

If Dark Envoy seems up your alley, you can play it when it launches in 2020 on Steam, Xbox One, and PS4.

Event Horizon hopes that this will add an extra layer of strategy and force players to think harder about how they approach different combat scenarios. Once engaged with an enemy, the two parties will take turns moving and attacking. As players maneuver throughout the world, they will do so in real time. The path you take will influence quest outcomes and narrative structures.ĭark Envoy features a combination of real-time and turn-based combat. When progressing through Dark Envoy, you’ll have the option to side with the humans, or with the old races. Dark Envoy merges together a rich, non-linear story and tactical, party-based combat with dynamic gameplay flow and high-quality visuals and effects. The story will be paved by the decisions of the player. The old races represent the magic and fantastical elements of Dark Envoy, while the humans represent technology.

Humans later came to this world and began to conquer the land. “We’re not limited in anyway when we create locations, when we think about the quests.” having such a mashup setting allows for a wide range of variety when designing characters, weapons, cities, etc.Īs for lore, Dark Envoy envisions a world of the old races, beings akin to elves, fairies, and your classic fantasy creatures. What was described to us as a mixture of a steampunk victorian with fantasy elements really opens up gameplay decisions from a creative standpoint. Something players will immediately be taken by is Dark Envoy’s unique setting. In the video below, our interview with Event Horizon is coupled with gameplay from Dark Envoy. We interviewed the founder of Event Horizon about the process of creating this game from the ground up. The non-linear story sees players sailing across the skies, in search of powerful relics. Developed by Event Horizon, Dark Envoy is a brand new RPG IP that likens itself to notable titles such as XCOM, Divinity, and Dragon Age.
