In the game, you’ll be thrown into the otherworldly, cosmic realm of The Sarcophagus – a strange ecosystem where death does not apply, as the demon making this place its home will send you into a time loop the moment you die.
Announced by developer One More Level and publisher 505 Games, Ghostrunner 2 will mark the return of protagonist Jack, but this time, he leaves the confines of the first game’s Dharma Tower in order to explore the vast wastelands of the outer world on his trusty motorbike.
Sporting some uniquely striking visuals, the game starts off with an interesting premise: you’re Kuon, a cat who has tragically died and must therefore venture through the otherworldly realm of the Soulplane in order to find his way back to his owner.
Described as a deck-builder roguelite, Liberté will take players to the turbulent streets of Paris during the Revolution as they control René, a Parisian local who gets caught up in an ever-growing conflict – namely, that the city is being invaded by an otherworldly, interdimensional being known as Lady Bliss who tasks you with finding her a worthy king or queen.
The game will throw players into dangerous, randomly-generated dungeons to explore alone or in 4-player co-op, but worry not, you have a special ace up your sleeve – in short, the protagonist’s magical hat allows her to possess enemies and thus take on the form of monsters both large and small in order to turn the tide in battle.
LudoNarraCon, as you may or may not know, is a digital convention focusing primarily on narrative games – titles that prefer to add a bit more story to their campaigns, focusing on words instead of shooting, and intriguing plotlines instead of non-stop explosions (disclaimer: there’s nothing wrong with games about explosions).
Ravenlok is a charming action-adventure game from developer Cococucumber and it’s about a young girl getting transported to a magical fantasy land, where she must take up sword and shield to stop a tyrannical queen because… she’s evil, I guess.
Welcome to GTOGG’s May 2023 edition of Promising Indie Game Releases, where we highlight indie and non-mainstream titles that we believe deserve your attention – in other words, “look at all this potentially cool stuff you might’ve missed otherwise”. That would’ve been too long for a title, though.
Rendezvous is a cyberpunk adventure game with some mild action/stealth segments. Set in a futuristic Indonesia, it puts you in the role of a man named Setyo on a quest to find his missing sister in a dystopian world of greedy megacorps, seedy criminal organizations and bodily augmentations.
Welcome to GTOGG’s April 2023 edition of Promising Indie Game Releases, where we highlight indie and non-mainstream titles that we believe deserve your attention – in other words, “look at all this potentially cool stuff you might’ve missed otherwise”.
