You've heard a lot about the new label from Koch Media, Prime Matter. With a whole host of games under the new label, a select few stood out to me, and I was quick to remark that they were ones I was very interested in. One such game is The Last Oricru, due to the genre, setting, and more.
Developed by GoldKnights, a new studio based in the Czech Republic, The Last Oricru is an action RPG in a medieval yet sci-fi world. You begin after waking up in a stasis chamber, getting stabbed by a lovely alien fellow. Now, impalement would normally be the end of somebody, but you're special. You survive.
It's time to venture across a seemingly huge world, meeting strange alien creatures, uncovering technological devices that are undeniably anachronistic to the world around them, and finding yourself placed in the middle of a wide number of factions, facing the political strife that wracks the world of The Last Oricru.
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From everything I was able to see in a hands-off early look at The Last Oricru, there is a hell of a lot going on. With multiple factions being described, a world-spanning war of which your actions will directly influence, opportunities to be involved in large-scale battles in a fighting system that appeared - though it was distinctly avoided as a description - souls-like combat.
Add to this what is seemingly a wealth of dialogue options to define your character and playthrough; at first glance, this appears to be the sort of deep world found in many European RPGs in the vein of Gothic, Greedfall, or Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Something the industry, and I, am sorely missing. Particularly with the notion of factional combat and a world full of characters that react to you, even looking like they get involved in the fighting to help protect you.
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There's a lot we don't know, but it may be easier to read what GoldKnights say about the game to get a clearer picture:
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You read it right, couch co-op. How that will impact the story, I don't know. I often find story aspects can be ruined by other humans rushing things through. Fortunately, if it's couch co-op, you will have the other person at the side of you, within reach of your trusty dagger of silencing and bloodletting. There is a lot that interests me here, and while the quality is unknown, it will be until people can get hands-on with the game; what was shown has drawn me in.
The Last Oricru is scheduled to release on the PC, the PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series consoles sometime in 2022.