Hunt the Night has been announced for a worldwide release, bringing its 16-bit action-adventure dark fantasy to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
The game casts you as Vesper, one of the Stalkers, an order that battles through the world of Medhram trying to stave off the monsters that have ruined this world. The game lifts the challenge of Bloodborne and Souls-likes through its fast-paced combat and epic-looking bosses, but combines it with classic adventure games like The Legend of Zelda and Secret of Mana.
Here’s the story blurb:
It is the 9th Age of humanity. The cycle of day is ruled by humans, the night one by horrid creatures. Despite its efforts, humanity is annihilated with every arrival of the Night.
A group of humans, calling themselves ‘The Stalkers,’ discovered how to use the power of darkness to their advantage and fought the Night. However, it was not enough, and with every new dawn humanity rose again knowing that, with darkness, comes extinction.
Humanity found the ‘Seal of Night,’ an artifact that allowed them to stop the cycle in an everlasting day. In exchange for a blood oath that The Stalkers were willing to pay, the sun ruled for hundreds of generations and, for the first time, hope was a beacon of light. Yet fate proved unstoppable, and they paid the ultimate price.
Now, as the Night starts devouring every single glint of light, Vesper, a Stalker by right and daughter of the traitor, will travel a dying land trying to save the last embers of humanity. She hunts in a race against destiny, as the shadows lengthen both in the world and in her mind.
Through the game you’ll be able to upgrade and customise your Vesper build, take on secondary quest lines, and soak in the soundtrack by Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Kikuta.
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