Newly announced for PS5, Ravenswatch is a roguelike action game that takes a grimdark approach to classic fairy tale characters, which admittedly isn't anything new. But cursed virtuoso, The Pied Piper, dancing as he leads swarms of rats into battle? That's a pretty novel concept.
Ravenswatch is being developed by Passtech, the studio behind Curse of the Dead Gods, so we know they have the chops for a solid combat system.
It features characters like the aforementioned Piper, a monstrous Little Red Riding Hood, a traumatised take on Beowulf, and a chilling sorceress in the form of The Ice Queen, each with their own skills and playstyles, playable alone or with up to four players co-op.
We don't get to see a whole of gameplay, and we don't have a release window outside of simply 2023, but consider our interest piqued.
What do you think of Ravenswatch? Did you play Curse of the Dead Gods? Sings us a merry song in the comments section below.
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Really like Curse of the Dead Gods although their buff and gear system wasn’t great and could be improved immensely. Hopefully they do that in this, will defo keep an eye out.
Looks great. What a shame it's a roguelike though
@RicebinBernacky Hades was great, but every other roguelite I tried is trash...
@ShadowofSparta I was hugely let down by Curse of the Dead Gods. For me it has chaotic controls and not working fighting mechanics.
@djlard It's my least favourite trend of modern games right now. Every cool-looking indie, I have to check first to see if it's a roguelike, before I get too interested.
Curse of the Dead Gods was very good when it was released and has become improved over time by the devs with balance and content. I strongly recommend perseverance to understand the combat system. Difficult but fair. Stoked for Ravenswatch!
Anyhow, roguelikes are not for all. Hades is probably still the best starting point with Dead Cells/Slay the Spire also on the podium.
Love style but as always ill wait for the physical release.
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