Hey, bear in mind how Techland is engaged on a brand new fantasy RPG? No? Me neither! Most likely as a result of it was introduced actually seven years in the past (opens in new tab) concurrently Dying Mild 2 (opens in new tab), which received way more consideration each from audiences and Techland itself. However I suppose the corporate is able to concentrate on the sport it is had within the oven for the final near-decade.
In a tweet posted yesterday, Techland gave us a number of treasured crumbs of information about simply what the heck this RPG goes to be. I am gonna stage with you, of us, it ain’t a lot, however we do no less than know that Techland is aiming for a “story-focused” recreation set in an “unique open world,” which we received a glimpse of in a chunk of artwork shared alongside the submit.
We by no means cease enhancing!Our latest recreation is ready to be a narrative-driven #fantasy epic with an unique open world able to be explored. We attempt to create a compelling story-focused #AAA title that mixes and refines the perfect facets of gameplay that Techland is thought for. pic.twitter.com/SuJ8vVWbrIMarch 16, 2023
So we realized that Techland is heading in the right direction, as a result of it is clearly internalised Shenanigansen’s first rule of good worldbuilding (opens in new tab): making the moon fucked up. It is labored wonders for The Elder Scrolls (which has an extremely cool secret third moon (opens in new tab) rumoured to be the corpse of the useless god Lorkhaj), so I can solely think about the shattered planetoid lingering within the sky of Techland’s idea artwork will do good work for that studio, too.
The tweet says that the unnamed recreation will mix and refine the “greatest facets of gameplay that Techland is thought for”. To me, that seems like we are able to count on an agile, first-person journey within the mould of Dying Mild—particularly since we are able to clearly see somewhat man as much as some arboreal parkour within the picture—however I stress that is simply my hypothesis. In mid-2022, Techland’s CEO mentioned (opens in new tab) it was making a “model new IP that’s vastly completely different from what we now have been doing for the previous a number of years,” which does not precisely jibe with the wording of the tweet.
Techland had already been engaged on this recreation for a yr earlier than it was introduced in 2016, so it is had numerous time to determine what the heck it is gonna be. Again across the announcement, it mentioned it hoped to implement each co-op and single-player gameplay. However numerous time has handed since then: greater than sufficient for the undertaking to endure a radical overhaul a number of occasions over. Techland did not say once we might count on to listen to extra, so I am going to meet you again right here in 2030.
