Hi there! My identify is Yongcheng, the Lead Producer of Naraka: Bladepoint PS5 model. Now we have been working arduous on what we really feel is the most effective model of Naraka: Bladepoint thus far, and we’re actually excited to lastly convey our legendary, melee-focused martial arts battle royale sport to PlayStation 5.
For these of you that aren’t conversant in Naraka: Bladepoint, it’s the final word up-to-60-player PVP motion fight expertise, the place gamers will interact in a singular battle royale expertise that focuses on mastering fast-paced melee motion with a purpose to survive.
On this planet of Naraka, all the things begins with the limitless struggle between 2 historic gods: Sunwing and Moonbane. The Immortal Masks, created on account of their battle, will grant mighty energy to those that possess it. The sport focuses on the following struggle amongst mortals, together with the blind blademaster of Yushan, Viper Ning, the good monk from one other land, Tianhai, the Gray Wolf of the grassland, Temulch, and lots of extra. In complete, we now have 16 playable heroes, and the roaster retains increasing. These heroes are all geared up with highly effective expertise and, so far as we’re involved, are additionally among the best-looking character designs we’ve made. Not solely are you able to destroy your foes with grasp expertise, but in addition do it within the coolest manner.
We additionally created a vivid and multi-functional battlefield. There are historic Jap architectures you possibly can climb and grapple round. Temples and cities, mines, waterfalls, wildflowers, butterflies…all these particulars within the surroundings work collectively and construct a world you possibly can actually immerse your self into.
The core mechanism that makes Naraka so distinctive is the ‘rock-scissor-paper’ fight system. Whenever you click on L2/R2, you’ll provoke regular assaults. And once you long-press L2/R2, you’ll cost a Focus assault which is unable to be disrupted by regular assaults and can trigger greater harm. Lastly, we added a particular gesture known as Counter, which may beat Focus assaults and ship your enemy’s weapon flying. However Counter does nothing however get overwhelmed by regular assaults. These three pillars full the “sport concept” of Naraka’s fight. One good approach is luring your enemy to Counter you, then beat them with Regular assaults.
So long as you choose up this method, you possibly can name your self a professional swordsman. However there’s a great distance earlier than you turn into a real grasp. Over the previous two years, our neighborhood has developed so many lovely combos, just like the “Katana Grapple Combo,” which mixes Katana assaults with a grapple assault.
We optimize the management for the PS5 DualSense controller, permitting customers to realize any combo. We put in an aim-pilot to assist gamers higher use their grapples. Whether or not they plan to goal at their enemy’s physique or the bottom shut by, they’ll handle it with ease. One other operate we included is the auto-turnaround, a generally used characteristic for Motion video games. We additionally targeted on SSD optimization, so PS5 gamers can take pleasure in greater body charges and loading speeds.
Truthfully, essentially the most thrilling half is that you simply don’t have to attend too lengthy to expertise this all. The sport can be formally free-to-play and arrive on PlayStation 5 beginning July 13 in North America. Additionally, for these affected person PlayStation followers, we needed to reward them with a heat welcome present from the dev crew: Everybody on PS5 will obtain a Katana pores and skin, a Ryuzan·Frost Reflection, and a pair of Immortal Treasures. If you’re a PlayStation Plus member, additionally, you will obtain extra goodies, together with 5 extra Treasures, a cool unique Headwear designed only for PS Plus members, and extra.
