The party explores roads, wilderness, towns, ruins, and fortifications from a first-person viewpoint. Objectives are driven by the current chapter and may involve escorting characters, investigating threats, recovering objects, solving environmental puzzles, or reaching a destination before events change.

Combat switches to a tactical turn-based screen. Characters spend action points to move, attack, defend, use items, or cast spells. Weapons, armor, fatigue, wounds, skills, and consumables affect survival. Party members gain experience and improve through equipment and skill development, while chapter progression controls the larger story and available locations.

Manage fatigue and supplies before long journeys. Rest when necessary, keep healing items available, and avoid entering battles with wounded or exhausted characters. Save before conversations, major trips, and unfamiliar ruins because some chapters contain irreversible developments.

Use terrain and distance to control combat. Ranged attacks and spells are valuable before enemies close in, while defensive positioning can prevent weaker characters from being surrounded. Check shops and containers regularly, compare equipment carefully, and develop complementary skills rather than concentrating every improvement on one character.