Acquire, the Japanese developer that worked alongside Square Enix on Octopath Traveler and its sequel, is self-publishing a brand-new dungeon-crawler called Ancient Weapon Holly on Switch next month.
Launching 8th March, 2024 on the Switch eShop, the game stars 'human-hating' autonomous weapon 'Holly', who has been sealed within the Earth with diminished powers. Determined to escape and destroy humanity forever, she must navigate a labyrinth of dungeons and seal away the monsters in her path.
Sounds awfully dire for those humans, eh? Well, thankfully the gameplay itself looks pretty cool and should make for an interesting experience if you're a fan of dungeon-crawlers.
Let's take a look at the features:
- Intense combat.
- Strategic gameplay that lures enemies into pitfalls.
- Exhilarating action of burying enemies you've trapped in pitfalls.
- Holly's evolution and unlocking altar functions lead to deeper strategies.
Ancient Weapon Holly is available to pre-order now for £17.99 / £14.99.
Does this one look appealing to you? Let us know what you think with a comment down below.
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Instant wishlist!
Got to see more of this
Looks great I just really hope it has a decent framerate. It would be a waste to see such graphics and art style ruined by something like that. I was unable to play octopath as the overworld framerate cooked my eyes.
This game is dungeon-crawler? Just, it looks different from the other Japanese dungeon-crawlers like Etrian Odyssey, Kowloon, Moero Chronicle...
I miss these sort of smaller projects. Bigger than pixel indies, smaller than AA releases like you'd get from Falcom, and with a reduced price tag. The 3DS eshop was full of them.
@Vyacheslav333 Based on the footage, looks much more Mystery Dungeon-style than Wizardry-style.
Looks purdy.
@Ralizah But real time instead of turn based? I guess? It seems weirdly slow...
Realish time with grid based movement? I'm usually into that cause of mmbn but it looks a little awkward and not very exciting here, might look for another trailer.
@Ralizah Ah, got it. Wizardry was popular in Japan, huh...
So it's Lode Runner but a topdown roguelite? And grey and awful looking?
Looks pretty cool, looking forward to seeing more of it as I'm considering eventually getting it!
Looks really good, would have been great for the Direct we just had!
idk why but that trailer looks like it was put together in like an afternoon. Really not getting good feelings.
@FantasiaWHT It's hard to tell from the footage if your moves are on a timer or anything. There's definitely a group of people who will find great enjoyment in this style of gameplay.
@Vyacheslav333 Oh yes. The Japanese version of Wizardry at the beginning of the 80s is arguably what kickstarted the first wave of Japanese-developed computer RPGs.
This style of JRPG game design went into semi-hibernation over the 90s and early 00s until Atlus revived interest in it with Etrian Odyssey.
@Ralizah Oh, understood.
Trapping enemies by digging holes seems to be inspired by Lode Runner.
@Gradius It was inspired by Heiankyo Alien.
Common eShop only?????
It's weird to me to see Aquire known as "the guys who did the grunt work on Octopath" and not the "crazed perverts behind Akiba's Trip"
I'm not sure why but this reminds me a little of katanakami meets Deception. I will wait on reviews.
The last game from Acquire before being reassigned and lost in support work for Square-Enix. RIP Octopath Traveler.
Octopath was criticized for its dungeon design so maybe they're trying to work on that.
@Purgatorium by letting an algorithm do the heavy lifting
Wait, so it's not made by Team Asano?
Almost got my hopes up.
Looks kinda cool, but if the environments are just those same grey squares the entire time I'm definitely gonna pass. I love roguelikes to death but I feel like all that grey would bore me to tears.
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