505 Games has released the E3 2018 gameplay trailer and screenshots for Underworld Ascendant, revealing also that the game will come out in September 2018. Underworld Ascendant is the first major title from OtherSide Entertainment, an independent game developer founded by industry legends Paul Neurath (Ultima Underworld, Thief) and Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Epic Mickey).
Underworld Ascendant will return players to a memorable and breathtaking fantasy realm rife with danger and full of intrigue. The game encourages and rewards player experimentation, boasting an environment that reacts dynamically to player choices and a wide range of items, skills and abilities that affords players meaningful gameplay decisions.
According to the press release, OtherSide is innovating upon the player-authored gameplay of the original series in bold new ways to bring the ‘immersive sim’ genre forward in this action-RPG.
Enjoy!
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I think I said it before: The graphics are going to hold this game back. Not only are they technically outdated, the style is stuck inbetween legitimate options. You can make this a fun platformer, all colorful, cartoony, throw some jokes in. Or you can make a dark dungeon game with dramatic music. The trailer seems to go for the latter theme, but then it should look realistic like Dark Messiah. That’s all I see here any way. Dark Messiah, just with cartoon graphics for some reason. Players want to know what kind of game they’re looking at at first glance and this one sends mixed messages. It’s got zombies and dark shadows but it’s also a cartoon with flat color textures. It’s a bit like when Diablo 3 came out and looked all cartoony, but was still a Diablo game in every other sense. It’s just “off”.
I dont mind the graphics as long as it runs well but looking at how its made on unity, it probably wont.
This looks like the kind of game that looks a 7 or 8 out 10 but plays like a 11.