The end of the journey that Blade & Sorcery started in 2018 is about to come to an end. After five years in development, its creators have announced what their latest major update will be. Exiting the long phase of early access with the launch of the story mode Hunting for crystals It will be in the first quarter of 2024.
The original game was born as a melee title and evolved into a sandbox on an open map, but players have always wanted a single-player campaign where battles in dungeons and landscapes make sense. Research Skew frog To fulfill this desire and promise, he expanded his team to 21 full-time and 6 part-time employees.
Hunting for crystals is the name of this story mode, and it is not a full-fledged RPG, but it is a campaign in which the player will advance and progress, bringing a new scenario. Its plot revolves around the Dalgarii, a dark and ancient race, masters of sorcery, of whose existence there is only one proof: the Tower of Bieth, which is located on a small island in the Hemenic Sea and is surrounded by a magical storm.
All those who tried to gain access to its interior died, so the supposed secrets it held remained intact for centuries. Until, when other Dalgar ruins arose in the harsh landscape of Bayeth, in whose dungeons its first explorers found the source of magical power, the “Crystal”, desired by some and feared by all.
The new stage, the Dalgarian Dungeon, has been designed from the ground up and will be almost the same size as the Outpost, the stage we currently know. At the moment, it consists of 40 interconnected rooms, some external, others internal, where the architecture will be more mythical than medieval.
The player will be one of the adventurers who venture into Hunting for crystals, but unlike the others, the Dalgar Archaeological Society entrusted him with a secret mission. Our character will start from scratch, without weapons and magic, we will be nobody, we will need to unlock skills.
In order to progress, we must research and find two types of power crystals: Crystal Shards (common and not very destructive) and Crystal Cores (rare and powerful). Accumulating them, combining them or using them as currency in the skill tree will allow us to become better warriors and magicians. We will also find all kinds of treasures and resources, and there will be a shop where we can sell them in exchange for weapons, armor, etc.
The update that the story mode will bring will also come with improvements to the current content, graphics, settings, interface and gameplay. There will also be changes: enemies will no longer be classified by clothing alone (soldier, knight, mercenary, bandit), but will belong to different factions: Eraden soldiers, Eye sorcerers, etc. In addition, there will be other surprises that will have to wait until 2024.
