Stray Blade: New information and gameplay for the action RPG from Germany – News

In the course of Spring Showcase out of 505 games new game scenes and info on the single player action RPG Stray Blade presented by the Berlin studio Point Blank Games. In Stray Blade you play the anthropologist Farren, who is the first inhabitant of his fantasy world to discover the mystical valley of Acrea. However, he accidentally destroys the 1000-year-old magical barrier that separates the place from the rest of the world and a fragment of the land pierces his heart. Farren is rescued by Boji, a small creature with wolf-like features. His misadventure has drawn the attention of other factions to the Vale and are vying for dominance within it, but he is now bound to the place by the fragments in his body and has no choice but to explore Acrea.

Stray Blade will focus on exploration and fast-paced, challenging combat. Point Blank Games names them as playful models for the fights Dark Soulsseries and Lord of the Rings – Shadow of War. On the one hand, a weapon mastery system that grants access to new skills should reward experimenting with new weapons. On the other hand, Boji also supports you in the fight, who is gaining more and more trust in you. For example, he claws in the face of opponents to stop them or drags your corpse to shrines to revive you. Boji has also been in Acrea for much longer and gives you hints. Your map also gives you a rough idea of ​​which treasures are hidden in which region, but independent discovery should also be in the foreground. The game world is divided into various regions. Once you have unlocked a new region, you can explore it freely.

The developers also emphasize that the world is changing over time. For example, defeating a boss will grant you new abilities that can also be used to reach new corners in familiar areas. In order to keep the experience fresh when you return, you should always encounter changes in the world. Cleaned camps can, for example, become a monster nest or later belong to another faction. Likewise, it will take some time for Boji to revive you, so things may have changed in the hours since your last screen death.

Since the release of Shock Tactics, the previous title from Point Blank Games, the studio has grown from five to 30 members and is working on the implementation of the action RPG for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. However, Stray Blade should not appear in 2022 as originally announced, but only in 2023.