Stormind Games have announced Batora: Lost Haven, a new story-driven action-RPG from the developers of the Remothered series.
As stated in the press release the game follows Avril, a reckless young girl that gains incredible powers after Earth has been devastated by a mysterious event. Now, she finds herself on an interplanetary adventure to save what remains.
The game’s themes are based around the balance between body and mind, which manifests in two sets of health bars for Avril. Players will be able to swap between physical and mental states at will to gain access to new abilities on the fly. Promising to be far from the good-or-evil, all of the Avril’s choices “will turn out to be important, often even life-changing, for the characters she meets or the places she visits.”
The game also features writer Anne Toole, composer Ron Fish of the Arkham series, and former Assassin’s Creed concept artist Borislav Mitkov.
You can find the announcement trailer below.
You can find the rundown (via Steam) below:
Batora: Lost Haven combines the features of a hack & slash and a twin-stick shooter in a nonlinear interplanetary story-driven action RPG.
What boundaries would you cross to save your home?
Avril used to be a regular 16-year-old girl, not what you’d call a natural-born hero.
Until a mysterious event devastated the Earth, and she lost everything she cared for.
Now she’s the only one who, with the physical and mental powers that she has been gifted, can attempt to save her planet!
This is how her cosmic journey starts: soon enough, Avril will learn that the line between good and evil is thin. It’s up to her to decide whom to believe: her choices will change the destiny of the universe.KEY FEATURES
PHYSICAL/MENTAL DUALISM → Find the perfect balance between your body and mind to face the challenges and enigmas you will find along the journey, but keep an eye on the double health bar: it tracks both your physical and mental healths, and if you lose sight of one of them… you’re dead!
DEFENDER OR CONQUEROR? → Choose if you need to use your wits or strength in your interactions with the factions: decide who you want to become while you reach your goal, but be careful of the consequences…
FAST-PACED MULTI-LAYERED COMBAT SYSTEM → Quickly learn when to switch between physical and mental mode: sharpening your strategic dualism is the only way to keep pace with your opponents!
RETRO SCI-FI VISUALS → Fill your eyes with the original hand-painted visuals inspired by the Retro Sci-Fi Art of the 1950s – you will visit colorful and fascinating planets, and meet the most intriguing creatures of the entire universe!
RESPONSIVE NON-LINEAR NARRATION → Your choices will change the fate of the universe and of the creatures that inhabit it. Are you ready to take responsibility for your decisions? Find out all the possible outcomes of the storyline designed by a Writers Guild Award winner!
Batora: Lost Haven is coming soon to Windows PC (via Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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