Pixpil and Chucklefish have announced that their anticipated 2D adventure title Eastward will launch on PC on September 16th. Featuring beautiful visuals, a stirring soundtrack and emotional narrative, Eastward promises delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people.
Set in the near-future, society is starting to collapse, and the human population is at an all-time low. A deadly toxic presence has spread across the land, destroying and devouring everything in its path. Escape the tyrannical clutches of a subterranean society and join Eastward’s unlikely duo on an exciting adventure to the land above! Discover beautiful yet bizarre settlements and make new friends as you travel across the world by rail.
Here are also the game’s key features:
- Single-player, dual character adventure RPG with puzzle-solving and dungeon elements
- Join John and Sam in their emotional journey across a world falling to ruin
- Meet a quirky cast of characters, encounter strange monsters and distant cities
- Beautifully rich pixel art, created using a combination of modern 3D lighting and retro-pixel style artwork
- Soundtrack composed by Joel Corelitz (The Unfinished Swan, Gorogoa, Death Stranding, Halo Infinite), with sound design from Irish studio, Hyperduck Soundworks
Enjoy!
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Meh… don’t like supporting Western games.
Wobbly characters again? That’s cringeworthy. Why is everyone following the same uninspired trend?
Whoa a 2d game that doesn’t look like garbage nes graphics. Looks interesting.
It’s easy to find retro games that look more advanced than those on the NES. Most strive for 16-bit-like graphics, anyway.
To find anything that doesn’t look like it was made by pretentious hipsters, though… Now, that’s hard.
CalArts style is obnoxious.
Earthbound’s quirkiness was kinda unique at the time. Nowadays, 2D games that aren’t quirky are rare, and I’m getting fed up with every developer trying way too hard to be memey and ironic.