This role-playing game mixes Diablo in the bright colors of The Banner Saga

If you love tactical role-playing games, play Masquerada. If you hate tactical RPGs … play Masquerada. Yup, that’s the sense I’m getting from Witching Hour Studios’ upcoming indie release.

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows for PC reminds me of Diablo with its fast point-and-click action, but it also makes me think of Stoic’s Viking-themed The Banner Saga — but for more than its vibrant colors. Masquerada happens to be a “pause-for-tactics” game (think Infinity Engine titles that run in real-time with added pause) set in isometric 2.5D. You just don’t have to play it that way.