Inti Creates has revealed the discharge date for upcoming card battler Card-en-Ciel, which primarily appears to be like like a much less RPG-ified model of Mega Man Battle Community.
The sport is launching in October, and in a brand new trailer, Inti Creates exhibits off some Card-en-Ciel gameplay, and it appears to be like…nicely, an entire lot like Mega Man Battle Community, really, proper all the way down to the grid type and isometric viewpoint.
Nevertheless, the place Battle Community additionally featured JRPG-style trappings, together with an overworld wherein you would speak to NPCs and watch the story unfold, Card-en-Ciel appears to be like to be stripping issues again for a extra roguelite-inspired tackle the style.
Card-en-Ciel revolves round Neon, a “gaming detective” (sure, that is Inti Creates’ precise wording) who should accumulate and make the most of playing cards to do battle with a spread of enemies.
The sport will supply greater than 10 completely different dungeons, every of which is filled with monsters to battle, playing cards to gather, and new synergies to seek out. You may also stay up for particular “Muse Playing cards”, which activate particular skills soundtracked by 50 vocal tracks current within the recreation.
Alongside the best way, you will additionally uncover the story of Neon and his mates, though it’s going to be informed largely via visible novel-style static scenes relatively than overworld exploration, it appears.
You may try the trailer for Card-en-Ciel proper right here if you wish to get a way for what the gameplay is like.
Card-en-Ciel involves us from Inti Creates, the studio chargeable for franchises like Azure Striker Gunvolt and the Blaster Grasp revivals, in addition to, uh, cheesecake-tastic video games like Gal Gun.
It appears to be like just like the studio is actually in search of to marry its two nice loves in Card-en-Ciel; it is a very Mega Man-esque recreation with some fairly gratuitous-feeling anime fanservice in it.
You can try Card-en-Ciel when it launches throughout PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Change on October twenty fourth.
