Boasting a 36km2 map and two years of community feedback, you can bet Citadel: Forged with Fire is a sizable beast. And today gamers on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC can become the mage of their dreams with the launch of the game.
Fresh out of mage school, Citadel: Forged with Fire offers you complete freedom to do as you choose. Become an explorer of far off lands, tame giant beasts for good or evil, cause no end of trouble for other players and enemies, or rise to the top of the ruling Houses through good deeds, the possibilities are endless!
Magic is the major focus in every action you take: Combat, movement, taming, crafting, harvesting, farming and more. But there is also another major component to Citadel: Forged with Fire, and that is building.
Players can build the biggest castle they can imagine from literally hundreds of structural pieces using the easy-to-use building editor. But be warned, Citadel: Forged with Fire also happens to feature a dynamic destruction engine, so your prized creations can just as easily be knocked down by another player.
With plenty of monsters to fight and dungeons to loot, you can be sure that you will find something to suit your playstyle in the games massive loot system. With all this at your fingertips, your only limit is your imagination.
Features include:
- EXPLORE A MASSIVE FANTASY WORLD Welcome to the magical world of Ignus: a 36 square kilometer landmass of sweeping plains, dense forests, craggy mountains, festering swamps and frozen tundra. Leave no stone unturned as you explore dangerous caves and ancient ruins to recover powerful artifacts and uncover a rich history spanning thousands of years. Embark on a journey across the land to find the perfect place for you and your allies to call home.
- STUDY THE ARCANE ARTS Master a diverse range of powerful spells. Discover your conduit of choice among a huge selection of mystic wands and staves, magically imbued axes, swords, maces and hammers, and enchanted gauntlets.
- CREATE ALLIANCES AND FORGE AN EMPIRE Align your efforts with fellow Warlocks to create a mighty House. Create an internal hierarchy of power, design and plant your own House flag, share your resources to build huge castles and team up to hunt legendary creatures. Wage war with opposing Houses or hatch plans of deceit and trickery to cause internal chaos and ascend the ranks within your own.
- FIGHT, TAME AND RIDE LEGENDARY BEASTS Use the Pacify spell to tame ferocious creatures and amass an army of minions. Tamed companions will gain experience and grow with you as you travel the world and triumph in battle. Siege an enemy fortress with a horde of savage Orcs, ride Horses and Direwolves to quickly traverse the vast landscape, or rain fiery death upon your enemies from the back of a Dragon!
- BUILD AND FORTIFY EPIC CASTLES Construct your Dream Castle using hundreds of structural pieces found within a flexible and easy-to-use building editor, or take advantage of the dynamic destruction engine and crush someone else’s. Enhance your fortress with magical structures like defensive shields, attack towers, mana pools and respawn stones. Unlock new fortification materials and building features as you level up: with so many materials and pieces to work with the only limit is your imagination.
- FIND A NEAR LIMITLESS VARIETY OF LOOT Are you an old, bearded and wise Warlock or are you a young, ambitious and strong-willed Mage? Create your own style with a huge variety of clothing and weapon options. Discover a near limitless variety among these items’ stats with Citadel’s rich and deep loot generation system; every loot pull is different and ensures that fighting monsters and exploring dungeons is a constantly rewarding and memorable experience.
- ACHIEVE THE POWER OF FLIGHT Why walk when you can fly? Use your Wizardly prowess to take to the skies. Enjoy the convenience of a custom-crafted broomstick, tame and mount airborne companions like dragons and giant eagles, or use alchemy to concoct potent elixirs allowing flight without the aid of beast or broom.
Citadel: Forged with Fire is available to download now on Xbox One, PS4 and with a 1.0 version on Steam. The Xbox Store sees it priced at £33.49 and comes with the promise of a roadmap of free updates, including a major new quest storyline coming in February 2020 that spans the entirety of the game. You can also pick up a physical edition from Amazon.
It sounds like a bumper experience so stay tuned for our review soon, but in the meantime let us know if you are already sold on the game in the comments below!
Game Description:
Citadel: Forged with Fire is a massive online sandbox RPG with elements of magic, spellcasting and inter-kingdom conflict. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to investigate the dangerous world of Ignus. Your goal: create a name for yourself and achieve notoriety and power among the land’s ruling Houses. You have complete freedom to pursue your own destiny; hatch plots of trickery and deceit to ascend the ranks among allies and enemies, become an infamous hunter of other players, build massive and unique castles, tame mighty beasts to do your bidding, and visit uncharted territories to unravel their rich and intriguing history. The path to ultimate power and influence is yours to choose.
