I was disappointed to find that Repo Man, a new RPG from Achara Studios, has nothing to do with the super gory Jude Law film but that disappointment faded after watching the trailer which is just gorgeous. Built in Unreal Engine 5 the game is a story-driven RPG set in “an alternate world of Art Nouveau, neon lights and conspiracy.”
You will play as debt collector Arthur Newstead who’s life is turned upside down when he finds himself in massive debt. You will have to keep up your repayments and investigating mysteries after being kicked out of the world of “corporate aristocracy” and returned to his home town of San Alma.
The game is a first person open world RPG with focus on dialogues, investigation, negotiation, and proper time management, whatever that is. There is also combat, briefly glimpsed in the trailer, stealth sections, and that most needed feature on any RPG, a card game.
“Most importantly, this is not another so-called walking simulator,” explains Alan Padziński, the CEO of Achara Studios. “Repo Man is closer to Torment than Disco Elysium. While developing a game we make every effort to ensure our title offers diverse and engaging gameplay rather than just the simple clicking of dialogue options.”
“In Repo Man, we will take players to an alternate reality — a world resembling our own, more developed in some respects while lagging behind in others,” continues Padziński. “It’s a world populated not solely by humans, but also by the Fae — descendants of mythological beings resembling elves, dryads, and satyrs. The people of the planet also have to deal with TDD, an epidemic type of depression, the cause of which remains unknown. That world is closer to its end than its beginning,”
I think this may be a game to watch out for when it is released on PC in the first quarter of 2023, with PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S versions planned for later. You can wish list the PC version on Steam here.
Source: Press release
