Throughout right now’s Xbox Developer Direct, Pokemon developer Recreation Freak arrived on the scene to present a prolonged new look at its new recreation, Beast of Reincarnation, alongside a narrowed launch window: it is deliberate for launch in summer season of this 12 months.
Beast of Reincarnation takes place in a post-apocalyptic, future Japan within the 12 months 4026. It is giving off large Nier: Automata vibes, with trendy world ruins lined in overgrowth and vegetation, and the distinction of mutated pure creatures and machines. You play as Emma, a younger girl who’s been corrupted by the “blight”, aka the drive that is prompted the destruction of most of the world. Emma is succesful of sealing the blight inside her personal physique, a reward that enables her to purify corrupted creatures but additionally makes her a societal outcast. She meets Koo, a wolf creature equally stricken by blight, and by an unlikely set of circumstances the pair find yourself on a journey collectively to defeat the legendary Beast of Reincarnation, the monster at the center of the blight plague.
Beast of Reincarnation is primarily an motion recreation the place you management Emma, who can struggle close-range with a katana or long-range with a bow and arrow towards corrupted enemies known as Malefacts and much more highly effective boss monsters, generally known as Nushi. Nevertheless, she’s additionally accompanied by a Malefact named Koo, who fights alongside her. Koo has particular talents that, when activated, will decelerate time and enable entry to one thing extra like a turn-based RPG menu, the place the participant can choose the transfer they need to use subsequent earlier than transferring on.
The trailer additionally gave us a look at different components of Beast of Reincarnation, akin to talent bushes for each Emma and Koo, a faction of mechanical golems that used to deal with human souls, and three different supporting characters: Brad, Kagura, and Kunai. We additionally noticed Emma’s traversal talents, which contain her seemingly altering her hair into vines and crossing massive distances.
Beast of Reincarnation is deliberate for a summer season launch this 12 months on Xbox, PC, and PlayStation, and can be on Recreation Go day one.
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