Shiro Games' Wartales is a medieval open-world RPG which sees players control a party of mercenaries as they travel across a vast land in search of bounties and treasures. Much like the Mount And Blade series, the role-playing begins before players have even seen the game world, and they must choose their story in order to determine their starting attributes. A variety of potential starts will offer players a range of advantages and disadvantages and while these are generally quite well-balanced, there are some choices that will be more favorable to newer players than others.