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PaperSeven showed off their new story-driven adventure game today on the Twitch livestream at Gamescom – Blackwood Crossing.
Taking part on a train between two orphaned siblings, 14-year-old Scarlet and 10-year-old Finn, you play as Scarlet as she follows her brother through the train and into surreal changing landscapes as we discover the past, present and feelings of both siblings.
Like any good game of this genre you must go around and find clues as to how to proceed, both through items you can pick up and examine closer as well as items set around the landscape around you. Using these to solve puzzles will let you proceed in the game and eventually get to the root of why they are on the train and what has happened.
Indeed, the trailer can explain it a bit better than I can;
As you can see, eventually it gets very dark as we seem to delve almost into an atmosphere shaped by Finn’s own thoughts and feelings as his beloved sister enters teenagehood and grows apart from him. It seems wonderfully rich, and I am curious as to the fully story.
If you too are interested, we’ve been told to expect the game sometime in early 2017, with a simultaneous release on Xbox One, PS4 and Steam. More information can be found at blackwoodcrossing.com.
Having revealed one of their upcoming games earlier that day, Kalypso were the last to take to the Twitch livestream stage today to reveal that they were due to publish a game developed by Kite Games that is sequel to a series last seen in 2007 with Sudden Strike 4.
Sudden Strike, for those unaware, is an RTS series of games set during World War II in which you can play as all sides in campaigns and battles and the forth game is no exception. Sudden Strike 4 will have 20 different maps all over Europe with campaigns set with the German, Allied and Soviet armies. You start each level with a certain number of troops and because this is not an RTS that involves base-building it is more tactical in that you need to plan well how best to make use of what you’ve been given.
While what you get given is limited in itself, with clever use of your own troops it is possible to take control of enemy vehicles that are emptied of opponents or some of their weaponry if it is not completely destroyed and you are able to repair it. Environments are very destructable with buildings being easily levelled if you attack them hard enough and each battle and map are based off real life locations and battles that took place during World War II.
Helping you out is the Generals system, which allows you to choose from a few different generals with different bonuses based on how you want to tackle a battle. Completing battles earns you stars which can then level up those abilities and unlock new skills. There will also be challenge modes which see certain limits being put onto maps to see how you can cope with the extra difficulty.
The game will come with singleplayer and a multiplayer option for up to 8 players (4 vs 4), and is releasing in Spring of 2017. The game’s already up for pre-ordering though.
Seasons After Fall is a 2D puzzle-adventure game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature.
We’ve had a lot of beautiful looking games over the last few years, one of which, Ori and the Blind Forest, was a favourite here at teh station. Seasons After Fall looks like it will be slotting itself nicely into that group in September when it releases on STEAM and later on consoles.
The game is beautifully hand drawn and has lots of puzzles and effects like changing the seasons in teh game to make the terrain change and thats how puzzles work.
It’s going to be fun to watch on stream for sure and we’re all looking forward to trying this one!
Seasons After Fall is out on 2nd September on STEAM and consoles later on.
Check out the trailer and tell us what you think in the comments below…
Mother Russia Bleeds is an ultra-violent co-op brawler overflowing with an unmistakable style and unforgettably brutal action for up to four players at once. Set in an alternate U.S.S.R, the story centers on a desperate crew of imprisoned street fighters that must overcome an oppressive criminal authority and crippling drug addictions through any means necessary. Battle solo or alongside friends locally and online in an exceptional story mode campaign or harden your resolve in a multitude of formidable challenge and versus modes.
In an interesting hark back to teh games I grew up with, Le cartel, a small indie in France has teamed up with Devolver digital to bring us Mother Russia Bleeds, a side scrolling beat’em up in the style of final Fight or Streets of Rage.
Showing off gameplay today at GamesCom, we got to see some of the graphically violent gameplay that immediately felt natural for those of us that grew up on those iconic side scrollers.
The graphics are typically pixel based but incrediblt detailed, and the game play flows really quickly.
The game allows for 4 player co-op with the difficulty increasing/decreasing based ont eh number of players in game aswell.
This looks like a really fun game for a few freinds either on console or pc and is out on PC/Mac/Linux via STEAM on September 5th, with console versions coming a little later
Playtonic have released a new trailer for their upcoming game Yooka-Laylee and it looks beautiful.
The trailer takes us through some of the worlds of Yooka-Laylee, showing off our duo as they journey across the world collecting pick ups, using special moves to fight enemies and solve puzzles and even one of the transformations in which both Yooka and Laylee are clearly visible in a snowplough form.
For those who backed Playtonic’s spiritual successor, the elements that Playtonic have brought over from Banjo-Kazooie to Yooka-Laylee will be obvious in this trailer. It looks to be just the 90s-inspired tag team platformer that we hoped for.
