Inti Creates has revealed the discharge date for upcoming card battler Card-en-Ciel, which basically appears like a much less RPG-ified model of Mega Man Battle Community.
The sport is launching in October, and in a brand new trailer, Inti Creates reveals off some Card-en-Ciel gameplay, and it appears…properly, an entire lot like Mega Man Battle Community, truly, proper all the way down to the grid model and isometric viewpoint.
Nonetheless, the place Battle Community additionally featured JRPG-style trappings, together with an overworld wherein you possibly can discuss to NPCs and watch the story unfold, Card-en-Ciel appears to be stripping issues again for a extra roguelite-inspired tackle the style.
Card-en-Ciel revolves round Neon, a “gaming detective” (sure, that is Inti Creates’ precise wording) who should accumulate and make the most of playing cards to do battle with a variety of enemies.
The sport will supply greater than 10 totally different dungeons, every of which is stuffed with monsters to battle, playing cards to gather, and new synergies to seek out. You may as well stay up for particular “Muse Playing cards”, which activate particular skills soundtracked by 50 vocal tracks current within the sport.
Alongside the way in which, you will additionally uncover the story of Neon and his buddies, though it’s going to be advised largely by way of visible novel-style static scenes slightly than overworld exploration, it appears.
You’ll be able to try the trailer for Card-en-Ciel proper right here if you wish to get a way for what the gameplay is like.
Card-en-Ciel involves us from Inti Creates, the studio accountable for franchises like Azure Striker Gunvolt and the Blaster Grasp revivals, in addition to, uh, cheesecake-tastic video games like Gal Gun.
It appears just like the studio is actually looking for to marry its two nice loves in Card-en-Ciel; it is a very Mega Man-esque sport with some fairly gratuitous-feeling anime fanservice in it.
You can try Card-en-Ciel when it launches throughout PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Swap on October twenty fourth.