Game News Cralon is an upcoming Ultima Underworld-inspired dungeon crawler from Bjorn & Jenny Pankratz

[Infinitron]

Tags: Cralon; Pithead Studio

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3440060/Cralon/

You are Cralon the Brave, hunting a demon that is stealing the inhabitants and belongings of a nearby village. But during your pursuit, the creature surprises you and you fall into the shaft of an old mine, trapped in the darkness. A maze of corridors and secrets lay ahead and you must find a way out to avert the threatening doom. But the further you venture into the underworld, the clearer the feeling becomes that something is wrong. With the help of the creatures of the shaft, you face your fears and uncover the secret of the mine.

Key Features

• A huge dungeon with seamless levels and varied environments
• A deep main story with side quests and twists
• Original and bizarre creatures that can be both hostile and friendly
• Fully voiced dialogues with different choices
• Melee and ranged combat
• Items to inspect and collect
• Opportunities to upgrade and improve your character
• Recipes and crafting
• Creepy elements and scary situations
• Hidden puzzles and traps
• Documents and pictures with clues and background information

 

[d1r]

WOW!

Another Unreal Engine marketplace Asset Preview dungeon crawler!

 

[Roguey]

UE5, DOA

 

[Mortmal]

WOW!

Another Unreal Engine marketplace Asset Preview dungeon crawler!

Probably true , but you are ruining all the magic...

 

[thesheeep]

• A deep main story with side quests and twists

Deep, eh? I see what you did there.

Well, good luck to them - at least they are not trying to make another Gothic.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Can't be worse than Ascendant...

 

[sser]

Darkest cralon in the mine.

 

[mindx2]

Forget the main story! What I want to know is who the heck lights all those torches... right?!

 

[Roguey]

• A deep main story with side quests and twists

Deep, eh? I see what you did there.

Well, good luck to them - at least they are not trying to make another Gothic.

Alkimia Interactive is demonstrating quite well with their latest demo why you can't make a Gothic-like with UE5. Pankratz is smarter for not even trying.

 

[Trojan_generic]

I'm sure all the boomers like me will buy a copy. Whether that really helps the developers to get out of the shaft is another thing.

 

[luj1]

Graphics are overkill and the style is zero (generic). Don't expect good gameplay here.

 

[MrBuzzKill]

Cinematic trailers got me so hyped up in the early 2000s but these days it's like, just show me the gameplay so I can get on with my life

 

[thesheeep]

Alkimia Interactive is demonstrating quite well with their latest demo why you can't make a Gothic-like with UE5.

I know that your taste is generally shit, so this is quite the sales pitch.
The demo was pretty good, really. Much better than expected, especially after their previous one.

Engines don't make or break games - you can do well or do shit with any engine.
Only people with zero clue about software or game development think the engine is the root cause of games working or not working.

 

[thesheeep]

Cinematic trailers got me so hyped up in the early 2000s but these days it's like, just show me the gameplay so I can get on with my life

Same.
But I figure in this case, they simply don't have anything to show yet. Which isn't surprising given how fresh this all still is.
I'm honestly more surprised they announced anything at all at this point. Whatever hype this might generate, I doubt there will be much left in 3-4 years when this would release the earliest.

 

[Morgoth]

It already looks better than Monomyth.

 

[0sacred]

Ultima Underworld is a cursed franchise, spiritual successors always turn out shit

 

[HoboForEternity]

I do have a very soft spot for UW like dungeon crawler. There just isnt enough of them, so regardless of how their last project went, i hope it's just good.

 

[Odoryuk]