You can't make a game like Celeste out of a fluke, they clearly understand what makes gaming fun in a fundamental level, so I doubt they would miss the point. Back in 2021 they teased the project - a '2D. Celeste is such a masterpiece that EXOK has earned my inconditional trust. Optimistically, Thorson says, it'll launch within five years of Celeste, so 2023, but it could take. Extremely OK Games, the developers behind the critically acclaimed platformer Celeste, has finally shown a first look at its next game: Earthblade. What it will feel like (by which I do not mean 'I know it's vibe from watching a cut scene'). There's a '20XX' release window, so expect Earthblade to launch sometime in the next 80 years.

But even that's just a nod and move on.Īt the end of a trailer I want to know what your game is. Best it gets is a note of whether it's thematically interesting. I don't think I've ever seen a trailer of this ilk that has actually got me excited. And if it's not there all you've done is wasted my time. So I'm skipping through the filler to see your game. I'm completely over 'gameplay' trailers or sequences framed in such strange ways you struggle to tell it apart from in engine cinematics. I've no patience in more than a few seconds of cinematics. I was left with an impression of something I was excited about and might actually want to play (even if I probably won't because of the combat element and the difficulty of Celeste).Įven the shortest trailers for most games get skimmed through for me. The Game Awards 2022 Celeste Creator Reveals First Gameplay For Earthblade by Marcus Stewart on at 08:10 PM Celeste and TowerFall creator Maddy Thorson and their team at Extremely OK Games teased its next project, Earthblade, last year. Earthblade is a high-fantasy exploration game that takes place in a ruined world with magic and monsters. Even without being a single uncut gameplay sequence this showed souch more what the actual game is than most trailers. Celeste developers Extremely OK Games have announced their new game at The Game Awards this evening, and it looks like theyve gone in a new direction from their previous tough-as-nails platformer.

Lovely pan through a level/world (whether it's one of many, a stitch of many or whatever) showing glimpses of gameplay. I thought this was by far one of the best trailers in the show. Celeste creator Maddy Thorsons next game is called Earthblade, and its a project that remains mostly shrouded in mystery at the time of this writing. I'm already dreading how hard it's inevitably going to be 🥲 I think that trailer is a bit underwhelming, really, but I've got a lot of faith that this will be great if Celeste is anything to go by. The developer of indie hits Celeste and Towerfall has unveiled its next game: Earthblade.

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