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Morrigan Stark · Nov 4, 2014

6-min gameplay trailer, courtesy of Rock Paper Shotgun:

Eitr combines Souls-style combat with the ultra-dark isometric dungeons of the original Diablo. Not sold? The world is Norse-inspired, with a nameless, shieldmaiden protagonist who’s birth was tampered with by Loki, causing all all light to be drained from the world in the process.
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Combat is careful. It’s about positioning yourself at the right distance away from the enemy, learning attack patterns to effectively counter them, and carefully monitoring your stamina. If you don’t, death is quickly dealt by all but the most basic enemies. Rotting rats run at you with unpredictable movements but have low health, making charging them down an effective strategy. The undead shamble along with shields and spears, and blocking and counterattacking are the best methods to avoid being struck by a deadly combo. The 2D plane makes combat simpler than the Souls games, but also removes some of the frustrations implicit in navigating a 3D space. Even at this early stage, it feels great.

(more info at RPS)

Some cool gifs from the game's website:

The protagonist looks great:

I'm not generally a big fan of retro pixel games but as a Souls fan this of course appeals to me. I hope the dungeons won't be randomly generated, couldn't find info about that. I wonder if there's a loot system. Diablo is mentioned a lot as influence, but that could be the isometric dark dungeon aesthetic, not necessarily the loot aspect. [Edit: the dev tweeted that there will indeed be a loot system and the dungeons are not randomly generated, good news!]

Anyway, didn't see a thread about it so I thought I'd share. Burn me at the bonfire if old.

Jawmuncher · Nov 4, 2014

Now this looks really cool.
Just hope they go about adding some music to it though.

CountAntonius · Nov 4, 2014

This actually looks very cool.

Disaster Nebraska · Nov 4, 2014

Looks neat! I'd definitely give it a go.

RK9039 · Nov 4, 2014

Wow, this looks awesome.

Jobbs · Nov 4, 2014

I love everything about what I'm seeing. So much it's making me reconsider what type of game my next project will be.

cjp · Nov 4, 2014

It does look pretty good. I just checked out the dev's Twitter feed and they stated they're building it with controller support as they'd really like to bring it to consoles too.

Arkanius · Nov 4, 2014

This looks so awesome

injurai · Nov 4, 2014

if this plays like diablo 1, I'm very interested

Shadownet · Nov 4, 2014

This looks amazing. Would buy if it come to Steam. Do we have a greenlight page or something?

UncleSporky · Nov 4, 2014

Wonder if it will have a multi mode. I'm well aware that not all games need to be multi, just curious. Many Diablo-style games are, and I like playing them with friends.

OniBarubary · Nov 4, 2014

As an enormous fan of retro pixel games and continuous supporter of them...welp, add another to the beautiful, fun pile.

JBourne · Nov 4, 2014

Beautiful art.

gruenel · Nov 4, 2014

That looks amazing. Any info on what platforms this will come to?

Actionhank · Nov 4, 2014

Not my cup of tea, but the art style looks nice.

Panda Rin · Nov 4, 2014

looks really cool!

bonfires galore.

eot · Nov 4, 2014

One to keep an eye on for sure.

Zabuza · Nov 4, 2014

Very pretty. On my watch list now.

The Technomancer · Nov 4, 2014

Fucking awesome looking

Deleted member 17706 · Nov 4, 2014

Female protagonist, campfire, pixel art.

Now that's an indie game!

Sarcasm aside, this looks pretty damn cool.

Parsnip · Nov 4, 2014

Looks neat.

Morrigan Stark · Nov 4, 2014

cjp said:
It does look pretty good. I just checked out the dev's Twitter feed and they stated they're building it with controller support as they'd really like to bring it to consoles too.

Oh, good point, I hadn't even thought of that, but yeah, I would absolutely need controller support myself. I don't mind playing on PC but console support would be nice to have.

cheststrongwell · Nov 4, 2014

Looks awesome. Is there only one character to choose from?

Shredderi · Nov 4, 2014

Looks beatiful. I like the main character's design.

KingJolly · Nov 4, 2014

What a coincidence, I was searching for a dark souls like indie game. Other than Below this is also looking to scratch my itch.

Hopefully it releases soon.

Interceptor · Nov 4, 2014

Awesome. Already better than D3. But as a german the title is a little bit graphic. ^^

keit4 · Nov 4, 2014

The pixelart and animations look fantastic.

