## Description
A group of adventurers, led by the young mercenary named Guy, arrives at the
Port City, looking for job. The situation in the city is not a very peaceful
one: corrupted officials, thugs roaming the streets, nobility who won’t listen
to the pleas of simple people. Guy and his two initial companions, Quinn and
Goran, must first find more people to join their party. But as more
adventurers join, the city is overrun by monsters, and Guy realizes it’s not
about finding job any more – it’s about protecting the entire country.
Even though it was made by a Japanese company, _Early Kingdom_ is more similar
to Western RPGs, being more exploration-oriented rather than focusing on
characters and their personal stories. Graphically, it discards the
traditional Japanese manga/anime aesthetics in favor of realistic character
portraits. The entire game is played from top-down perspective. Combat is
real-time, utilizing the characteristic Kure Software engine with large
parties of both playable characters and enemies, allowing massive battle
scenes. The player can control only one character at a time, while the others
fight on their own. Attacks are executed simply by bumping into enemies. The
characters get experience points and level up from defeating monsters. There
is no world map in the game, but a continuous world of wilderness areas and
towns.
Early Kingdom