Beamdog, the developer perhaps best known for its remasters of Black Isle Studios classics such as Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment, has unveiled MythForce, a new first-person fantasy rogue-lite inspired by the Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s.
First things first, MythForce looks kind of glorious, doing an admirable job of capturing the ambiance of any number of 80s cartoon favourites, albeit rendered in full 3D. There’s a definite air of the fondly remembered Dungeons & Dragons’ animated outing about it, for instance (with a little bit of arcade cult-classic Dragon’s Lair thrown in), which is entirely fitting given Beamdog describes its game as a first-person swords & sorcery adventure.
At MythForce’s core is a roguelite dungeon-crawling experience that sees up to four co-op players – in the role of either Victoria the valiant Knight, Rico the charming Rogue, Maggie the wise Mage, and Hawkins the deadly Hunter – storming a colourful cartoon castle packed with “treasure, traps, and terrors”. Beamdog is promising to arm players with “legendary weapons and powerful magic” as they attempt to survive the forces of evil within.
