Haenir Studios, a two-person game development studio, has published a new gameplay video for its first title Blight: Survival. The game will be a cooperative, action horror roguelike set in a 14th-century parallel reality. Medieval settings are a time-honoured mainstay of the video game business, and with the massive success of Elden Ring earlier this year, there’s obviously interest in a darker twist on the traditional fantasy design.
IGN’s gameplay clip provides a five-minute overview of the game’s violent fighting and aesthetics. Blight: Survival, like previous games like Chivalry 2, where players may murder with bread loaves, does not seem to shy away from the more horrific parts of mediaeval battle. The game’s initial introduction is a knight pounding in the skull of a zombie infected with blight, the sickness that afflicts the no-land man in which the game is situated. The knight then journeys across a war-torn region in search of an ally in the midst of the carnage. The knight is depicted defeating the undead, slipping past guards, and assassinating opponents along the route. There are also clues of a crafting system in the game. The game’s Steam website has been established, but no release date has been announced.
Blight: Survival players may lose all progress upon death, similar to previous rougelites such as the gloomy and cute Cult of the Lamb. The player’s diary, on the other hand, may live on after death. The teaser depicts what seems to be a quest-based mystery around the blight. The knight is seen scrutinising a damaged fungus in the video, as a finding notice comes at the bottom of the screen. This mystery quest idea is not new to survival games, but it may provide an additional layer of growth to keep players coming back. A system like this might pave the way for a slew of expansions diving further into the mysteries of the blight.
Blight: Survival is an exciting new spin on the notoriously bloated zombie survival genre. Many zombie-focused games, such as the Left 4 Dead-inspired Back 4 Blood, concentrate on a contemporary apocalypse, with players being forced to utilise fading technological systems to live. The mediaeval setting of Haenir Studios’ first product adds a fresh viewpoint to the crowded zombie survival industry. The clip also implies a hybridization of game mechanics. Its use of stealth around guards suggests that gamers may be able to infiltrate outposts and even claim them as their own. Base construction has already been seen in zombie survival games, but defending a mediaeval castle against a swarm of the damned remains a fascinating notion.
Fans have already showered praise on Blight: Survival, with the gameplay, and reveal’s comment section being extremely favourable. This is an outstanding accomplishment for a two-person development team. Blight: Survival has the potential to become an immediate fan favourite, offering a new perspective on the genre and standing among more well-known zombie games like The Last Of Us and its scary clickers.
