You may nicely have forgotten about Exodus within the 12 months because it was first revealed at The Recreation Awards 2023 by actor Matthew McConaughey, who’s enjoying a mysterious “main character” in it referred to as C.C Orlev. The excellent news is that a few 12 months on, it is now gotten its first gameplay trailer, that includes motion that appears prefer it’ll attraction to those that wish to bang, okay.
Why? Effectively, issues are trying very Mass Effecty, with copius hints of the the aesthetic a bunch of sci-fi motion pictures and video games appear to have been going for over the previous decade. Oh, and an armoured bear that desires to get within the McConaugway.
This primary have a look at gameplay, which you’ll be able to watch beneath, comes after Exodus developer Archetype Leisure has spent the previous couple of months placing out lore movies which see McConaughey inform us about stuff within the sport’s universe in his basic drawl.
A type of issues is the “Woke up Bear”. These are literal bears which have been armoured up and seemigly gained intelligence, to allow them to run medical provides to distant area colonies and – as McConaughey hints has occurred quite a bit these days – may be employed as furry mercenaries. Assume BG3 lad Halsin’s animal kind, but when he awakened one morning with Minthara’s character in some sort of Freaky Friday swap, I assume.
Anyway, within the gameplay trailer, the sport’s protagonist, Jun, has a struggle with one in every of these bears, utilizing his sci-fi gizmos to slap it up, after a little bit of tactical operating away. That is just about the excessive level, with the whole lot else seeming very Mass Effecty – you are in an area swimsuit, you are capturing and sneaking your manner by way of area dungeons, you are speaking to different individuals in area fits. There’s additionally a floating frog at one level, which I appreciated.
It is value noting that Archetype Leisure is steeped in BioWareyness, having been co-founded by former BioWare devs James Ohlen and Chad Robertson, so it being a bit Mass Effecty vibe-wise is not too shocking.
“Be part of the Vacationers, as they sacrifice their lives to journey by way of the Centauri Universe on a harmful mission to avoid wasting an remoted Woke up civilization from enslavement by Celestials,” reads the trailer’s blurb, “Our service – our sacrifice – discovers worlds, seeds hope, breaks empires. WE ARE THE TRAVELERS.”
Okay, McConaughey and Archetype, you do not have to shout.
In different latest ex-BioWare dev information, unique Mass Impact trilogy director Casey Hudson’s studio Humanoid Origin sadly shut down final month citing a scarcity of funding, with out ever releasing within the sport it was engaged on.
