Pixelated Milk – the team behind Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs and Warsaw – has confirmed plans to bring its next project to Switch, subject to a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Inspired by classic JRPGs and looking a little like Octopath Traveler (which is certainly no bad thing), SacriFire blends real-time and turn-based combat, and tells the story of Ezekiel Ridan, "a young soldier training to join an elite sect of holy warriors who keep the subterranean city of Antioch safe from demons roaming the surface above."
Veteran composer Motoi Sakuraba (Star Ocean, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Golden Sun, Dark Souls) is confirmed to be creating the soundtrack. SacriFire is also coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with a release expected in 2022.
Bartosz Łojewski, Project Lead at Pixelated Milk, had this to say:
The team here at Pixelated Milk is incredibly excited to be announcing the Kickstarter launch for SacriFire, our upcoming JRPG-inspired title. Beautiful retro pixel art, a blend of real-time and turn-based combat, and music by Motoi Sakuraba are all going to come together in a game that is a love letter to games we loved. Players will encounter memorable characters, an underground city, a world of spirits, a war between gods and demons, and one soldier’s ultimate test of faith, you know… everything a good JPRG needs!. We’re seeking 82,000 euros on Kickstarter to help fund this ambitious project, but the sky is the limit!
Will you be backing this one? Let us know with a comment.
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Oh goody, the 2D sprite in a 3D world has a name now.
"Octopath clones."
It should come to switch, the perfect platform for these kind of games.
Looks good!
@paraka One could also call it the paper mario clones
Whats the framerate on this though octopaths amazing aesthetic was ruined by choppyness
Well this looks waaaay better than Octopath imo. No fake blur, 3D lightening and stuff.
Ohh looks cool
@Friendly - That's the point. It has existed for quite some time. Hell, a lot of early PS1 games did this because no one knew how to fully utilize a 3D space yet.
But one game hits a sweet spot and suddenly everything is copying it? Sus.
Wasn't it just 2.5D
I hope the campaign be sucessfull. The game for sure, looks good.
I miss the good ol' days when a developer would release a game first and then ask you to pay for it. I've really grown to loathe the whole "crowd funding" scam.
@Friendly in the psone era games like this were kinda common, Breath of Fire 3 and 4, Grandia and others had such graphics.
Sad the Switch is such a wasteland that articles have to be written about games that "might" come to the Switch instead of games that "are coming" to the Switch. Happens every generation because Nintendo can't seem to build a competitive console.
But Octopath Traveller looked good? This is a bit of a mess.
And I would have to fund it...so I'll pass.
@Paraka Octolikes, if you will.
They got a great composer working on the music!
That always grabs my attention😃
@Paraka Of course 2D + 3D has existed for a while (I'm 42 this year, trust me, I'm aware of that) but this is clearly going for the same visual style as Octopath, with the pixel-heavy sprites, chunky, scale-model-style buildings and soft focus effects. It's not the fact that it's 2D+3D which makes this like Octopath – it's the deeper visual aesthetics, too.
Looks like my kinda thang but obviously need more detail
@Ambassador_Kong You're misunderstanding the piece. The game has been confirmed for Switch but it's subject to a successful KS campaign. If the campaign doesn't hit its target, it might not come to ANY platform.
@Daniel36 Damn, beat me to it — although you could go a few steps further:
@Daniel36 but OF COURSE!
I don't care how it looks the game seems fun so it's definitely on my wishlist now.
Backing? No. Buying? Maybe.
2.5D was definitely the thing. Nights into Dreams, Klonoa.
This is soooo much better looking that Octopath Traveler.
Not sure if i'll still have the interest after Project Triangle comes out. Might be sated for this type of game after that for a while.
Regalia is a hidden gem. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Pixelated Milk is a very small indie developer based in Poland - from a quick search, they fall in the range of 11-50 employees. I'm actually quite floored at the production values here - they appear to be punching WAY above their weight with this one. Looks fantastic, I'm rooting for them!
I'm here for the pixel art. Looks very beautiful! The art style is right up my alley, thank goodness. More specifically, the pixel art in motion looks very impressive. It's one thing to create good static sprites, but it's another skill entirely to design compelling, fluid sprite animations with pixels. Loving what I'm seeing so far!
@UndoControl "That's a pretty thoughtless comment."
No, I thought about it.
@UndoControl I disagree with your opinion, just as you disagree with mine. Now what?
@UndoControl "I'm only stating facts."
Wouldn't be the first time someone mistook their opinion for fact.
Looks 1000x better than that butt-ugly Octopath.
@UndoControl Your claim that certain games couldn't have been made without the "crowdfunding" con is clearly an opinion.
@UndoControl "Nope, that's a fact..."
Nope, it's an opinion. Developers had no problem making games before the "crowdfunding" scam even existed, so your claim that certain games wouldn't exist without "crowdfunding" is clearly an opinion.
@UndoControl Now you're engaging in idle speculation in an attempt to salvage your defeated argument. You don't have any idea which games would and wouldn't have been made if crowdfunding didn't exist. You can try and guess, but that's merely your opinion, not a fact.
As for your "threat" to ignore me, personally, I find it hilarious that some people don't have the maturity to concede a debate and instead petulantly put the other party on ignore.
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