Upcoming open world RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker will place fairly a little bit of emphasis on its day-night cycle owing to the truth that its protagonist, Coen, additionally occurs to be a vampire. Throughout a current Q&A, developer Insurgent Wolves have confirmed that gamers should watch out at evening due to the Blood Starvation mechanic which can compel them to hunt for some blood to fulfill Coen’s cravings.
Explaining the mechanic, Insurgent Wolves has confirmed that if Coen isn’t capable of drink sufficient blood, he would possibly find yourself dropping management of his physique and go right into a frenzy the place he finally ends up attacking close by NPCs to get his blood repair. The studio has additionally famous that this Blood Starvation mechanic solely prompts in the course of the evening, so Coen received’t have a lot to fret about on this regard in the course of the day.
A sport that includes a vampire protagonist with a Blood Starvation-styled mechanic isn’t too out of the bizarre; loads of video games have featured comparable sorts of mechanics up to now, particularly in RPGs. A notable instance comes from 2004’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, the place a participant with a low sufficient humanity stat and ravenous for blood will find yourself going right into a frenzy and begin mindlessly killing these closest to them.
The truth that Coen can find yourself attacking close by NPCs if his Blood Starvation runs deep sufficient needs to be particularly attention-grabbing for the reason that sport guarantees gamers loads of freedom in relation to tales they’ll discover and NPCs they’ll kill. Referring to the idea of the “narrative sandbox”, inventive director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz had revealed again in February that participant company and freedom of selection are the core design selections behind The Blood of Dawnwalker.
“It’s how we enable you, the participant, to work together with it,” stated Tomaszkiewicz. “So the core of it’s maximizing gamers’ company and freedom of selection, whereas, on the identical time delivering the high-quality narratives that we’re recognized for crafting up to now.”
Extra just lately, Tomaszkiewicz had additionally confirmed that gamers will even have freedom in relation to how they take care of Coen’s standing as a vampire. He famous that gamers can select to embrace their vampire aspect, or as an alternative cling to Coen’s humanity and “reject the monster inside”.
“Some gamers would possibly embrace their vampire aspect and provides in to its temptations,” he defined. “Others would possibly cling to their humanity and reject the monster inside. You’ll be able to align with the human rise up or finish the sport with out ever assembly them. You’ll be able to take the fight to Brencis at any time, selecting from a number of paths to take action.”
“This open, player-driven method is what we name the narrative sandbox. It’s the philosophy on the core of our storytelling.”
The Blood of Dawnwalker acquired a gameplay overview trailer simply final month, which revealed that the title can have a fight system that appears fairly much like the one in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, permitting gamers to select instructions for his or her assaults to benefit from enemy weaknesses.
The Blood of Dawnwalker doesn’t but have a launch date except for a 2026 window, and will probably be coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S.
