Following Psychonauts 2, Double High quality has been onerous at work on a new recreation that was simply revealed at at this time’s Xbox Video games Showcase. It is known as Keeper, and it places you within the wobbly legs of a strolling sapient lighthouse pushed by a silly-looking hen.
The footage reveals a goofy hen touchdown atop a lighthouse, which then sprouts spindly legs and begins trotting off throughout the continent with the hen seemingly serving to or helming the operation. It isn’t clear simply but what the lighthouse is after, why or the way it can stroll, or what it is relationship with the hen is, however the world it is wandering is clearly a fantastical one within the dreamy vein of different Double High quality video games.
Unusual because it appears, we have excessive hopes for Keeper after Double Fine’s previous work. We gave Psychonauts 2 an 8/10, with our reviewer saying that its “bizarre and splendidly written story is filled with attention-grabbing, nuanced characters that I immediately fell in love with.” and that “Double High quality has additionally achieved a nice job of increasing this universe towards each grander and extra intimate threats with out dropping the joyous childhood journey vibes of the unique.”
Keeper is out on October 17 for PlayStastion 5, Xbox, and PC.
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