Rise of Kurdistan is located in a world inspired by Kurdistan. There is over 200 points of interests to discover, including Kurdish cities, villages, rivers, mountains and other areas which reminds the player of the real thing. Every point of interest have lore objects, in most cases notes and books where an interaction opens up for learning either the game lore or actual Kurdish history.

Keep of Kobane, one of more than 200 points of interest. Every point of interest leaves a mark on the world map
and provided XP to the player.

Sipan The Kurdish Sorcerer, one of the friendly NPCs in the game connected to the main quest.

In Rise of Corduene, you earn points everytime you progress a level. You can spend points on different attributes to form your character based on the attributes itself,  a specific Kurdish legend or to create the ultimate Kurdish leader. 

The new journey mode provides over 24 campaigns with over 100 different missions. Aside from this structured learn to play mode, there is also over 200 quests to find and complete in the world map.