Wild Hearts Gameplay Shows Battle With Giant Boar, Traversal Mechanics

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A new trailer for Electronic Arts and Omega Forces' upcoming monster-hunting game Wild Hearts focuses on the game's construction and traversal mechanics. What may be Wild Hearts' biggest challenge is differentiating itself from Capcom's incredibly popular Monster Hunter franchise. EA has decided to confront this challenge head-on. The new gameplay trailer for Wild Hearts focuses on a boss fight with a giant boar Kemono and the «live-sustaining technology» necessary to defeat it.

Omega Force calls it «ancient Karakuri technology,» but some fans have been jokingly comparing it to Fortnite building. Wild Hearts players will collect materials and with them be able to build a diverse range of combat field tools and structures. As players progress through Wild Hearts, they will discover new types of resources from a variety of sources. These resources can then be used to build new Karakuri, necessary to take down even more challenging Kemono opponents.

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The new Wild Hearts trailer is framed as a hunt against a giant, corrupted boar Kemono. But the hunt is designed to showcase how Karakuri are used throughout a hunt. The player starts far away from their opponent. They build a helicopter-like Karakuri and launch into the sky for the first leg of their journey. They then use a giant crossbow to create a zipline high into the mountains. One last Karakuri, a trampoline of sorts, takes the player to a mountain peak where the boar waits. Three Karakuri are used for traversal before the fight even begins.

In the ensuing fights, all three previously shown Karakuri are used as part of combat. Other tools, including a trebuchet-like hammer, an exploding giant