Starfinder: Afterlight has released a new trailer just before the campaign launch on Kickstarter. For the first time, proper gameplay is shown – and an important character with some sharp-witted remarks.
What kind of role-playing game is this?
- Epictellers, a small studio from Barcelona, wants to shake up the currently blossoming RPG genre with Starfinder: Afterlight. Instead of focusing on fantasy with magic and swords, Afterlight leverages the Starfinder license, the sci-fi version of Pathfinder, one of the biggest competitors to D&D.
- The game follows the classic gameplay of the genre with turn-based battles, isometric perspective, and many dialogue options that affect how characters react to you.
- A special focus is on the companions: each of them is fully voiced with their own personality and deep story. The developers’ philosophy is that companions are what bring a world to life.
This is what the new trailer shows: The Kickstarter trailer not only announces the start of the Kickstarter campaign on October 7 but also reveals a bit more of the story. Your party breaks into the “Vault of Memories,” only to see a vision of the apocalypse. You will, of course, want to stop that.
After two new companions, Lu and Sterling, were briefly introduced earlier, the trailer also shows your captain Khali – voiced by Carolina Ravassa, known as Sombra from Overwatch.
Khali shines with snappy comments and little jabs against her technician Tycho and a somewhat … haughty attitude.
Baldur’s Gate 3 as a model and one of its stars as support
Starfinder: Afterlight takes inspiration from successful games like the Pathfinder role-playing games, but primarily from Baldur’s Gate 3 with its top-notch storytelling. For this, the studio even enlisted help from one of Larian’s RPG stars.
Neil Newbon, the voice of Astarion, works as a director for voice actors on Afterlight. His performance in Baldur’s Gate 3 has especially stuck in the minds of many fans of the game, as Newbon brought strong emotions to bear in the right situation.
Starfinder: Afterlight launches on October 7 on Kickstarter and is set to enter Early Access in 2026. Afterwards, the same path is planned as with Baldur’s Gate 3: the developers will let loyal fans play and gather feedback to adjust and develop corresponding content.
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