Deathverse: Let It Die Preview - A Battle Royale Made For Television
Few games have the guts to call themselves the “Greatest Game Ever Made,” however, 2016’s Let It Die boldly claimed that it is, in fact, the “Greatest Game Ever Made…Probably.” This off-beat survival RPG kicked things off with players in nothing but their undergarments and let them battle their way through floor after floor of enemies while picking up new loot and listening to the guiding words of a skateboarding reaper known as Uncle Death. Six years later, GungHo Online is ready to launch the follow-up to its cult classic title with Deathverse: Let It Die, a 16-player battle royale that looks just as bloody, weird, and stylish as the studio's previous “Greatest Game Ever Made, Probably.”
Suda 51’s Grasshopper Manufacture is not at the head of this project this time around; however, Deathverse still contains much of the same charm and eccentricities. Those qualities make sense since a lot of the same developers team from the original Let It Die are now working on this battle royale under SuperTrick Games. Game Director Shin Hideyuki states that Deathverse was not originally intended to be a PvPvE arena-based battle royale, but after seeing the success of Let It Die’s PvP elements, the team decided to “hone in on a few good ideas,” leading to the creation of Deathverse: Let It Die.
Deathverse: Let It Die Coming to PS4 and PS5 in 2022
At first glance, Deathverse looks just as strange as its 2016 counterpart. Starting with world design, SuperTrick honed in on making every detail in the world look and feel as odd as possible, sticking close to that original post-apocalyptic feeling that left a lasting impression on players in the original Let It Die. When designing Deathverse, the team had some more flexibility with what it
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