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The 2023 PlayStation Showcase event revealed an impressive list of upcoming games.
Among them isNeva, a new action-adventure game from developer Nomada Studio.
So many questions linger about the games release date, story, gameplay, and more.
Read on to find out more about our deep-dive overview ofNeva: everything we know.
What is Neva?
Neva is an upcomingaction-adventure gamefrom the team behind the critically acclaimed, platform-adventure, GRIS.
The two games are nearly identical.
Theyre both emotionally charged and tell pretty evocative stories.
The main thread spanning nearly all GRIS reviews was the moving tale told about loss and grief.
Story
Neva features a young woman called Alba who adopts a wolf pet after a traumatic event.
As they grow and mature over time, they form a coveted lifelong bond with one another.
They learn to trust each other and to work together against dark forces.
The decaying world treats them harshly.
Its overwhelming at times to keep pressing on.
When faced with dangerous encounters, they help one another overcome them.
At some points, they have to make life-altering decisions, with the sole goal being to survive.
GRIS is popular for stealing many hearts.
Now, it looks like Neva is on the same path to telling a more emotionally-charged story.
Based on the trailer, there may be swordplay.
Also, the trailer uses no words, just like GRIS.
Instead, using a sad musical tone for most of the trailers entirety.
For now, the only thing to go by is Nevas sole focus on telling an emotional story.
Perhaps players will travel to different locations, collect various valuables, and fight evil.
Development
Neva is an upcoming game from the same team that developed GRIS, Nomada Studio.
Also, similar to GRIS, Neva will be published by Developer Digital.
GRIS is popular for its unique art style that uses color and visual metaphor to tell an evocative story.
Perhaps Neva will also include thought-provoking themes and high-stakes life-altering choices.
In the trailer, Albas wolf companion dies.
So, the story will definitely adopt a similar sad tone and take a turn for the worse.
Trailer
Nevas trailer came hand-in-hand with the first official announcement at the2023 PlayStation Showcase event.
Right off the bat, Neva looks utterly gorgeous.
Its just as arty as GRIS and seems to also adopt the same wordless style of storytelling.
The visuals look painterly.
At the start, there is lush greenery amid a purple mountain landscape.
A serene musical tone plays in the background as a blackbird falls from the sky.
Black flowers bloom from it, ushering in Alba and her pet wolf cub.
The cub grows into a magnificent sight with glorious antlers.
They brave through dark forces, falling one too many times, but finding the strength to press on.
In the end, the wolf succumbs to a mass of torturous demon hands.
She lies, helplessly dying, on the ground.
Alba weeps for her as a young cub slowly crawls into her arms and comforts her.
Thats Nevas trailer in a nutshell.
No spectacle in the combat, per se.
Regardless, its a catchy reveal trailer that definitely ignites an insatiable need to know more.
Feel free to watch the reveal trailerabove.
However, an actual release date is yet to be confirmed.
Neva is set to launch on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC consoles.
Evans I. Karanja is a freelance writer who loves to write about anything technology.
When not writing, he can be found playing video games or watching F1.
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