It is with equal measures pleasure and dread (my mind is just not prepared) that I inform you all that La-Mulana 2 is nearly right here. Nearly 4 and a half years after its successful Kickstarter, the sequel to Japanese indie studio Nigoro’s cult hit puzzle-platformer/metroidvania has been quietly brewing within the background. Today, it formally entered the ultimate stretch of improvement, together with the discharge of a elaborate new teaser trailer and affirmation that it will likely be out this summer season.
If you’ve by no means performed the unique La-Mulana (or no less than its HD remaster), brace your self for a protracted, gruelling however finally satisfying journey. On high of being an enormous and difficult Metroidvania with ferociously complicated multi-layered maps, the unique recreation is notorious for its complicated and cryptic puzzles, each bit as brain-pulverising as something you’d discover in Myst or The Witness. These are video games that you simply play rigorously, methodically and with a pad of note-paper shut at hand.
The sequel places you within the footwear of latest protagonist Lumisa Kosugi, youngest within the Kosugi line of ninjas-turned-archaeologist adventurers. She’s attempting to find the misplaced ruins of Eg-Lana, which can not maintain the true origins of human civilisation (that was all defined within the first recreation), however will undoubtedly have its personal mysteries to dig up. Some of the unique solid are returning too, together with Elder Xelpud (former caretaker of the ruins of La-Mulana, now presumably unemployed), and prehistoric, immortal shrine-maiden Mulbruk, who has developed a style for journey after 1000’s of years doing nothing.
According to development blogs, La-Mulana 2 is successfully full already, however three-man outfit Nigoro are infamous perfectionists. While they look ahead to the localisation course of to be accomplished, they’re going over the sport with a magnifying glass and the gentlest of archaeologist’s brushes, in search of sprites and music tracks that would use just a little tuning up earlier than launch. Right now, they’re demoing the sport at Bitsummit in Kyoto, however might be returning to place the ending touches on the sport quickly.
Nigoro aren’t fairly set to pin down a ultimate launch date, nevertheless it needs to be out this summer season. You can wishlist La-Mulana 2 on its Steam store page here.
