PID Games announced on February 28, “Vernal Edgewill be released on March 14th local time. Supported platforms are PC (Steam/Epic Games store)/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S/Nintendo Switch. According to the notation on each store page, this work will be compatible with Japanese display, and will be released on March 15, Japan time.
“Vernal Edge” is a 2D action game. Officially, the genre of this work is Metroidvania. The stage is Harikot Kingdom, which is made up of many mysterious floating islands. This land is said to be ruled by a force called the Aloe Anglican Church. The main character of this work is Vernal, a woman who is searching for her father. She comes to this land in search of her revenge and her truth, where she meets an amnesiac robot Sherville with unusual combat abilities. Vernal will use Sherville’s abilities to push his way through this land.
Depending on the type of enemy in this work, it is said that they have a blue gauge called Poise in addition to the physical strength gauge. Players cannot kill enemies until Poise is destroyed. On the other hand, the enemy will be in a stun state after being destroyed, and it seems that you can freely use combos. Charged Attack is effective for destroying Poise. In addition, players can use Pulse Attack to focus attacks in such a way as to lock on to specific enemies. It consumes Pulse Points to use, and Pulse Points can be earned by attacking enemies. The battle system that uses multiple attack methods to hit combos is likely to be a feature of this work.
There are dungeons and towns on the islands of Harikot. Jump, dash, and slide to explore them. In addition, there is an airship in this work, and it is said that you can explore floating islands in any order. You can acquire new spells (Spells) and abilities (Memory) while exploring. In addition to combat abilities, you can also discover abilities to move to new areas.
Hello Penguin Team is working on this work. It’s a small studio led by Matthew Martinez and Alex McCaskey. The scale of game creation, which was originally a hobby, gradually expanded. It is said that this work has been developed as the most ambitious project for the studio.
About a month from May 2020 for this workKickstarterA crowdfunding campaign was carried out. Funds were collected from 1,602 people, earning $64,899 (approximately ¥8,840,000 at the current rate), which far exceeds the target amount of $50,000. This time, the release date of this work, which has been in development with great expectations from users, has been decided. A demo version is also available on the Steam store page, so if you’re interested, it’s a good idea to play the demo version first.
“Vernal Edge” is a PC (Steam/Epic Games Store）/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S/Nintendo SwitchIt is scheduled to be released for
