A brand new single participant motion sport impressed by a traditional Korean novel has been introduced for the PS5.
Woochi the Wayfarer is being revealed by Nexon and developed by its subsidiary LoreVault. It’s described as a fantasy motion journey, very similar to the folktale it’s primarily based on.
The Story of Chon Uch’i depicts the story of a real-life Taoist scholar who lived in the course of the mid-Joseon interval (~1550 AD). Nevertheless, within the story he possesses magical powers, which we’d very a lot anticipate to be current within the sport.
Nexon boss Park Yong-hyun stated in a happy press launch:
“Woochi the Wayfarer will present a contemporary and distinctive play expertise that’s primarily based on conventional Korean supplies whereas additionally having an emotional resonance that anybody all over the world can relate to. We plan to current a sport that may enchantment to players of all cultures, telling a tremendous story that totally showcases Nexon Video games’ improvement capabilities and amassed expertise.”
The sport’s being constructed utilizing Unreal Engine 5, and whereas the teaser trailer seems to be CG, it maybe offers you a style of what you may anticipate from the ultimate product.
The press launch mentions that the group is at the moment “location searching” round Korea, the place it’s “personally visiting cultural websites to recreate the Joseon period in high-quality 3D”.
The blurb additional expands:
“The one participant narrative will ship gamers a deeply immersive and thrilling motion gameplay expertise that includes magical settings together with Korean conventional monsters and music.”
We’re anticipating an intense character motion sport right here, however we hope the fight is extra Satan Could Cry than Darkish Souls – though that’s a private style factor.
There’s no launch date hooked up to the sport simply but, however we actually just like the historic Korean setting. Are you intrigued by what you’ve seen thus far?
