Overview:
-Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10
-Offline:200
-Online: 0
-Approximate amount of time to 200: 30-40hrs
-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 3 (1 per class)
-Number of missable achievements: None (repeatable levels)
-Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No cheat codes
-Does difficulty affect achievements?: No
-Glitchy achievements: Critical Hit (Works on Rogue only), Eternal Hero (Replay the last level until it unlocks)
-Unobtainable achievements: None
-Extra equipment needed? : 2nd Controller
Introduction:
In Realms of Ancient War, you can play as one of three heroes tasked with helping a King recover his body from the clutches of a dark spell. This journey takes you through the various regions of the world, to fight against Dwarves, Undead, Elves and Demon-like creatures and you try to both save the king, and bring light back into the world.
First Playthrough:
All of your playthroughs will involve you playing as a different one of the three heroes (Wizard, Warrior, Rogue), so pick your favorite one to play first. In this game difficulty doesn't matter achievement-wise, so pick whichever one you feel comfortable with. You will want to shoot for saving up 50,000 gold at one time for "The Path of Fortune", which is easier than it sounds, and you can start saving after purchasing the first legendary set from the Dwarf Quarry merchant for "The Full Set Collector". As you play through the game you will want to keep an eye out for statues of Kilthi for "The Great Explorer"; they aren't collectibles, but instead things you need to find and use. You should be able to make it through a number of levels without dying for "Fearless Hero", even on Heroic. "The Spirit Master" will unlock for you once you possess 15 enemies via when prompted, and there are far more than 15 enemies you can possess. "Critical Hit" will come to those players who can reach a damage stat and skill stat high enough to deal 2500+ damage with one attack. Also, keep an eye out for side quests for "The Adventurer Spirit". Finishing the game will net you "Battle for a New Alliance".
Second Playthrough + Clean up :
Same deal as playthrough one, but on a different character. If you have missed any statues for Kilthi, you can stay on your primary character and go back to get them, or get them all on your new character for "The Great Explorer". Same scenario with the quests for "Adventurer Spirit", if you've missed some you can just go back, or just go through all of them now for the experience points and loot.
Third Playthrough:
Once again, same deal, different character. Completing the game this time around will net you "Eternal Hero".
Co-op:
This can be done at any time for "A Team of Heroes" if you have a second controller and have that controller join your game.
Heroic Tips:
If you choose to play on Heroic, there are some tips that may help you out.
*Stay mobile. Move around as much as possible in combat to avoid attacks, especially the slower moving ranged spells and arrows that do the most damage.
*Focus more on defense/healing when you can. Once you're comfortable with your survivability, put some points into a spell or skill that does damage so you can make the fights a bit quicker.
*Remember: You can always go back to play a level if you need more Soulstones (revive you upon death, you receive one for every level you finish/repeat) or more life potions (repeat the Dwarf Quarry for these, between drops and all three merchants there are lots of health potions in this level).
*You can always chill somewhere and wait while your hp/mp regenerate if you need to prepare for a big battle, or just don't feel like wasting any potions.
*Keep your armor upgraded. Don't play through the game with your starting equipment, if you see legendary armor on sale, and it's good, save up for it and buy it. You can either buy it then, or go back later when you have the money.
* let's you instantly use a health potion, a mana.
[x360a would like to thank Shiftie for this Roadmap]