The Surge developer Deck13 Interactive has likened its upcoming new IP Atlas Fallen to God of War and Horizon rather than Dark Souls. The comparison comes as the studio's prior titles, including The Surge 2, could safely call themselves Souls-likes thanks to borrowing many of the mechanics and general difficulty made famous by FromSoftware. So, Atlas Fallen now appears to be a departure from that.
Speaking at Gamescom 2022 (reported by VG247), design director Jérémy Hartvick said Atlas Fallen will be "more inspired by God of War or Horizon", but there will be a difficulty mode for players "more used to games that the company has created before". Alongside an easier Adventure Mode and the standard difficulty option, there'll be a hard mode that tests your build optimisation, combat skills, and ability usage.
Atlas Fallen retains the body part targeting system of The Surge series, but Deck13 Interactive has "pushed everything a step further in the direction of advanced character management and moveset customization, so you’ll get to approach combat in your own way". Systems are designed around speed and fluidity, and the sand all around you can be turned into a weapon.
"This leads to epic, combo-driven dynamics, which in turn feed another central element to Atlas Fallen’s combat system: the Momentum bar. It consists of a gauge which gets filled as you multiply combos, progressively powering the gauntlet for increased damage and extra skills. It gives a wonderfully overpowering feeling to your attacks."
Targetting a release on PS5 next year, expect to hear much more about Atlas Fallen in the coming months. A native PS4 version isn't planned. Have you liked what's been shown of Deck13 Interactive's latest title so far? Control the sands in the comments below.
[source vg247.com]
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Good news as surge was difficult, not a massive fan , even though I got to the last quarter of elden ring 😅
Great, fed up of "Souls" likes.
nice to keep it Switched up, as both types have their place.
Thank God. I'm fine with the Souls-like formula but not every ARPG needs to play like it now.
I loved The Surge and I love me some souls-likes… but I’m okay with this. There are a load of exciting looking souls-likes on the horizon, so I’m happy for them to be shifting direction a little. I’m looking forward to this fair play.
Good to hear. This way they will cater to both people who love a challenge with the hard mode and the people who love action combat but want a bit less challenging combat with the normal difficulty.
@Smiffy01 No one is forcing you to play them.
Nice. I'm not a fan of the souls type games as I have 0 patience This is interesting now
My impression from the trailer was that it could be something like Monster Hunter
As someone who finds all the souls-like games too hard (looking at you FromSoftware 😉) this is good news.
If you are fed up, why do you keep buying/playing them?
No effort, only smash! Ugga bugga
This is great news! Not every arpg needs to be a delicate dance when it comes to combat. It can be flamboyant, cinematic and dumb fun. I'll be keeping my eyeballs on this one. I really appreciate that they're making something different. They made two soulsy titles and had their fill.
Yeah, sooo many Souls like games. What we need is another open world action game with light rpg elements, those barely exist.
@Humaniac yes, because God of War requires no effort. Ugga bugga indeed.
This looked awesome especially that lil bit of gameplay at the end of the trailer definitely helped me see what the game can be about
Sounds great. There is already more than enough "souls" games, my "arcade" heart is thirsty.
I just heard of this game so I decided to check it out and the trailer looks sick.
I am okay with this as "Souls likes" don't exactly feel inspired, they just feel like their trying to copy the souls formula although Nioh is an exception.
Awesome news to hear, I am much more likely to play Atlus Fallen now!
"Here's 4 more mega popular, well established AAA games we are like too, by the way"
I've never heard of this game. What is it? 😅
@Ravix I never heard of it either but check out the trailer because it actually looks good. It's a pleasant surprise. Hopefully it's successful.
Music to my ears, enjoying Elden Ring and that's my limit.
@GreatAuk yeah, it reminds me of how I felt about Forspoken before seeing more of it. It looks pretty decent, but it might end up being a bit bland the more we see. Hopefully not, but hmm.
Hope both do okay, to be fair, but I'm way more cautious about games now, so as to not get too hyped. I can't imagine games like this having that real X factor where you truly fall in love with the world and characters that they have created.
I put these two games in the same class as Crimson Desert Similar kind of style, and maybe one of them will be really good, but I don't think all 3 will be.
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