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Hellmut: the Badass from Hell is a fast-paced dungeon crawler that lets you take on the demonic hordes with a variety of highly destructive weapons and skills. You can expect to see randomly generated worlds filled with equally random bosses, plenty of treasure and weapons to liberate from your enemies, and naturally, a very casual relationship with realism or common sense.
Since the gameplay is pretty much the only thing that matters in these types of games, allow me to share with you the recently posted announcement trailer. It should give you a pretty damn good idea of what to expect from Hellmut. Have a look:
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Hand of Fate 2 is a bit of a curious game. Its essentially a combination of an action-rpg, a deck-building card game, and a roguelike dungeon crawler. How it works is that each overturned card reveals some sort of challenge or effect, which can range from an action-orientated combat section that is very reminiscent of the modern Batman games, to a short minigame, or just some good ol' fashioned choose-your-own-adventure decision making. The most interesting part of this whole system is that the various different elements are interactive, so if you have a couple of armor and weapon cards, you can actually use them in the combat sections to give yourself an advantage!
As you can see, all of this is not exactly the easiest concept to explain through words alone, so allow me to instead share with you the launch trailer. Its not a very long video, but it should give you a pretty damn good idea of what Hand of Fate 2 is all about and how it plays. Have a look:
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The original Guacamelee! is a highly enjoyable Mexican-themed brawler with more than a fair share of Metroidvania elements. Its all about wondering through a giant world, collecting new powers which you can use in combat and for exploration, dashing and jumping across any obstacles you might encounter, stringing together massive combos in order to exploit an enemy's weakness, and other fun stuff like that.
With all of that in mind, I hope you can now understand just how happy I am to say that Guacamelee! 2 has just been announced at Paris Games Week 2017! You can get a brief look at what Guacamelee! 2 has to offer via the recently posted teaser trailer. Have a gander:
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Among the Sleep is an indie horror game in which you play as a two year old child search for its mother in the middle of the night. In order to do so you will have to explore a highly atmospheric world where fantasy and reality often intertwine, as well as a solve a variety of puzzles in order to cross even the simplest of barriers, as you are after all a young child.
I personally didn't find it to be very scary, but the atmosphere was laid on so thick I simply couldn't stop playing until I was done with the relatively short campaign. As such, I am very glad to say that Among the Sleep will be getting an enhanced edition with improved visuals, smoother gameplay, new dialogue, a brand new level, as well as a variety of performance tweaks this November 2nd.
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Re:Legend is an adorable multiplayer RPG that combines monster raising with elements from life sim games, elements such as: farming, fishing, crafting, village building, and so forth. It was successfully Kickstarted back in August, and is now expected to arrive in June of 2018 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. However, as with all Kickstarter projects its important to keep in mind that delays can and will happen, so don't be too surprised if you hear about Re:Legend getting pushed back into late 2018.
As for the gameplay itself, what better way to demonstrate it than with a lengthy gameplay trailer! You can find the video right below, and I would recommend you give it a look as Re:Legend is quite the cutesy game:
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EITR is a challenging isometric action-RPG with some stunning pixel artwork backing it up. It features a variety of different weapons with unique playstyles, enemies that require strategy and timing in order to beat, tons of randomized loot, as well as a highly punishing difficulty system that rewards the patient and spurns the hasty.
While the only gameplay trailer I could find is around two years old, it should still give you a pretty damn good idea of just what EITR is all about. Have a look, but just keep in mind that what you're looking at is some extremely early-alpha footage:
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Numantia is a historical turn-based strategy game that depicts the real-life conflict between the Republic of Rome and the rebellious Celtiberians of Numantia during 154 BC. In gameplay terms this means you'll have access to two different campaigns, each of which brings their own heroes, troops, settlements, armies, and decisions to make.
You can get a good look at what all of this entails through one of the most recent trailers. The video unfortunately doesn't let any single scene play out for more than a couple of seconds, but its still well worth a glance if you're interested in historical strategy games. Have a look:
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AER is a colorful open-world exploration game set on a planet filled with a variety of floating islands and strange creatures. There are absolutely no enemies to fight or gear to collect - its just you, your ability to transform into a bird at will, and a whole bunch of secrets, puzzles, and story clues to discover.
Since trying to explain these types of games through words alone is mostly a pointless task, allow me to share with you the recent launch trailer. It should give you a pretty damn good idea of just what to expect from AER. Have a look, its quite a relaxing video:
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Last week's update brought a singleplayer story campaign to Overgrowth, as well as a promise that the full version is just around the corner. And now, after more than a decade in development, Overgrowth has finally been released! I must admit, I never expected it would see the light of day, not in a fully finished form anyway.
So what is Overgrowth? In the most basic sense its a highly detailed 3D action game where you get to beat up hordes of enemies as an anthropomorphic bunny. You can duel your opponents in hand-to-hand combat, take them down through stealth, use the environment to your advantage, or just whip out a blade and slice them in half. Its not exactly a complex fighting system from that sort of perspective, but its one that has been polished to a mirror sheen over the course of a decade!
Rather than just continue my blabber, allow me to instead show you the recently posted launch trailer. It should give you a pretty damn good idea of what Overgrowth is all about, and why there is so much interest in it despite the glacial development pace. Have a look:
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Death's Gambit is a highly challenging action-RPG inspired by Dark Souls and primarily focused around precise combat against deadly enemies. As you might guess given its inspiration, Death's Gambit will bring with it a variety of unique weapons and abilities to toy around with, numerous regions filled with secrets and danger at every step, and naturally, gigantic bosses that will most likely stomp you into the ground a dozen times before you finally figure them out.
While its most definitely inspired by Dark Souls, Death's Gambit is by no means a simple copy, as you'll see in one of the lengthier gameplay previews down below. The video is about a year old at this point, so don't expect to see everything polished to a mirror sheen, but it should still give you a pretty damn good idea of what Death's Gambit is all about. Have a look, its well worth a watch: