Souls of Chronos launches February 14 for PS5, Switch, and PC - Gematsu

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Five-chapter, decisions-based RPG dated.

Publisher Astrolabe Games and Chinese developer FUTU Studio volition merchandise RPG Souls of Chronos for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam connected February 14, the companies announced. It volition enactment English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese connection options.

Here is an overview of the game, via Astrolabe Games:

The Game

Souls of Chronos adopts a classical isometric JRPG experience, blending with action gameplay for its combat system. Playing arsenic the duo of “Sid,” a young lad longing for the extracurricular world, and “Tori,” a mysterious, time-bending “Chronus,” players volition acquisition their adventures successful the larboard metropolis of Astella and beyond.

The crippled is divided into 5 chapters. In this intricate intertwining of events, the choices that players made passim the crippled volition yet pb to 4 antithetic endings and find the destiny of Astella.

The Background: A Post-Apocalyptic New World

Fifteen years aft the catastrophic lawsuit known arsenic the “Apocalypse,” the satellite is inactive successful an epoch of large unrest. Even Astella, a harbor municipality acold from the halfway of the Vallois Empire, is nary exception.

Local gangs, slum dwellers, outer forces, and concealed societies – each these factions are clashing unneurotic implicit their ain docket and interests. Under specified tension, the fragile bid astatine Astella is connected the verge of sliding backmost into all-out conflicts.

In a satellite wherever clip holds large power, a caller taxon emerges with a unsocial gift. The Chronus person the quality to power clip itself done their peculiar power, Chrono, and are bound to their quality partners, the “Linked,” done the mysterious Chrono Pact.

Here successful Astella, a young lad named Sid longs to flight this tiny harbor municipality and research the satellite beyond, but his plans are abruptly interrupted erstwhile helium finds himself caught up successful a unsafe and mysterious case. With the assistance of his Chronus partner, Torii, Sid sets retired connected a thrilling travel that volition trial the limits of their enslaved and endanger to upend the precise bid of the world.

The Characters: Friends from Astella

Bringing their visions and beliefs, arsenic good arsenic their unsocial personalities and circumstances, assorted characters volition articulation Sid and Torii successful uncovering the long-kept mysteries of Astella.

As Sid, you person the powerfulness to forge alliances and signifier your ain property done your actions and dialog options. Do take wisely, arsenic your decisions volition find the destiny of the assorted factions wrong Astella. Partner with those you spot and enactment unneurotic to flooded the looming tempest that threatens the land.

The Combat: Forge Your Own Style: Customizable Weapons and Time-Bending Chrono Power

As Sid’s partner, Torii volition besides articulation the combat and combat alongside him. As they level up, players tin take antithetic skills to maestro antithetic combat styles. Also, with the progression of the story, the brace volition beryllium capable to unlock caller mechanisms.

As a almighty Chronus, Torii tin unleash her peculiar Chrono powerfulness to manipulate the clip during combat anytime erstwhile you are astatine a disadvantage to crook the tide. Sid, connected the different hand, tin take 2 weapons to equip astatine the aforesaid time, from a full of six chiseled limb types, each with its ain upgrade way – Find the combat benignant that champion suits you and conflict immoderate of the astir fearful foes!

Watch the motorboat trailer below. View a caller acceptable of screenshots at the gallery.

Launch Trailer

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