Battletech, Shadowrun, and The Lamplighters League developer Harebrained Schemes has introduced its first venture since parting methods with Paradox Interactive final yr. It is a “post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG” referred to as Graft and it is heading to PC.
Graft’s story unfolds within the depths of a decaying continent-sized area station often known as the Arc, residence to forgotten applied sciences and unsettling wonders. Gamers should courageous its horrors as they traverse “large chasms, labyrinthine techno-catacombs, and self-replicating corridors”, dealing with enemies in fight – together with “historic experiments, monstrous abominations, and relentless brokers of a mad AI” – and Grafting as they go.
That is just about precisely what it feels like, requiring gamers to scavenge physique components from fallen opponents and graft them onto themselves so as to alter their bodily type, gaining new skills and powers as they do. However Grafting a component additionally infuses gamers with its earlier proprietor’s recollections, creating what Harebrained calls a “haunting interaction of survival, transformation, and self-discovery”.
“Type alliances, construct belief, and face the fact that anybody nonetheless dwelling could possibly be each an ally and a risk,” teases the studio. “Your selections will form your journey and decide the destiny of these you encounter… Will you escape the Arc along with your humanity intact, or turn into one thing else solely?”
There is not any trace of a launch date for Graft, however Harebrained is presently aiming to launch it through the Epic Video games Retailer and Steam. It will be the studio’s first launch since final yr’s flawed by entertaining turn-based technique recreation The Lamplighter’s League, which writer Paradox Interactive later declared a $22m flop.
That announcement was adopted by the information Paradox was parting methods with Harebrained Schemes – which it had acquired again in 2018 following the discharge of BattleTech – with the writer retaining the rights to The Lamplighters League, BattleTech, Necropolis, and the Shadowrun Trilogy.
