Alkahest is a brand new first-person fantasy action-adventure RPG from developer Push On that payments itself as a non secular successor to Darkish Messiah of May & Magic whereas additionally citing Dishonored and Kingdom Come: Deliverance as its influences. In it, you may interact in close-quarters fight, discover reasonable medieval places, be taught alchemy, and extra. Try the unbelievable announcement trailer above and the primary screenshots within the gallery beneath.
Alkahest is ready within the kingdom of Kadanor, the place you are the youngest son of a petty lord. The area’s steadiness of energy is tenous at greatest as three homes vie for management. You may discover castles, villages, forests, and different settings befitting of the medieval fantasy setting.
Maybe much more curiously, Alkahest guarantees “dynamic fight with a give attention to interactive atmosphere.” That means, you may construct combos with each your assaults and the atmosphere. One instance Play On provides: “Drop a tree on [an enemy’s] head, kick them off a cliff, set them on fireplace.” That fireplace half comes from Alkahest’s alchemy system, which augments the up-close melee fight in lieu of a magic system. You may comply with recipes or concoct your individual throwables, drinkables, weapon oils, and enemy traps. Stealth and brute-force melee fight are each supported and inspired.
Alkahest is in improvement for PC and we’ll have extra on it as improvement progresses.
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