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You probably haveHollow Knight: Silksongat the top of your mind.
Heres everything we know about the upcomingSomber Echoes.
What is Somber Echoes?
Somber Echoesis an upcoming 2.5D sci-fi Metroidvania that its developing team calls a love letter to the genre.
Its reveal trailer only recently came out on March 2, 2024.
However, its Greco-Roman spaceship setting is already spiking gamers curiosity.
The upcoming game intends to intertwine Greek mythology and modern sci-fi in a compelling Metroidvania adventure.
They render Atromitos a dangerous and challenging labyrinth to maneuver.
Your job is to destroy them all across seven visually distinct districts in terms of scenery and enemies.
Each one will pose new dangers, testing your patience, tactical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Finally, youll come face-to-face with your evil twin for the final boss fight.
In the aftermath, a mysterious force chooses to interfere with destiny and awaken Adrestia from rubble and ashes.
Experience a Metroidvania, where combat is about mastering acrobatic freedom.
Explore an environment that embraces diverse gameplay styles to suit every player.
Youll wield a spear, slicing and dicing alien foes to oblivion.
Steam suggests a progressive system where you master your spear skills over time.
Additionally, youll unlock new abilities to traverse new areas, seamlessly unlocking more acrobatic freedom in combat.
One stand-out gameplay feature to expect is precision and timing.
Youll need to accurately time parries to counter-attack incoming attacks effectively.
It merges cosmic horror and platform exploration.
Its unclear how extensivelySomber Echoess story will draw from Greek mythology.
WithSomber Echoesonly recently unveiled, theres no telling when future updates or the final release will be.
Some gamers are hopingSomber Echoeswill make it to consoles.
Itll be up to the developers whether they allow for future ports.
The developing team has used the words love letter to the genre to describeSomber Echoes.
You see brush strokes ofDead Spaces cosmic horror and modern Metroidvania design.
Heres to hoping the final product holds up post-release.
At the moment, we dont have the exact release date.
Whether itll launch sometime this year or at a later date is anybodys guess.
As of now, no editions have been revealed.
However, you could always follow the official social handlehereto keep track of updates.
Alternatively, well let you know as soon as any new information comes up right here on gaming.net.
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.
