Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree | hands-on preview

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Bandai Namco confirmed up on the Summer season Sport Fest Play Days with a rogue-lite recreation from Brownie: Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree.

The 2D action-adventure title debuts on the consoles and PC in September.

It’s a button-mashing rogue-lite set in a mystic realm the place historic forces are threatening Shinju, an idyllic village on the foot of a dwelling sacred tree. You must combat with a few warriors paired collectively and management each of them with a single recreation controller. You must forge weapons and bonds.

Towa is a priestess, a baby of the gods and protector of the wondrous village that sits on the base of a dwelling sacred tree. The village was her house and he or she lived for ages among the many villagers.

Magatsu doesn’t like concord.

However the peace and happiness was damaged by the evil god Magatsu, who unfold his miasma all through the lands. And from that poisoned haze, the Maga Ori beasts emerged. The evil beasts claimed extra lands and crept nearer to the village.

Towa has to recruit eight completely different warriors from the village — prayer kids. They’re granted particular staffs and swords. The soldiers embrace resolute blade grasp Rekka, virtuous seeker Nishiki, and a few others.

Earlier than every quest, you select which ones shall be your Tsurugi (the lead fighter with a sword) or Kagura (the help fighter with a workers). As you enter every space, you the Maga Ori beasts materialize and it’s a must to go on the assault. However it’s a must to keep away from harm by dashing round. So the motion could be very quick.

Strike quite a bit and sprint to flee.

I discovered it moved so quick I needed to focus and keep away from panicking because the beast got here after me. Utilizing my particular powers on the proper second mattered quite a bit. In fact, should you die, it’s a must to begin throughout. It’s a rouge-lite, for certain.

Every time you’re defeated, you come to the village and may select completely different warriors to your subsequent try. However your development stays with you. The priestess turns again time and allows you to attempt once more.

The hand-drawn fashion character artwork and painterly backdrops are stunning and rooted in Jap mysticism. The music soundtrack comes from composer Hitoshi Sakimoto.

The sport comes out on September 19 and you may pre-order it now. it is going to be out on the PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, Steam and Nintendo Swap.

As you combat and stage up, you possibly can obtain a Grace, like a power increase, a drifting cloud strike, a cloud rendering slice or a drafting cloud assault.

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