Right this moment’s Xbox Companion Presents concluded with a critically epic cinematic trailer for a new recreation that caught me completely off guard. It is referred to as Raji: Kaliyuga, and it is a sequel to Raji: An Ancient Epic.
When you’re not aware of the primary Raji, it is a 2020 action-adventure recreation made by India-based Nodding Heads Video games. It follows Raji, an orphan on a quest to retrieve her brother, who’s been kidnapped by a demon military. As she goes, she’s watched and at occasions supported by the goddess Durga and Lord Vishnu. The story delves deep into Indian and Hindu mythologies, and ends on one heck of a cliffhanger, implying that a sequel was at all times on the thoughts. The sport obtained blended critiques, however was nominated for finest debut recreation at The Recreation Awards that 12 months.
Raji: Kaliyuga appears to be a direct follow-up, with the trailer apparently depicting Raji and her youthful brother preventing collectively in opposition to the encroaching demon military. It appears just like the pair might be twin protagonists that you will management throughout completely different components of the story. However what’s actually astonishing right here is that whereas the primary Raji recreation was in an isometric view, this sequel is a full-blown third-person action-adventure recreation. Although we have solely seen a cinematic to this point and no gameplay, this appears fairly promising.
In an Xbox Wire post following the announcement, we discovered that Kaliyuga might be set six years after An Ancient Epic, and can painting Raji and her brother Darsh touring to the Everlasting Summit by means of a variety of completely different mystical realms. As twin protagonists, you possibly can swap between Raji, a warrior, and Darsh, a dreamwalker, who every have distinctive talents. The 2 are separate for a lot of the sport after the occasions of An Ancient Epic, and the story is about their separation and eventual reunion. “Kaliyuga explores the coexistence of religion and phantasm, the place the narrative tone, artwork, music, and gameplay techniques should mirror this duality, shifting to mirror the attitude and reality of the character at present being performed.”
Raji: Kaliyuga is at present deliberate for launch on Xbox, PC, and PS5, and might be day-one on Recreation Go. It does not have a launch window but.
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