Alder’s Blood looks like a turn-based techniques game precision-made to suit my pursuits. Somewhat bit XCOM, a bit of bit Darkest Dungeon and a complete lot of Bloodborne. It’s due out this yr, and final evening builders Shockwork Games launched a brand new trailer, exhibiting off a world that they name a “fusion of dark Victorian fantasy and wild west”. That means flintlock rifles and blades at nightfall, as long-coated and masked Hunters sneak round, chopping up werewolves, vampires and extra otherworldly and ‘orrible servants of an undead god. See the grim darkness under.
The setting right here is as grimdark as they arrive. God is actually lifeless, and now undead, which is unhealthy. Day and evening aren’t working proper, monsters rule and it’s as much as a bunch of oldsters who seem like they’ve wandered straight out of Bloodborne to re-kill god (and correctly this time). The builders name it a “tactical stealth game”, placing the emphasis on sneaking round and hitting laborious. The game even tracks the path the wind is blowing throughout its hex-based maps, and standing upwind looks like an effective way to get stomped by werewolves you weren’t able to take care of in any other case.
Between fights, your nomadic camp of hunters can be exploring and taking up missions given by the assorted human survivor factions on the map. The nonetheless character artwork is very spectacular, and much more Bloodborne-tinged. Earlier in growth, there was a playable demo of Alder’s Blood, sadly not out there, accompanying the game’s (sadly unsuccessful) Kickstarter. You can watch a little bit of this early model here via YouTuber Retcon Raider. The game has since acquired a significant artwork overhaul, and seems to be within the last stretch of growth.
While the trailer says “coming soon”, the Steam page for Alder’s Blood narrows it all the way down to a 3rd or fourth quarter launch this yr. It’s revealed by No Gravity Games.
