Kakao Games is working with new developer Nine Ark on its maiden sport venture, Eversoul, and apart from the brand new teaser trailer, we’ve got extra information coming from the builders themselves! An anime-style cell RPG with simply feminine spirits (male spirits will solely be added through future collaborations), allow us to discover out what extra may gamers count on from Eversoul!
• The workforce at Nine Ark hailed from Nexon tasks such because the now-defunct Legion of Heroes and Embrace the Three Kingdoms. These are each strategy-heavy titles.
• Back at G-Star 2021, it was talked about that Eversoul was 80% accomplished. Progression has since gone on effectively, with sport polish and QA incoming. The intention continues to be to launch Eversoul in South Korea in 2022.
• As with constructing a brand new IP from the bottom up, deciding on a worldview was essentially the most troublesome course of at first. As extra screenwriters joined Nine Ark, the workforce was in a position to construct a stronger and extra distinctive worldview that’s well-organized and structured.
• Briefly describing Eversoul’s worldview, the sport takes place within the trendy world the place a scientist unlocked the flexibility for people to realize superpowers and detect the existence of spirits. Gradually, energy and the variety of spirits turned measurements of a nation’s combating prowess. A world battle inevitably broke out, and the human race is decimated. The few survivors left Earth on the “Ark.”
• Left on the ravaged Earth have been the spirits, and an period of peace with out the people was established. A spirit civilization primarily based on love and minor conflicts was shaped, however peace didn’t final lengthy because the Ark carrying the superpowered human survivors, former conquerors and masters of the spirits, returned…
• It was beforehand talked about that Eversoul solely has feminine spirits. This is especially because of the storyline, the place the primary spirit physique, Adam, was discarded for unknown causes. Hence, all spirits are primarily based off the picture of the feminine spirit, Eve.
• Technically, spirits in Eversoul haven’t any gender, simply female and delightful seems to be. However, spirits with masculine appearances does exist within the sport, together with spirits which seem gender impartial. This setting, as talked about earlier than, are topic to alter close to future collaborations.
• Players don’t play as one of many superhumans, however reasonably a savior summoned by the spirits to face on their facet within the battle.
• While acknowledging narratives is one thing gamers care much less about, the workforce has put a lot effort into this side to let gamers really feel the allure of the spirits.
• While most character collectible RPG titles are solely targeted on “collecting,” Eversoul additionally focuses on “connection.” This was vaguely described as “putting a lot of effort into introducing devices that allow players to live, breathe, interact with and immerse themselves in the world of Eversoul.”
• Numerous effort and time was invested in creating every spirit, together with voices, tales, and distinctive illustrations. The objective is to provide gamers a way of accomplishment for every new spirit obtained.
• There is a spirit + participant relationship system which the workforce acquire inspiration from relationship simulation video games. There can be a territorial housing system for the spirits the place gamers can assign duties to them together with varied different features equivalent to decorations.
• New options equivalent to monster invasion of the territory is being developed.
• Each spirit has hidden worries and points saved to themselves, and it relies on how gamers method them. This will unlock totally different endings to comparable situations, whereas additionally strengthen their bonds.
• Another bonus which unlocks through the connection system are new costumes for the spirits!
• 42 spirits are scheduled at launch, with 32 of them being the “Epic” rarity. Of course, new ones will likely be added commonly by way of content material updates.
• After in-house testing, the workforce is now engaged on a milestone system as the general issue was labeled as “easy.”
• A JRPG-style rogue-like dungeon mode may also be out there. Here, gamers discover dungeons and encounter monsters to battle. Since “stamina” of the spirits don’t get better naturally right here, it’s a race to see who can full extra with restricted sources.
• There is an idle rewards system in Eversoul.
• PVP content material won’t be out there at launch, however 2 PVP modes are being ready, together with a 5 vs 5 and sooner or later, a “Champions Arena” the place every participant sends up 3 groups of spirits.
• Other than PVP, a future guild boss raid will make up the end-game content material for Eversoul.