Beautiful Desolation is an oxymoron if ever we’ve heard one, but it’s also the name of an upcoming PlayStation 4 sci-fi adventure set in a post-apocalyptic South Africa. This is an isometric exploration game similar in style to the old Fallout titles, although the developer is important to note that it’s not an RPG.
The blurb elaborates: “The core of the gameplay is about exploring this twisted, sci-fi African setting, meeting bizarre characters, making story defining dialogue choices, and solving a few puzzles. There are some additional minigames here and there and optional combat encounters along the way, too.” It looks old-school in a good way, but you can see for yourself courtesy of the embedded footage.
The game’s due out on 28th May for PS4, and features a sprawling world with over “40 unique and bizarre characters, each fully voiced by authentic African voice actors, with thousands of lines of dialogue and multiple conversation paths”. It’s also packing a soundtrack by Mick Gordon, who’s perhaps best known for his work on the DOOM franchise.
[source youtube.com]
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Love me some old school adventure games. Definitely interested in this one.
I think this comes out May 28th, only a couple of weeks away. Can't wait!
Reminds me of Disco Elysium, if it's anywhere near as good I'm definitely getting this.
Looked interesting, then the video put me to sleep. It won't be anything like Disco Elysium. It's not a Role Playing Game. It's more like a point and click adventure using an old role playing engine. I'm starved for Science Fiction, just not this starved.
Looks like it may be interesting if it was not a top down game. The camera is so high that the people and animals look like large bugs scurring about on my screen.
@LordSteev have you seen the previews of 'the ascent'? That looks like some nice scifi
@PhhhCough
After reading your post, I just went and looked up a video on it. It looks pretty cool! Space Diablo! Looks XBox only, but that's ok, I'm buying one for Starfield anyway. Thanks for the heads up! I'll keep my eye on it.
I'm South African, so this is a day one purchase for me. Will be interesting to see how they weaved SA people, locations and cultures into this games. Maybe it'll have some District 9 vibes 😬
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