Sundered – PAX East 2017 Interview

<p><em>Sundered<&sol;em> is a procedurally generated&comma; 2D metroidvania with a focus on fast-paced combat&comma; enormous bosses&comma; and gorgeous&comma; hand-drawn animation&period; While Thunder Lotus Games&&num;8217&semi; first title&comma; Jotun&comma; borrowed themes from Nordic Mythology&comma; <em>Sundered<&sol;em> instead draws inspiration from H&period;P&period; Lovecraft&comma; made apparent by the many tentacled beasts you face throughout the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"XP0ZMl-6XeU" title&equals;"Sundered - PAX East 2017 Interview"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;XP0ZMl-6XeU"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;XP0ZMl-6XeU&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Sundered - PAX East 2017 Interview"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During my demo&comma; I played through an area several levels into the game&comma; affording me many of the abilities not available at the start&comma; such as double-jumping&comma; hookshot&comma; and so forth&period; With the sometimes overwhelming amount of enemies and the quickness of the combat&comma; the game felt more like a metroidvania-gaiden&comma; requiring a mastery of the game&&num;8217&semi;s mechanics to effectively manage enemies&period; However&comma; whereas the game is still in early Alpha&comma; the precision is not quite where it should be yet&period; However&comma; I was assured that the controls will be tweaked before launch&period; Furthermore&comma; combating enemies does become easier after each time you die as you get to spend &&num;8220&semi;shards&&num;8221&semi; you&&num;8217&semi;ve collected&comma; leveling up attributes like damage resistance&comma; attack power and so forth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Sundered<&sol;em> is slated for release on PC and PS4 in July for approximately &dollar;20&period; For more information on the beautiful art style&comma; leveling system&comma; and influences of insanity and corruption of abilities&comma; check out our in-depth interview with William Dube&comma; Founder and Creative Director of Thunder Lotus Games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;