King's Field retro clone in development - Nox Mortalis

Holammer

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Developed by Gemezl, who seems to be a solo dev with a few previous indie horror games. Now he takes a stab at King's Field with PS1 style graphics.
With larger open world bits and crafting. The game had a playtest over the weekend.

Kinda mind-blowing to consider this is the work of one guy, FromSoftware had a team of 22 people for the original KF. Now the tools are so sophisticated & user-friendly a team of one can produce a convincing simulacrum.

 
A weird lil niche has formed for these games, I like it. Still, I would like to see one using modern tech, I feel like the time is ripe for From to do a new Kings Field.
 
Not sure about that combat, but I've added it to my wishlist and will check it out if they ever release an open demo.

Lunacid is also a solo developed indie game in the vein of King's Field.
Heard that one is kinda bad.
 
Wish these retro games would quite with the dogshit resolution - it was never a groovy aesthetic choice, it was a hardware limitation, now long surpassed. Crow Country last year was another one.
 
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Could be sweet if these games would grow in popularity like Dark Souls. The atmosphere and exploration are great for example in Lunacid.
 
It feels more like a Dread Delusion with crafting and less like a Lunacid. Atleast the beginning of the playtest.

This isn't a good or bad thing necessarily. Would have to go into it some more.

The music is on point.
 
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