Arad Chronicle: Kazan, formerly known as Project AK, is a console Soulslike currently being developed by Korean studio Neople, best known for the Dungeon Fighter Online series of PC brawlers. We got a new trailer showing off the promising-looking action RPG, although specific platforms or even a release window have yet to be revealed.
Not being a native Korean speaker, it's hard to be sure exactly what is going on, but apparently, this game is a standalone prequel of sorts set in the Dungeon Fighter Online universe. We might miss the finer points of the narrative setup, but the tone and art style certainly has our attention. Featuring forbidding castles, pestilential swamps, climactic boss encounters and oversized weaponry, we have all the ingredients for a worthy Soulslike, which is never a bad thing by our reckoning.
What do you think of Arad Chronicle: Kazan? What do you think a true Soulslike competitor needs to be successful? Prepare to die in the comments section below.
[source youtu.be, via gematsu.com]
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One thing Souls have is fairness, not quite always but 95+% of the time. Whenever you die it is your fault, and you know it, know you can do better and want another shot. So many imitators get this wrong and just make things difficult for difficulties sake, that isn't fun, or engaging and leads more often to frustration.
Moreover they have worlds that are visually interesting to explore with creative enemy design. Both of these work in harmony with the hidden lore to, like a Russian doll, slowly reveal added depth and intrigue. You want to explore more and piece together the mystery.
In this short trailer this game also has interesting visuals and enemy design, I hope that follows through and is backed by tough, but fair, gameplay. Will keep an eye on it.
Is this that spin-off game that initially started as "Project BBQ" (which was basically a 3D version of DFO) before the devs changed everything?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuIDYE6hxzY&ab_channel=MMOJACKX57
Can't say I'm more interested since the change, will give it a try though.
While we're on the topic of DFO, it seems development of that other 'major' spin-off, Project Overkill, is going well as a new trailer came out yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8humR0kB0Go&ab_channel=GameForge
I really like that quasi cel-shaded graphical styling they have going on.
Color me intrigued.
Another Korean game that looks too good to be true. I'm still waiting for most of these games to actually come out/be good. So far we got Bright Memory from a Chinese dev and that was a glorified tech demo.
Lost Soul Aside, Stellar Blade, Lies of P, Black Wukong, Crimson Desert, they all look gorgeous but none of these has a release date.
Yea the mire I think about it the more upset I get. They really said let's scrap this cool, colorful 3D dungeon fighter game with multiple playable characters and go for a more dark and dreary souls like game with one dudeš¤¦
Hope to see gameplay soon cuz if it still resembles the BBQ gameplay than that'd be great but now there's a chance it'll have huge bosses with huge attack ranges that kill you in 1-2 hits, enemy layout where you have an aggressive enemy up close while 3 shoot at you from a distance, flippin stamina bars, and the good Ole frustrating difficulty that the devs might think is "tOuGh bUt FaIr" but is actually just bs.
But hey hopefully I'm wrong. Hopefully it'll just have a few souls like features and is mostly its own thing and still ends up being really fun
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