The Unexpected Quest Prologue
Released Oct 2020
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. In this prologue, play through chapters 1, 2, and 3, where you learn to manage your resources as you build and battle to bring order to the world.
85% positive · 132 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
The Unexpected Quest Prologue is a free-to-play demo/prologue for the full game, The Unexpected Quest. The prologue covers chapters 1–3 and was released on October 7, 2020, while the full game launched on November 27, 2020. The developer's news posts from late 2020 focused on the full game's release and a port to Nintendo Switch in January 2021. The last developer communication of any kind was on December 26, 2020, announcing the Switch pre-order for the full title. A small bug fix patch was released on December 15, 2020. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced future content for the prologue, and no developer communications since December 2020. This prologue was always intended as a standalone sampler — a fixed, complete set of introductory chapters — and has functioned as such since its release. The full game it promotes launched successfully, and developer attention has been on that product and its platform ports, not on expanding this free prologue.
Evidence
Full game (The Unexpected Quest) launched on November 27, 2020 — the product this prologue was promoting
Short description explicitly states this is a prologue covering chapters 1, 2, and 3 — a defined, fixed scope of content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
PQube
Achievements
7
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
An adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to a world on the brink of disaster.
EXPLORE
Strange creatures living in different locations await you. Some of them will help you, others need your help, and others will take a liking to your head...or, rather, your fresh brains. You will visit quiet villages, snow-capped mountaintops, impenetrable forests, and foul-smelling swamps. But one thing will remain the same - adventure awaits you everywhere!GATHER RESOURCES
Collect everything that isn't bolted to the floor! Dwarves don't mind work, but they won't lift a finger in an empty stomach. You can't build a working mill out of mud and sticks, so you'll have to search for the appropriate materials. Keep food stocked and resources plentiful and your world will expand!BUILD
Build bridges over turbulent rivers, build docks in the swamps, repair buildings, and build new ones! Mills will provide food, sawmills will provide building materials, forges will improve equipment - and you can always sell the surplus at the market. Many building styles and colors await you in the game.GO QUESTING
The citizens of the world have always had many problems to overcome and quests to embark on. Try to help everyone you can, and reap the rewards of your labours. You can also always count on what's most important: sincere words of gratitude*.* Computer game characters don't have real feelings or minds.
FIGHT
You can get much further with a kind word and a sword than you can with a kind word alone. Hire experienced soldiers, upgrade their armour and weapons, fight, and conquer. Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword has never been on the receiving end of a Claymore!CAST SPELLS
Not enough food or materials? Are your soldiers dying from their wounds? Did the workers decide to create a union? Magic items and potions will remedy the situation! Save up your gold, complete quests, and plunder chests. There are many ways to get magic items!In this prologue, play through chapters 1, 2, and 3, where you learn to manage your resources as you build and battle to bring order to the world.
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