Sentenza · Nov 4, 2014

Love the concept, love the art, but after looking at the 6 minutes trailer I'd say the game still has a lot to prove in terms of mechanics and overall variety.

zerokoolpsx · Nov 4, 2014

Really digging the pixel art for this. Will keep an eye out for it.

CronoShot · Nov 4, 2014

"Indie Dark Souls-like" made me roll my eyes, but it actually looks pretty cool.

Haunted · Nov 4, 2014

Looks absolutely wonderful.

Loving this new wave of 2D games clearly inspired by Dark Souls. Shadowcrypt, Below, Titan Souls, Eitr... and many others with overt and not so overt homages to the Souls series.

Dark Souls has clearly been a hugely influential title beyond what anyone could have anticipated.

RK9039 · Nov 4, 2014

Haunted said:
Looks absolutely wonderful.

Loving this new wave of 2D games clearly inspired by Dark Souls. Shadowcrypt, Below, Titan Souls, Eitr... and many others with overt and not so overt homages to the Souls series.

Dark Souls has clearly been a hugely influential title beyond what anything could have anticipated.

Agreed, this game and Below especially look interesting.

Haunted · Nov 4, 2014

TucoBenedictoPacifico said:
Love the concept, love the art, but after looking at the 6 minutes trailer I'd say the game still has a lot to prove in terms of mechanics and overall variety.

I think they're extremely far along for only a few months of development with a 2-man team. This should be considered alpha footage, if that, and it honestly looks pretty amazing with that in mind.

Elixist · Nov 4, 2014

TucoBenedictoPacifico said:
Love the concept, love the art, but after looking at the 6 minutes trailer I'd say the game still has a lot to prove in terms of mechanics and overall variety.

i agree, almost wish it was polygons so we could see tons of different armors and easier to switch up the environment art as well.

Haunted · Nov 4, 2014

Interceptor said:
Awesome. Already better than D3. But as a german the title is a little bit graphic. ^^

You mean because of Eiter?

This word Eitr (meaning poisonous substance) is where our German word Eiter comes from (deriving from the same Proto-Germanic etimology).

Interceptor · Nov 4, 2014

Haunted said:
You mean because of Eiter?

This word Eitr (meaning poisonous substance) is where our German word Eiter comes from (deriving from the same Proto-Germanic etimology).

You learn something new every day. Thanks.

majik13 · Nov 4, 2014

looks great. Trailer would have been better if the dissolve edits didnt fade out the bg noise completely. Pretty distracting.

Kalnos · Nov 4, 2014

Looks a bit like Diablo 1, and that's including being way too slow looking tbh.

spliced · Nov 4, 2014

Graphics aren't great and I was unimpressed by the gifs but watching the video makes it more appealing. The sound effects are really good and the combat looks ok although kinda repetitive, hopefully it has lots of enemy variety. The status bars in the corner are all wrong because all the fighting is happening in the middle of the screen and I can't see that and the bars at the same time.

WarRock · Nov 4, 2014

Combat looks very satisfying. The bow and the freezing parry also got me by surprise.

alba · Nov 4, 2014

Looks awesome, glad to hear about it now.

Hedge · Nov 4, 2014

I like the atmosphere a lot.

Uthred · Nov 4, 2014

CronoShot said:
"Indie Dark Souls-like" made me roll my eyes, but it actually looks pretty cool.

Exactly, I'll be happy when people get over the "Its the Dark Souls of such and such!", "I put hot sauce on my ham sandwich, its the dark souls of lunch!"

Pinko Marx · Nov 4, 2014

Is there a name for this style of pixel art? I'm seeing it used a lot in indie games within the past few years.

jblank83 · Nov 4, 2014

CronoShot said:
"Indie Dark Souls-like" made me roll my eyes, but it actually looks pretty cool.

In this case it seems to be an apt description. The combat is slow, methodical, high damage, and stamina based.

Kade · Nov 4, 2014

This looks awesome.

WarRock · Nov 4, 2014

jres80 said:
In this case it seems to be an apt description. The combat is slow, methodical, high damage, and stamina based.

So, Samurai Shodown V-like or Secret of Mana-like would be even more apt!

Zero² · Nov 4, 2014

Looks totally like D1, and that's not a bad thing at all!
It is on Unity3d so a console port shouldn't be hard should it?

Apath · Nov 4, 2014

This looks great. Too bad there is no chance of this coming out on mobile.

GuitarAtomik · Nov 4, 2014

Looks pretty cool. Maybe this is blasphemy, but I think a bitching soundtrack would go a long way towards drawing you in more. Either some pumping epic orchestral music, or like some epic dark electronic stuff.

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