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Back in July 2024, former Piranha Bytes artistic director Björn Pankratz and his spouse, recreation designer Jennifer Pankratz, launched a brand new indie outfit known as Pithead Studio, which they stated would allow them to “preserve doing what we love.” Today we obtained our first take a look at what that’s, and I’m—with all acceptable warning engaged—very excited.
Cralon is “an genuine 3D dungeon crawler with RPG and journey parts” a few demon hunter who falls into an previous mine and should discover his approach out—which, in the best way of this stuff, means going deeper. Naturally, there’s some dangerous stuff hiding within the depths of the delve, and you are going to should get that sorted, with some assist from “the creatures of the shaft,” earlier than you make your escape.
Today’s announcement trailer gave me a right away and highly effective sense of Arx Fatalis, and certain sufficient, Pithead stated its new undertaking is impressed by Arkane’s basic dungeon crawler, in addition to Ultima Underworld—which is sensible as a result of Arx Fatalis is principally Underworld with out the license. Details apart, I’m extraordinarily excited by the prospect as a result of the one videogame I would like greater than a brand new Arx Fatalis is—possibly—a brand new Ultima Underworld. (No, Underworld Ascendant doesn’t rely.)
My warning relating to the undertaking stems from the truth that it is nonetheless very early within the course of and issues can change, and in addition as a result of Piranha Bytes’ earlier RPGs—Gothic, Risen, Elex—have tended to be somewhat, nicely, janky. That’s not essentially a nasty factor—judiciously-applied jank can add actual character to a recreation—and, once more, this isn’t Piranha Bytes, simply a few its former prime folks making video games that seem like the type of factor Piranha Bytes used to make. So, honest or not, there is not any overlooking the connection.
But the upside about all the pieces being in such a preliminary state is that I haven’t got to care about any of that proper now. Pithead is making a recreation that very forcefully journeys my Arx alarms, and I’m 100% on board. I’ll fear in regards to the particulars later, when there are precise particulars to fret about.
Cralon would not have a launch goal at this level, but it surely’s out there for wishlisting now on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Check out some early screenshots down beneath.
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