Batora Lost Haven: Trial of Stormind Games Italians new role-playing game

When you think of Italy, you don’t first think of a nation with a great video game culture. It’s a reputation we’ve been carrying for a while, but with effort and sweat, the bot is slowly becoming a place full of talented developers. It stands out especially in this panorama Storm GamesCreators of Remothered Tormented Fathers (2018) and winners of various awards including Outstanding Italian Company at IVGA (2020).

We are talking about a young but definitely very active team, because a few years after the previous release it is almost ready to release a new game: Batora Lost Haven. Putting the horrors of Remothered aside, the Italian team focuses on the isometric action role-playing game and takes us on a sci-fi and fantasy journey across the galaxy.

we had the opportunity Try the Batora Lost Haven demo then PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | We’ve tasted all the essential ingredients for this adventure that awaits S and Nintendo Switch.

two in the galaxy

Batora Lost Haven opens sometime after someone arrives disaster It devastated Earth (or a fictionalized version of it, if you prefer). We are Avril, an energetic girl who is a little too quiet in the face of danger. However, his enthusiasm leads him to discover an ancient power, the Sun and the Moon, which gives him unique abilities and imposes a great responsibility on him: saving his planet and the entire universe.

Two institutions will manage avril (and a friend without his powers) around the galaxy on various planets that have been partially devastated by the same disaster that has brought our hero’s home planet to its knees. The purpose of our chosen one is to reach and purify the essence of each world in order to restore balance.

There’s obviously more mysterious Behind our journey and in the demo we tested, there were hints of enemies and events that were more alarming than initially appeared. We will have to wait for the full version for a real decision, plus given that the plot will take us to multiple endings that can be reduced to two categories based on our choices: Conqueror or Defender. For now, we can say that we are intrigued by the basic idea inspired by Batora’s novel Awakening.

Sun and moon

Speaking instead of playing, as already mentioned in the launch of Batora Lost Haven, action role playing game with isometric view. Avril has two different ways of fighting: Sun and Moon, designed for hand-to-hand and distance combat, respectively.

However, each form is only effective against enemies of the same color: this forces you not to focus on just one combat method, and more dynamic every fight, because there will always be mixed groups of opponents ahead of us. Also, as you progress and unlock new moves, you gain the ability to upgrade one form while using the other – this forces you to play more carefully, eliminating enemies by category and optimizing damage.

this war moves Subjected to a short cooldown after each cast, Avrils feature powerful hits, whirlwinds that attract enemies, dodges, obstacles and area attacks. There are also moves that can only be activated when you equip certain runes.

the last one upgrade system by Avril. Just by opening chests, completing quests or purchasing from merchants, we will have the opportunity to obtain various runes to change the hero’s stats. Usually each bonus brings with it a bug (e.g. simpler attack but less critical chance) and then we can customize the fighter as we prefer, prioritizing certain stats over others. We believe this system will perform best later in the game when we have lots of slots and runes to use.

Developed or not, Avril still has to fight against her opponents. structure, a cut ‘n’ slash Highly dynamic: If you fight with your head down, you should always stay on the move by choosing your position well to avoid being blocked by enemies who can reset our life points. Again, combat gets more interesting as you unlock skills: we can only attack at the beginning, but as you progress you gain more moves and variety.

Overall, Bora Lost Haven is a fast game and it will get better as you progress. Dungeon exploration is fast, with small rewards and step-by-step battles. Diversity can be helped by the fact that each planet doesn’t take too long to explore and complete.

Also, between one fight and another, we will have to face some difficulties. puzzle challengesChanging the pace of the game by asking us to act deftly rather than arm, the stages tested in the demo were fairly simple, so even those unfamiliar with the genre should have no trouble. These aren’t the chapters that particularly impress us, but maybe we’ll have some more interesting puzzles in the full version. At the very least, these too are created using two forms of Avril that enable different types of keys and platforms.