The upcoming online melee game Absolver is set to resemble “Journey” in multiplayer.
For every PS3 or PS4 owner, it is one of the must-have games: Journey. In this artistically valuable adventure game, you control a mysterious figure covered in a robe. Your goal is to wander through the desert to reach the peak of a mountain. This goal is clear to you from the very beginning.
Along the journey, you may encounter other players who remain completely anonymous. You cannot communicate with each other through voice or text. Even the user name is not displayed during the encounter. Only in the credits will you find out who you were actually traveling with.
The upcoming online melee game Absolver is set to function similarly in multiplayer.
The multiplayer of Absolver resembles that of Journey
In Absolver, you also play a figure whose face is concealed. You explore the world on your own and occasionally stumble upon other players – with whom you can fight or ally. If you find new companions, you can undertake quests or PvP challenges together.
Creative Lead Pierre Tarno explains that Absolver is not an MMO where 50 players run around simultaneously. The developers want to keep things secret instead. This is meant to make it exciting to see how the relationships between players develop.
This makes Absolver similar to Thatgamecompany’s Journey: The multiplayer experience is solely based on gameplay and the emotions it evokes. However, unlike Journey, Absolver is set to have a gesture system that allows you to communicate in-game.
Players are thus meant to be fully immersed in the game world. Journey received consistently positive reviews. Whether Absolver will be equally successful remains to be seen.
Absolver will be released in 2017 for PC and PlayStation 4.
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