What would occur if Fromsoft and Icepick Lodge mixed to make a sport, however made it for the PlayStation 2? Properly, for a begin no-one would ever handle to finish it. The restricted format alone would trigger issues.Extra importantly, it would look rather a lot like False Hero, an upcoming Souls-like with a delightfully weird and otherworldly aesthetic.
If you happen to love the Souls style, however you’re sick of seeing one other crumbling medieval kingdom beset by a curse, then False Hero is likely to be for you. (Not that we dislike crumbling medieval kingdoms right here at Gamezebo, however we are able to see the way you would possibly get feudal-era fatigue after some time.)
A Surreal Panorama
As an alternative, False Hero takes place in a bizarre, liminal area panorama extra akin to the Void in.. The Void, Icepick Lodge’s bizarre resource-management journey sport set after loss of life.
False Hero itself offers with loss of life, or slightly Dying, and its affect. The lands have fallen to Dying. Corrupted creatures roam the cities and the forests. The world is doomed… except somebody have been to face as much as the corruption within the identify of Life.
In False Hero, you select your path. You might support the Gods of life, or stroll the way in which of darkness and produce loss of life with you. Both method, you’ve gotten your work reduce out.
There are areas to discover, bosses to combat, and magical powers to grasp. That is, in fact, offered in a low-polygon model that makes the whole factor really feel like a wander by the Uncanny Valley. Soulslikes ought to at all times got down to make you’re feeling uneasy and unsafe on this planet, and it’s definitely laborious to really feel protected whenever you’re taking a stroll by a large liminal area.
It’s all been created by one solo developer over the course of a number of years. We will’t wait to see how this title shapes up.
Wish to examine False Hero out for your self? You’ll be able to wishlist now on Steam so that you’ll know precisely when the sport drops.
Within the meantime, need some extra strange dreamscapes? Take a gander at our information on REKA.