We dwell in a world wealthy in tales. Countless legends and myths simply begging to be retold, and but video games so usually fall again on tried-and-tested sci-fi and fantasy tropes. Little gray aliens, Klingons, Goblins and Orcs are so prevalent that something really unfamiliar seems like a breath of contemporary air.
Mulaka, an upcoming action-adventure by studio Lienzo stands out from the group. Breaking from fantasy custom, it’s primarily based across the myths and legends instructed of and surrounding the Tarahumara tribe of Northern Mexico, and it’s due for launch in simply two weeks.
Mulaka is definitely a putting trying sport. Relatively low-poly fashions and minimalist texturing give it an old-school look in screenshots that turns into one thing else solely when you see it in movement, because the chunky character fashions spin and leap and dive. There are loads of fascinating stylistic decisions, corresponding to the way in which the characters transfer and carry themselves – every thing feels barely completely different right here, acceptable, given their makes an attempt to seize the texture of exploring one other tradition, seeing the world by means of their eyes.
In Mulaka, you play as a younger Sukurúame – a type of Tarahumara shaman or warlock determine, wandering the land and preventing evil spirits and monsters of native legend such because the Ganoko, Rusíwari and Sipabuara. The undeniable fact that I’ve completely no concept what any of these are simply makes me extra excited. Along the way in which you’ll commune with the gods of the area, and learn to rework into different types, corresponding to a hen, supplying you with your traditional Zelda-like slew of upgrades which ought to enable entry to beforehand sealed off areas of the map.
The builders are eager to emphasize that they’ve labored intently with the fashionable descendants of the Tarahumara with a view to make it as genuine as potential, from capturing the sound of their conventional music and the devices used, to utilizing their very own language to voice the characters and the myths and legends they should share. A portion of the earnings from the sport will probably be donated to preserving the Tarahumara Sierra as properly.
Mulaka is out on February 27th, and can be wishlisted on Steam here. We’ll hopefully get our palms on this for at the least some early impressions by launch day.
