

Having climbed painstakingly back to his rightful throne, saving and reuniting the kingdom along the way, Redgi might have hoped to be able to rest on his laurels. Prove Your Worth as King In New Story Content Your skills are really going to have to be honed for this one but it will make a second playthrough all that more rewarding.īy contrast, if you just want to be spun a wonderful tale of catastrophe, bloodied rise, and judicial revenge without the stresses and hardships of combat, then the all-new Fairy Tale mode allows for a story-first experience.īoth additions are welcomed for the casual player and the more hardcore alike, making Tails of Iron just that little bit more rounded for all. Described as “Tails of Iron with a double shot of bug juice”, the new mode brings greater numbers of enemies, all of which both hit harder than before and possess a substantive iron will for taking damage themselves, so Redgi is going to have to get quite a bit craftier. By popular demand, those who have already tested their might against the frog hordes can do so again with increased challenges in the “Bloody Whiskers” difficulty mode, which ups the ante on enemy deadliness. Plus, with the Bloody Whiskers expansion too you may be able to kill time that little while longer with Tails of Iron as, on top of new content, the expansion adds new difficulty settings. We’re all kicking time until Elden Ring ’s release in February anyway, so why not grab a little slice of that souls-like goodness just now with a bloodied tale of rats to tide you over. As far as 2D souls-likes go Tails of Iron is an exceptional one.

We reviewed the game upon release back in October, and, as I did then, I would strongly urge you to go play it immediately. If you haven’t played/completed Tails of Iron before now then look no further. New Difficulty Modes With Bloody Whiskers For me, Tails of Iron has been one such game, so I was delighted to see Odd Bug Studio already coming through with a new update for the critically acclaimed title that brings both entirely new content and a reason to play through Redgi’s brutal tale all over again with even more blood, sweat, and tears. I have had the pleasure of playing quite a few indies this year, but as we come to December when “Best Of” lists need drafted up, when gaming fandoms wage war on each other in a who’s who of insufferability, and Geoff Keighley begins to look out his best blazer/t-shirt combo for The Game Awards once again, it is the games that immediately spring to mind that are worth going back over again.

In case you missed it Tails of Iron is a hand-drawn RPG that combines brutal combat with a kingdom taken over by the merciless Frog Clan. There is also “Fairy Tail” mode for those who are looking for a more story-focused difficulty, being “far-less-brutal” and letting players get immersed in the narrative. “Bloody Whiskers” difficulty mode amps up the challenge, designed for those looking to test their iron wills. There is also a “secret that was perhaps better left forgotten…” teased. The update adds five new bosses, two new difficulty modes, a new post-game questline, a new selection of special armors and weapons. Publisher United Label and developer Odd Bug Studio have released the “Bloody Whiskers” update for the hand-drawn RPG called Tails of Iron. Tails of Iron Bloody Whiskers Update Now Available Adding New Bosses, Difficulty Modes & More RPG adventure game Tails of Iron gets a free new expansion that adds further bosses, difficulty modes and more.
