The Guild 3’s jugglery skill appears to be more like a really bad interpretive dance and involves zero balls, swords or fire. That leaves jugglery, the most devious skill of all. Scouting roads sounds a lot like just walking, and that doesn’t seem particularly thrilling. Setting up an ambush seems like a bit much for my first day on the job, and who would I even ambush? I don’t know anyone.

This minor setback has not diminished my optimism because while I learn to pick a pocket or two, there are three roguish things I can do right now. I’ve selected it, sure, but that just means I’m in the process of learning it. It’s only after a cold shower that I realise there’s a button that reveals all the class-based actions I can perform, and pickpocketing hasn’t been unlocked yet. We stand there, in silence, for a sexually charged in-game hour.

Close enough to kiss him right on the lips. Clicking on my mark just moves me uncomfortably close to him. Unfortunately, picking pockets seems to be beyond me. He’s just standing there, oblivious to my ill intent. I’ve already spotted my first mark: the very first person I see. Obviously I choose pickpocketing, the foundation of any successful criminal career. A quick glance at the confusing skill tree informs me that I can select a new skill. It’s a lovely day, the sun is out, the serfs are workings - I should see what trouble I can get into. I try to remember how I’d start things off in the previous Guild game, but I seem to have forgotten everything in the last seven years. With no tutorial and a hint system that decides to break after the very first tip, I’m already a wee bit lost. I spawn into the world standing right next to my awful house. I could have been a herbalist or maybe a craftsman, but why make when you can take? The character creator lets you choose a starting skill that informs how you’ll make your way through the world. I could have picked a less… ethically challenging path for my first foray into The Guild 3. Join me as I try to rise to the top of medieval English society using my quick fingers and juggling skills. In my new and improved life, I’m Carlton Bloomer, a rogue, a pickpocket and a feckless ne’er-do-well. īeing a freelance video game man, I suffer from a great deal of existential dread, and it’s proved to be too much for me, so I’ve packed it all in to start fresh in The Guild 3's recreation of 15th century London. He's been flung back through time to live his best serf life in GolemLab's medieval sim, The Guild 3. This week, Fraser's the one being offered up as a sacrifice to the cruel gods of Early Access.

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