Exploring a town and letting yourself into a resident’s house for a chat is very RPG, as is the way the plot chugs along, with important characters asking John and Sam for big favours in bigger cities, alongside optional side quests from the local animated oddballs. There’s even some promotional pics on Eastward’s official website showing the characters in the style of clay figurines, just like EarthBound did back in the day – a nice touch!ĭespite the EarthBound inspiration, Eastward isn’t entirely an RPG. And inspiration from the classic Nintendo title EarthBound is especially apparent, with everything from wacky character and enemy designs, to the environment variety and exploration, to the witty writing and overarching plot. The game features such a diverse range of character sprites, and there are so many blink-and-you’ll-miss-em animations, you can truly tell that Eastward is a love-letter written by fans of the SNES-era. Through a meticulous marriage of pixels and 3D lighting, Shanghai-based indie studio Pixpil have fashioned a game so gorgeous you’ll have a hard time believing this is their debut release. The visual style is the star of the show in Eastward. As is the standard with these kinda games there’s also some mysteriously shady business going on behind the scenes, but we’ll leave it to you to uncover the goings-on.
Through a combo of John’s quiet, easygoing attitude and Sam’s eagerness to please, you’ll find yourself seeing the sights while helping anyone that so much as hints at a problem. John is the strong and silent type, and Sam’s the bubbly voice of reason.
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With brilliantly-detailed pixel art, charming writing, and tight gameplay, with upwards of 30 hours of content, Eastward is an absolute cracker of a game worthy of a place in any indie fan’s collection.Įastward puts you in the shoes of dynamic duo big John and young Sam. Your journey through the pixel art world will be accompanied by music composed by Joel Corelitz, who has done work on games such as Halo Infinite and Death Stranding.Take Joel and Ellie from the Last of Us, drop them into EarthBound, add a dash of Zelda, and you’ve got Eastward. As you travel across the land in the little train car featured so prominently in all of the game's trailers, you will find yourself facing off not just with creatures, but with a cast of unique characters as well. The developers have cited games like Legend of Zelda as inspirations, but add that they also want to give the game a "JRPG storyline." The game will focus on puzzle-solving and will have dungeon-crawling. After escaping a subterranean society, the duo set out across the world, where you will face terrifying monsters and creatures. In a blog post from that year, they explained that players will be playing as two characters named John and Sam traveling through a post-apocalyptic world. Pixpil is a Shanghai-based indie studio that was founded in 2013 with only three members, with Eastward originally announced back in 2015. RELATED: ‘Outer Wilds’ Announces New DLC With ‘Echoes of the Eye’ Trailer The stinger at the end of the trailer was the character jolting awake, followed by the game's title card and the announcement of its release date.
The in-game footage was intercut with shots of an animated character floating in an orange substance, unconscious. The trailer showed off the game's vibrant pixel art and a few snippets of gameplay. The last thing that was shown during the event was a new trailer for the 2-D adventure title Eastward, the latest game coming from Stardew Valley and Risk Rain publisher, Chucklefish, and the first game coming from developer Pixpil. From new information on the Jet Set Radio-inspired Bomb Rush Cyberfunk to the RTS revival of Metal Slug, a large catalog of a variety of different games were shown off during the 20-minute event. The title will arrive on September 16 on the Nintendo Switch.Īt today's Nintendo Indie World Showcase, a number of upcoming indie games that are coming to Nintendo Switch got a chance to stand in the spotlight. A brand new trailer for the pixel art RPG Eastward has just been revealed and with it came the announcement of its official release date.
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