It appears like a lot has occurred on the planet since we first noticed Crossing Souls, an bold 80s-tinged motion journey a couple of band of mismatched tweenage children thrust from a lifetime of small-town suburban normality into preventing towards a harmful authorities conspiracy to manage a parallel dimension and the powers it holds.
For starters, we’ve had two seasons of Stranger Things.
Not dissuaded by the Duffer Bros’ completely biting their type, Spanish studio Fourattic have been grinding away quietly after their mildly successful Kickstarter. Now paired with writer Devolver, they’re prepared for the sport to be seen once more, and have a brand new trailer for us, together with a agency launch date on February 13th.
Wow, it actually arduous to shake these Stranger Things comparisons, huh? Despite the considerably lighter tone (the otherworldly place is a synthwave-tinged ghost realm, versus a a writhing, residing hell-dimension), there are simply so many similarities as to be a bit of scary. Granted, the sport itself is a large grab-bag of 80s ‘kids in supernatural trouble’ journey movies (The Goonies, particularly), however seeing the identical set of components put collectively in a barely totally different configuration is positively uncanny.
Of course, it seems to be like Crossing Souls goes lots additional with its references. Why reference Ghostbusters when you possibly can have some no-holds-barred Back To The Future motion occurring, as seen within the trailer? The fantastical components get a stable displaying right here too, because of the huge looming dragon within the background of 1 scene. While it’s nonetheless going to be a while till we get our grubby mitts on the sport (February appears like an eternity away), I’m getting some pleasing Chrono Trigger and Terranigma vibes from the trailer.
I’m not completely offered on the chunky cutscene/trailer animation – it appears a bit of brief on frames, even by 80s finances animation requirements – however the sprite artwork of the sport itself is attractive as at all times, and easily animated. Most of the recreation’s Kickstarter update posts have been left open for the general public to peruse, so you may get a a lot deeper take a look at the sport over there. The recreation was declared ‘content complete’ all the way in which again in May, however they’ve been tweaking, tuning and sharpening it ever since.
