage an opponent takes.
Enemy health bars show.
A fantastic world to explore.
The formations menu lets you layout how your party lines up on combat encounters.
Has full base mechanics whereby you can add wings and rooms to your base in order to unlock new tools and toys.

Thyria Review Cons:

No controller support.
Bard and Necromancer classes have a warning that playing as them makes the game lore and story incompatible with them.
No settings for the mouse like sensitivity or Invert axis.
Not the best selection of graphics settings.
The character creator is very basic.
Default controls are very fiddly.
You land up holding down the commander’s vision a lot as it’s so hard to know what breaks despite looking the same as the last one you opened.
So much loot you get early on cannot be used by your character so it doesn’t seem fair that I am in essence getting punished.
Combat just happens where you are, nothing is cornered off, it can make some encounters hard because of the scenery blocking or how hard it is to make things out.
The game doesn’t keep the audio settings and they reset every time.
No voicework.
The enemy turn in combat is slow and staggered.