Is it possible to love someone you can’t even touch? This is the question you will ask yourself while playing the upcoming game. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. The French studio Don’t’Nod, which became famous mainly thanks to the Life is Strange series, has repeatedly tried to emerge from the shadow of this plot pearl, either with the fairly successful action game Vampyr, or with the already forgotten adventure game Twin. Mirrors. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is expected to be the culmination of all the best we know from the studio: be it a rich story, unusually interesting characters, difficult decisions that will affect all events, or a unique setting. While the game still has a few things to polish before release, we can’t say it won’t shine. At least with the original ideas that he offers.
The title is characterized as a role-playing game that takes place in 1695 in the fictional city of New Eden, overcome by a curse. As the so-called Banisher, you go to the city to find out what is troubling the inhabitants, uncover the source of the unrelenting evil and make sure that the fate of the citizens, in your hands, ends well. However, you are not alone. Next to Red is his partner and lover Anthea, who is no longer in the world of the living, but is a ghost.
“We felt it was time to create an interesting love story between a living character and a dead character. Among other things, this was the starting point for the entire name. The main theme, therefore, became the question, can love overcome death? So, how far are you willing to go to save your loved one? The whole concept of the game is based on the idea that she is trapped in the spirit world and you work together to find a way to free her from this world.
So you can choose one of two ways: take on her lifeless form or find a way to bring her back to life. But if you take this path, it means that you will also have to sacrifice many human beings. Each time the player will have a new experience in terms of what he will decide and what he will do.” the executive producer told us in an interview Karim Benfares.
While it may not seem like it at first glance, decisions are more than important to the game and the game works well with them. We ended up trying it out ourselves in a playable demo that lasted about an hour. There are two types of solutions: you can find them here dialogue solutionswhich reveal the backstory of the characters and are subsequently found here. action decision, that is, decisions that have a strong impact on the plot. For example, you can decide whether to condemn a certain city resident for his actions or let him live. Sometimes you can sacrifice a person to bring your love one step closer to the world of the living. But is such a sacrifice worth it?
Source :Indian TV
