Industry veterans Chris Shrigley and Damon Dubois from Giant Space Monster just released their dark fantasy action RPG, Immortal Darkness: Curse of the Pale King on Steam today, and it looks a bit like a dark fantasy Zelda dungeon, which is absolutely not a bad thing.
Immortal Darkness: Curse of the Pale King is a dungeon crawler that blends old school dungeon crawling with modern visuals, instead of going the 8-bit route we are seeing so much of these days. The game features real-time tactical combat as you avoid traps, solve puzzles, and fight your enemies using a wide array of spells as you dive into the "story-driven feel of tabletop gaming with accessible action-adventure gameplay". To do so, they had to go out and hire a hell of a team, and the end result looks pretty impressive.
Hiring Ted Peterson of Elder Scrolls fame, game artist Yigit Koroglu, expert visual effects artist Joel Benefiel, classically-trained composer Jan Glembotzki, and voice actors Lani Minella, and Mark Dodson, Giant Space Monster had this to say about the evolution of the game:
"Over the past two and a half years, we watched our work turn a simple idea into a complex fantasy world full of monsters, magic, and countless dark secrets," said lead designer Damon DuBois. "This is the game we've always wanted to make!"
"Creating Immortal Darkness has been an incredible journey for the team," said lead developer Chris Shrigley. "It really is our love letter to all the great games that inspired and entertained us over the years, and we hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed creating it."
You can check out Immortal Darkness: Curse of the Pale King on Steam right now for $19.99.
