The last project that Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss announced during a Geoff Keighley livestream ended up being delayed indefinitely, so don’t hold your breath too hard for DokeV. Announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live, the South Korean studio’s next project is described as a “creature-collecting open world action adventure”, and is currently in development now.
The press release explains: “Legendary creatures from Korean mythology and folklore, Dokebi, live harmoniously together with humans and help encourage dreams from which they gain strength. They represent all worldly passions and dreams of humans and can provide courage and strength to humans they actively support. DokeV encourages an open play style and exploration and features a beautifully designed open world that is full of wonder and allows players to engage in a host of exciting activities with their collected Dokebi.”
So far, it’s looking pretty tasty – but then so did the aforementioned Crimson Desert, which debuted during The Game Awards 2020 late last year before being pushed back. There’s no release window attached to DokeV, or any indication of when we’ll learn more. It certainly does sound impressive, though, and we’re honestly surprised more developers haven’t attempted to take on Pokémon. For now, you can check out the stunning assets included in this article.
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This actually blew me away. The graphics are excellent and the gameplay looked insane. Definitely piqued my interest.
Looks fantastic, hopefully it's a real game that actually releases some day.
I don't know why, but this trailer really grabbed my attention... it looks fun.
I will keep and eye on this game.
I saw a concept trailer for this aaaaages ago. Why is it only turning up again now? Is this another studio that just doesn't release anything? X'D
Been seeing a lot of comments comparing this to Pokémon but this is to me look more like Splatoon with Jet-set radio's style.
p.s: I get it, this is how Pokémon should have looked like in today's modern tech. Still, didn't cross my mind to compare it to Pokémon and the first thing that came in mind was Splatoon
Apparently this was actually announced a few years ago, there's videos on the official YouTube from 2019, so there's more of a chance of an actual release. The game looks cool enough, Pokemon/Splatoon/Jet Set Radio. Some odd character designs though. I guess it's another MMO based on the dev?
The trailer song was cool, apparently produced by Galactika. They've done some pretty decent songs over the years for the likes of AOA, Twice, Itzy, Apink, and WJSN.
Didn't expect any kpop to show up in a Keighley show lol.
So korean Yokai...?
@rpg2000 It also really grab my attention as well... Maybe it just cause it one of the most visually impressive games I've seen in a while.
Now my most awaited game after Elden Ring. This looks phenomenal and straight out of my childhood dreams.
the game trailer blew me away but I am so sad its a MMO (
If only Nintendo cared... eh?
Meanwhile, Pokemon fans are arguing over how many trees is enough.
Looks fun, just make the music stop!
I feel like it’s not as Pokemonish as this article is making it sound… it just kinda looked like an open world action game for kids. It looks awesome but I saw a lot of kids battling monsters with funky weapons and I’m down with that.
Other than the dodgy framerate this looked really good. Was like peeping Into a world where Nintendo still cared about competing in graphical power.
It blew me away. Definitely will checking it out when it releases.
This game looks incredibly fun, but the moment I seen Pearl Abyss I instantly lost interest. Knowing them this'll be another platform for their pay to win microtransactions.
I had to check out to go run an errand when this came up in the show so I didn't see it when it was first shown off but wow it looks really great! I know Crimson Desert was delayed indefinitely but maybe behind the scenes it's because they want to focus on this one? Kinda like what Housemark did with that one game before moving to Returnal? I hope so as this looks very promising in the trailer.
So, what happened to Crimson Desert?
@Jayofmaya So 2019? I believe was when it was announced. Games do take time to make ans if this is going to be a online world well they have a lot of work to do. They have Black Desert Online and covid was a thing and still is a thing unless whee you are from covid never happened
@DomGC lol okay?
@PupTwilight It seemed like longer haha But tbf my memory is ABSOLUTELY NOT to be trusted. Sometimes I wonder if I have dreamt something or it just happened last week. Anyway, true about the old rona, too. I hope it isn't too online focused, though.
I don't see how this resembles Pokemon in any way.
@Agramonte @Korgon @Bleachedsmiles @Grahamthecracker @ZeroOverOne @Orpheus79V @Yomogi @rpg2000 @ShogunRok @Ward_ting Same here, wasn't expecting the game to look that amazing or have so many features!
Definitely plan to buy at some point and experience.
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