New footage revealed for MMO action RPG Soulframe
Soulframe, the upcoming free-to-play fantasy action RPG, just received a fresh preview showing off combat, questing, and character customization.
Developer Digital Extremes has unveiled 30 minutes of footage from the game, showing off questing, combat, and elements of the game's character customization systems. The demo culminates in a boss fight, which, while reminiscent of soulsborne titles like Elden Ring, seems to take a gentler approach to melee combat.
Soulframe takes place in a beautiful fantasy universe, visually reminiscent of Final Fantasy 16or Elden Ring. Rather than offering the fast-paced combat of its sibling title, sci-fi shooter Warframe, Soulframe opts for a slower, more deliberate experience. We also got a preview of the game's story, which offers a conflict between the forces and nature and industry, steeped in high-fantasy drama.
In Soulframe, careful planning, dodging and parrying is the order of the day. The preview also showed off character customization, giving us a look at the Virtues system, which allows players to divide their build between Courage, Spirit, and Grace — representing the trifecta of strength, magical prowess, and agility.
We also got a glimpse of the Nightfold, the eerie parallel reality that the protagonist can withdraw to when you want to do some character management. Soulframe is set to use specific archetypes of combatants, known as Pacts. By bonding with defeated bosses to acquire new Pacts, players can significantly affect how their character plays, offering a wide range of different possible approaches.
The preview also showed off some of the game's open-world elements, including an insectoid quest-giver who was as adorable as they were well-animated. Soulsframe's move to
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