When something’s popular you can count on copy-cats, and Egress is a shining example of that. Described as a “role-playing battle royale with intense hardcore Souls-like combat system”, the Fazan Games developed title clearly has no shame. It’s due out in 2018 on the PlayStation 4, and promises an alternate universe setting, “combining the Victorian era, Lovecraft’s mythology, and Retrowave”.
There’ll apparently be solo and team-based modes, and the combat system will focus on “melee attacks and dodges, ability combinations, as well as [the] strengths and weaknesses of characters, their roles, and equipment”. We suppose it’s not the worst idea in the world, but it does sound a little bit shameless, doesn’t it? After all, this title’s basically a hodgepodge of everything that’s popular in the industry right now.
[source gematsu.com]
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Unless the map is tiny this is a bad idea
"A role-playing battle royale with intense hardcore Souls-like combat system, combining the Victorian era, Lovecraft’s mythology, and Retrowave”.
That sounds like the most flavour of the year pitch I've heard in a long time. Just needs "MOBA elements" to top it off.
Miyazaki's gonna show them how to do multiplayer battle royal right by throwing in monsters that you have to fend off too.
Funny way to present this.
I don't care about MP games at all, so whatever trends this is following don't matter to me. It is a shame when all devs and pubs start doing the same crap as each other, though.
Can’t wait to see this in action. I’m imagining a poorly animated 3D double dragon and then mindless circle strafing when there’s 2 people left. Yay.
Throw in tower defense and I'm in!...seriously though as someone above said if it does play and feel like souls MP I can imagine it being popular with the souls community (and just think of the streams!!) Probably be half arsed "free to play" garbage when it comes out though
Actually it may very well play and feel like souls mp but it won't be souls mp so the community will hate it...with a passion..I think.
No one's gonna mention that clunky gameplay segment in the last part of the video? They better polish the game or something. I feel this have potential but I fear that it is way too many ideas thrown into one. Also, why Retrowave? Is it scifi? Steampunk? Modern?
Not the worst idea ever, but the game does look pretty awful.
Pfffffff.
lol nice combat at the end -_-
@Cassetticons nah, it needs survival and crafting elements
How many games have TDM? Now how many have Battle Royale? We could use more.
It's only shameful if it cannot improve on or riff off the aspects it is drawing inspiration from in an interesting way.
Just.... why? Dark Souls still has a thriving MP community, there are already too many battle royale games, and this is more tone deaf than saints row. I mean, why the retrowave music? It makes no sense!
God I hope this fails.
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