>>3831150
okay, so you get four patron gods in this game
>ares - heavy melee with mace
>hermes - fast attacks with sword
>athena - spear mastery
>helios - buffs
you unlock skills which are a combination of different abilities and stats increases by following a god's skill tree. good news is that you'll be able to buy out like 70% of all skills so you'll get to have fun with all the tools the game has, you're not locked in to one play style.
the way you gain experience in this game is by accomplishing "feats" - killing 10 enemies with a spear, killing 100 enemies, with a spear, bashing 100 enemies with a shield and following up with a stab, etc; and then you dedicate the feats to a god when you want to advance a skill tree. nothing is stopping you from dedicated 100 mace kills to athena either. you'll also get a lot of feats from completing quests and other more varied ways. for example you get a feat called "patience of the gods" by listening to one of the npc children sing an annoying song to completion without interrupting him, you get a feat for playing a minigame with another npc, etc.
that's basically it. like i said you'll get plenty of feats to dedicate so you'll be able to unlock most of the interesting skills and you can freely change it up. if you're bored of the mace, you can use the spear for a while, or the sword. all are fun. you get to see what the combat feats are in advance too, so you can adapt your playstyle to get more feats instead.
