Motivation
Enrico Chivaldori has been betrayed by his wife, Deidranna. She has murdered his father and is now the queen of Arulco. Enrico went into hiding and was believed dead by most people. He was biding his time, but he must act now to take back his beloved country. The queen has gone mad and is viciously oppressing her people.
Time is running out and now is the only opportunity to stop her before she destroys the resistance and gets an iron grasp over the country. You must hire mercenaries with the little funds Enrico has provided and enlist the help of the rebels to overthrow the tyrant.
Game Settings
Play through the tutorial to get familiar with the movement and control of the mercs. It is very detailed and will allow you to experience all the major functions of the game. Once you have the basic skills to operate a squad, you should be ready to get into the action.
However, before you jump into combat check out the gameplay options settings. If you are not familiar with turn-based pause and planning versus real-time strategy games, you should look over the list of auto pause events. You can manually auto pause the game anytime by pressing the space bar, but it is very easy to forget to do so in the heat of combat.
Pressing the space bar takes you out of Real Time Mode and places you into Command Mode, where the action is paused. Command Mode allows you the time to think and react, which is critical in a chaotic combat situation. Select any events from the list that you believe you may overlook during battle. More experienced players will want to control everything themselves, and as you progress in the game you can come back and turn off the auto pause events.