Sizzling on the heels of saying some main modifications in Towerborne’s launch plans (together with an imminent early entry launch), throughout Xbox’s day 2 Gamescom stream, developer Stoic Studio shared extra gameplay footage and particulars for the upcoming co-op 2.5D motion RPG.
As you’d count on, the footage showcases loads of fight, an space the place Towerborne is wanting fairly promising, with proceedings being fast and combo-focused. With this being a co-op expertise, there’s loads of room for chaos as properly, which incorporates having the ability to steal your teammates’ kills, if that’s the way you want to strategy issues.
The gameplay footage additionally showcases a boss struggle to complete off the extent, with the large, pangolin-like monstrosity often known as the Pangojira doling out quite a lot of hard-hitting assaults, from throwing big rocks to summoning smaller foes that burrow their approach out of the bottom to pounding into the bottom and sending out shockwaves.
Particular, new mechanics are additionally detailed, resembling each boss having a break bar below their well being, which, when depleted absolutely with harm, briefly stuns the boss, permitting you to get in a great deal of harm. In the meantime, efficiently touchdown hits and combos may even refill your weapon meter, which in flip will allow you to unleash particular expertise when crammed up.
As for a way therapeutic works, gamers shall be respawned by their Umbra companions mechanically, although you’ll solely have a restricted variety of respawns throughout your total squad, after which downed gamers will solely be revivable by different players- which, as you possibly can think about, can take up time and depart you weak to assaults.
Try the gameplay footage within the timestamped video beneath.
Towerborne will launch in early entry for PC on September 10, earlier than coming to Xbox Collection X/S at a later date. In 2025, the sport will launch in full for each platforms, and shall be free-to-play.
