At a primary look, Atlyss actually doesn’t appear to be a difficult co-op motion RPG, nevertheless it most actually is. A number of, highly-customizable lessons? Test. Dynamic fight and daunting dungeons? Test. An excellent character creator? Test. All of the hallmarks are there. Whereas it’s getting loads of consideration for a few of its extra… suggestive… points, followers of early 2000s MMOs and even fashionable ARPGs ought to discover enjoyment in its addictive gameplay, which has helped earn Atlyss a remarkably excessive 98% Steam consumer score only one week on from its early entry launch.
The very first thing that you just’ll get caught into with Atlyss – and the factor that has arguably generated essentially the most dialogue across the new RPG – is its character creator. In Atlyss you play as a deceivingly-cute creature and might choose from one in every of 5 races to be your base – starting from the rodent-like Changs to the reptilian Kubolds. Nevertheless, the character creator permits you to customise many points, from their pores and skin/fur/scales/feather colour, to the fashion of outfits, to their voice pitch. Oh, and there are physique proportion sliders that permit for some actual, erm, expression. Mix that with a setting that may flip jiggle physics on or off and also you’ll rapidly notice why trying up the sport on social media will not be a suitable-for-work exercise.
Atlyss is predominantly constructed as a multiplayer sport, taking heavy inspiration from old style MMORPGs in each its visible fashion and as a common expertise. You may get into public or non-public lobbies of as much as 16 folks, and dungeons will be tackled in teams of as much as 4. Options like an in-game textual content chat and emotes and to the social facet of the expertise. Nevertheless, must you wish to go it alone, offline solo play can be supported.
So far as fight and gameplay go, there are three lessons to select from proper now – I’m certain extra will likely be on the best way, however Atlyss has launched in early entry so remains to be a piece in progress. There’s the Fighter which is concentrated on melee harm, the Mystic which is all about magical powers and a help fashion of play, and the Bandit which is all about agile motion and swift attacking.
Every class has a beneficiant pool of distinctive expertise to progressively be taught and stage up. The three lessons additionally feed into three particular stats that marry up with sure sorts of weapons: Power (Fighter), Thoughts (Mystic), and Dexterity (Bandit). Fight itself is a third-person affair, and the mix of the angle and the visuals additionally give off an air of ‘motion platformer from the early 2000s.’
This mixture of extraordinarily attractive fashion and riotous co-op gameplay has led to swathes of glowing evaluations. In actual fact, with its 98% ‘overwhelmingly optimistic’ score, it’s one in every of this yr’s highest-rated new Steam video games as issues stand. It’s additionally been hitting peak participant counts of round 10,000 per day because it launched final week, which could be very commendable.
What’s extra extraordinary concerning the sport and its early success is that it’s been designed and constructed by one solo developer. Plus, it’s remarkably good worth in case you’re searching for a brand new, low-cost sport to sink a while into.
Atlyss is out proper now in Steam Early Entry and can set you again simply $9.99 / £8.50. You’ll be able to be taught extra concerning the sport and choose it up for your self right here.
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