In January, we informed you about a new 16-bit Zelda-inspired game that will be using Unreal Engine 4, Airoheart. And earlier this week, SOEDESCO released a free PC demo for it on Steam, allowing PC gamers to get a taste of it.
Do note that this is a time-limited demo that will be available until May 9th. After that date, you won’t be able to download and/or play it.
Airoheart aims to adapt the deep and emotional storytelling of the Final Fantasy series with the style and charm of the early Legend of Zelda series. From the much-cherished top-down pixel perspective title of the mid-90s, it features old-school real-time combat, puzzles and platforming sequences in a huge open world.
Airoheart has been in development since 2018 and was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2020. It also looks really retro-cool. It also doesn’t look like anything we’ve seen so far in Unreal Engine 4, so kudos to Pixel Heart Studio.
You can download the demo from here.
Have fun!
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wow. those assets really are legally distinct (the best kind of distinct) from the assets of A Link to The Past
Looks great, I just don’t understand why the main character is just a brown blob with a headband. Maybe make him a distinct color.
Today, clones are called “inspired”. Stunning and brave.
I don’t like supporting Western indie devs. They’re all pozzed, and they get together to make sure everything is pozzed in the Indie sphere.
I don’t get this, just emulate Snes Zelda.
I am sure PC specs will go like:
Minimum
I7 3770k
GTX 770 or R9 290
8 GB RAM
Recommended
Ryzen 3600
RTX 2070
16 GB RAM
Modern game dev hacks too busy sipping starbucks to care about PC optimization
Straight up ripped assets from Zelda A link to the Past. Waterfalls, And walking over shallow water, and blocked doors are literally the same.
This ain’t inspired, this is straight up ripping assets. Lol.