The End of the Sun is an upcoming Slavic fantasy story-driven mystery adventure that sounds interesting and it's ready for release on January 29.
Developed by a two-person indie team, this first-person adventure invites players to step into the shoes of Ashter, a time-travelling Slavic sorcerer, as they unravel mysteries across shifting seasons and lifetimes. The developers explained that the story begins "in a mysterious village marked by burnt-out bonfires, where players navigate a dynamic environment to uncover secrets hidden in the ashes of the past" and that "With the power to manipulate time, players witness key events in the lives of the villagers, exploring how their choices shape the present and future".
Check out the new trailer:
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Feature Highlight:
- Authentic worldbuilding: Leveraging a photogrammetry, the game recreates detailed environments, including entire buildings and artifacts from real-world ethnographic museums. Players will immerse themselves in a setting that’s as historically accurate as it is visually stunning.
- Nonlinear storyline: Explore the story at your own pace and uncover the hidden layers that evolves with the seasons and years.
- Time-Travel mechanics: Shift between four distinct periods, each reflecting different stages in the lives of the villagers. Experience their stories in spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with years separating each moment in time.
- Slavic culture and mysticism: Dive deep into forgotten traditions, uncover ancient rituals, and encounter mythical creatures rooted in Slavic folklore.
- Dynamic gameplay environment: Real-time changes in weather, lighting, and time of day create an atmosphere of constant discovery and adaptation.
The initial graphics preset is set to 'Highest' and is not automatically adjusted based on hardware. For minimal requirements, we recommend changing the graphics preset in the main menu before starting a new game.
If they've identified that it's an issue, they really could do with identifying a solution before release. Especially if they'd like the green tick.
historically accurate
forgotten traditions, uncover ancient rituals, and encounter mythical creatures rooted in Slavic folklore.
Hmm, where to begin... ok... this is bullshit.
The depicted traditions, dresses and symbols belong Rodovari, a Russian and Eastern European neopaganistic movement, in some countrys even a accepted relgion. It dates back to only beginning of the early 20th century, perhaps 19th century, like all the other neopagan movements, which became a bit of a trend everywhere in Europe at that time.
Although these movements sometimes have a bit of flavour of nationalism and racism i'm very much interested in this, because I really like the aesthetics of slavic paganism. Hope the devolopers drop the historical and traditions rubbish and do a proper adventure game.
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