Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a stealth platformer developed by Child Robotic Video games launched earlier this month. You play the position of Ayana, the final Ereban, as she embarks on a mission to take down the evil megacorporation Helios.
In an interview with Sport Rant, artistic director Alex Márquez spoke about how a lot the stealth style means to the group behind Ereban: Shadow Legacy, and the way different stealth video games influenced Ayana’s story.
“As large followers of stealth video games, all we wished to do with this recreation is to present again one thing to this style, which sadly is a bit deserted proper now,” Márquez says.
He has a degree, main releases within the stealth style have been few and much between in recent times. Gloomwood involves thoughts, having been launched in 2022, and Hitman 3 supplies its personal model of stealth gameplay. Although, it’s been years since we’ve seen a brand new instalment of Dishonored, Thief or Splinter Cell.
One With Shadows
“It’s the kind of recreation we get pleasure from as gamers inside the group: singleplayer, straight to the purpose, not too lengthy, no microtransactions…” Márquez continues. “In brief, it’s our love letter to stealth video games. So long as individuals get pleasure from merging with the shadows with Ayana throughout her journey, I’ll be very happy.”
Márquez remarks that he at all times performs stealth video games non-lethally if given the choice as a result of he feels dangerous for inflicting avoidable deaths. Nonetheless, in video games like Dishonored, you miss out on sure mechanics once you select to be a full pacifist. With this in thoughts, the group supplies a compromise in Ereban: Shadow Legacy.
Gamers encounter robotic Symulants and likewise Helios staff, salaried staff of the evil company. You needn’t really feel dangerous for killing the Symulants, however there’s an ethical trade-off once you kill Helios staff.
“Are you a realistic individual, who, with a view to defeat their enemy, will kill anybody who stands in your manner, or do you favor to wrestle extra if meaning you gained’t homicide harmless individuals?” Márquez posits. “Because the final of the Ereban, that’s primarily what Ayana has to resolve, and the legacy she is going to outline on the finish of the journey.”
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is at the moment accessible on Steam.
