

Combat consists of quick and heavy strikes, the latter capable of staggering foes, but you can also dodge, block and perfect block to stun surrounding foes. Clearing the location gives you cards like weapons, equipment or artifacts, and other items like healing potions. Each location has a difficulty rating, with one skull being the lowest and five the most dangerous. Upon entering a region, players can fly around in raven form, going to different landmarks and fighting enemies. There’s also the seventh door – it unlocks when the game goes live and seemingly ties into the live experience. Once three bosses have been defeated, the sixth door with the final boss, The Betrayer, opens.

As you defeat that region’s boss, another door unlocks. Only one is unlocked in the beginning and takes you to one of the five regions in the world. Ravenbound starts the player in a room with many doors. In a new 16-minute alpha gameplay video (via IGN), creative director Emil Kraftling breaks down the different systems while lead designer Simon Laserna demonstrates them. However, while it uses the Apex Engine, Systemic Reaction’s Ravenbound is a rogue-lite developed by a small team in Stockholm. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.When you think of an open-world title from Avalanche Studios Group, Just Cause comes to mind. Improve your deck to give each Vessel the best chance to survive and bring the Raven closer to victory. Expand your deck when you die, but pick carefully: these are the cards your next Vessel will draw. Play Your Cards Right – Ravenbound‘s deck-building feature gives you access to more powerful gear and weapons with each new life.Each Vessel has just one life to sacrifice, but the abilities you attain will benefit the next Vessel that rises in your place. Intense Action-Roguelite Combat – Arm yourself with steel imbued with magic and face off against fantastic creatures like trolls, huldras, and the fearsome undead draugr in fast-paced, up-close combat where tactics are everything.Choose where to go and which challenges to undertake, but beware: this land and its creatures are ever-changing, giving rise to new foes, locations, and trials when you may least expect it!

A Beautifully Deadly Open World – Freely explore a unique fantasy world inspired by Scandinavian folklore on foot or on the wings of the Raven.
