Hello everybody, PlayStation gamers! I’m Eunseop Shim, developer at Lizard Smoothie.
I’m thrilled to lastly be sharing this information. Shape of Dreams launches today on PlayStation 5, arriving alongside The Starless Path — our 1st Anniversary Replace, and the most important replace we’ve ever made.
Watch our newly launched launch trailer first, then learn on to see what’s ready deep contained in the dream world.
Fight and Vacationers
Shape of Dreams is fast-paced, spectacular and aggressive. You turn out to be one of fully completely different 9 Vacationers, and descend deep into the Rapids — a dream world that reshapes itself each time you enter. When you’ve chosen your Traveler, it’s time to dive into the Rapids.
Reminiscences and Essences
Fight is quick and flashy, however how you are taking management of the battlefield is totally yours to determine.
Reminiscences are the core skills you equip. Essences slot into these Reminiscences and basically rewrite how the flexibility works.
Take a single-target assault Reminiscence and connect an Essence that chains the flexibility to close by enemies, or one which cuts its cooldown each time you land successful, and it turns into one thing else totally — a capability succesful of wiping out a complete room. With greater than 200 Reminiscences and Essences accessible, no two runs are the identical, and a run isn’t about discovering the suitable reply.
It’s about deciding what to make out of what you’ve discovered. Digging up wild synergies no person noticed coming — that’s the actual coronary heart of this sport.
Traveler Reminiscence and Id Reminiscence
Each Traveler begins with two distinctive traits on the middle of their construct: the Traveler Reminiscence, an energetic ability, and the Id Reminiscence, a passive. Earlier than every run begins, you choose one of two choices in every of these slots. Your selections allow you to transcend merely stacking skills on prime and regulate the start line itself.
Constellation
Each Traveler has their very own Constellation to fill in, and progress isn’t misplaced when a run ends — it accumulates. Vacationers who return to the Rapids repeatedly develop to heights a single descent may by no means attain. The Starless Path provides new Stars you’ll be able to slot in.
4-player co-op
You’ll be able to play the entire sport by your self, or run it as a four-player on-line social gathering. In co-op, builds lock into each other: one participant freezes enemies whereas a teammate drives additional harm into the frozen targets, or somebody pulls all the things right into a single level so the remaining of the social gathering can sweep it abruptly.
No person is pressured into a hard and fast function. 4 impartial builds collide and interlock on the battlefield till they arrive collectively into one good rhythm.
Cross-play is stay at launch. PS5 lobbies are absolutely unified with PC and different consoles, so you’ll be able to head straight out with pals with out ready round.
New in The Starless Path
Our largest replace ever. Each enchancment and piece of new content material we’ve cast over the previous 12 months alongside greater than 1.5 million gamers on Steam is absolutely baked into today’s PS5 model.
New Traveler Cetus joins as a ranged frost tank, locking down the battlefield with ice whereas maintaining shields up on himself and everybody round him. If you wish to be the explanation your social gathering survives a nasty map, begin with Cetus.
The Approach of Stars is a brand new system the place every Traveler’s story is woven collectively like a constellation. Vacationers who attain the depths of the Rapids unlock hidden episodes and illustrations, and face a brand new ending together with the hardest remaining boss within the sport. On prime of that, present world bosses achieve threatening secondary assault patterns, turning out craftier and extra deadly habits at increased difficulties.
Fallen Stars and Light Reminiscences: A brand new characteristic in The Starless Path. The Id Reminiscence launched above can now be swapped for one of 6 Common Id Reminiscences, slightly than being restricted to your Traveler’s personal. This opens up a totally new development path to your Traveler!
A 12 months in the past, we requested gamers a single query. Would you threat all the things to form a dream? Today, we lastly get to place that query to PlayStation gamers too.
Thanks for studying — we’ll see you within the Rapids.