Moonbeast Productions announced that Darkhaven is coming soon to Steam. This next-generation action RPG returns to the roots of the genre while at the same time pushes it forward through a fully dynamic and persistent world.
Moon Beast Productions is an independent studio founded by Diablo veterans Philip Shenk, Peter Hu, and Erich Schaefer. In addition to having the Steam page going live, the studio revealed in a statement that there are plans for the Kickstarter campaign.
Darkhaven is a dark fantasy isometric ARPG that's set in the aftermath of a great and final collapse of civilization. Ancient empires have fallen and their ruins reclaimed by wilderness, monsters, and predatory supernatural forces. Players take on the role of heirs to a legacy of power that serves as the last hope for this dying world. As eldritch evil worms its way into the world to feed on its remains, it falls to these few to bring the land back from the brink of death.
The game is designed for solo play, cooperative adventures, and high-stakes PvP-enabled realms. While the game world is procedurally generated, it's fully dynamic and persistent. The terrain and structures are deformable while at the same time buildable. With this, it allows players to dig through earth and tunnel through dungeon walls. They can also drain lakes to uncover buried ruins, redirect lava flows to reshape battlefields, or rebuild shattered fortresses. In the game, the seasons change with the weather having an impact on combat and traversal. There are also world-altering events that leave permanent scars. Each action contributes to a shared and evolving history.
When it comes to combat, the game is able to find a balance between stat progression, build choice, and player skill. It introduces a new layer of action and skill that's rarely seen in the genre with heroes being able to jump, climb, swim, dash, and traverse the world freely, among others. Success though isn't just a function of stats, but also of movement, timing, and terrain awareness.
In a statement, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Erich Schaefer revealed that from the start, they wanted the game "to feel good to play." He went on to say that he's never had more fun not only in making an ARPG but also playing it.
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