The Wagadu Chronicles Early Access Review in Progress | A Leisurely Stroll Through African Lore

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The magical world of Wagadu awaits. First, you must make it through the land of dream. Twin Drums Afro-Fantasy game The Wagadu Chronicles is an experience like no other. In the early game, I’m still undecided on whether that’s a good or bad thing.

The Wagadue Chronicles crept intoearly access on December 4th last year. Surrounded by a land of calming browns and yellowed greens, the world of Wagadu for the early game stages has certainly captured the essence of what one would imagine the African planes are like. Small encampments are strewn few and far between, with resources scattered throughout the wild land.  The aesthetics feel authentic, and there's some interesting lore built throughout the world that feels very unique. The game starts in the Dream Realm, which is essentially a tutorial area. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves here. My first impression actually began at character creation.

Wagadu starts you off with the ability to create one character. Just one – perSteam account. At first, I wasn’t entirely bothered by this, as I have strong feelings towards character progression, and I don’t feel like every game needs alts to keep players entertained. However, Wagadu also has 7 lineages, which some may consider “races” with plenty of additional lineage choices once a base lineage is selected. The lineage choices ranged from cat-like character models with the Lionblood lineage, to the Octopus-like Ikaki lineage.

Each lineage had their own specialties, like the Ironmasters were proficient in smithing, the Asiman were masters of elemental command and so on. Ultimately the limitation of having only one character ended up being more of a nuisance when I found myself torn between several different lineages. While I can’t