WILD HEARTS whisks players away on an epic adventure set in fantasy feudal Japan. There, they’ll battle against giant nature-infused beasts called Kemono with the help of Karakuri, sophisticated mechanisms crafted from a lost, ancient technology.
- Release Date: February 17, 2023
- Developer: Omega Force
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Platforms: Playstation 5, Xbox Series, PC
Story:
Wild Hearts is set in a fantasy world named Azuma, which is heavily inspired by feudal Japan, and inhabited by massive creatures called Kemono. Here’s the official description via a press release from EA.
“Wild Hearts takes place in Azuma, a fantasy landscape inspired by feudal Japan, that is now rampaged by the once peaceful Kemono — altering their environment at the cost of citizens’ lives. The Kemono range from plant-infused squirrels to the massive Kingtusk wild boar. After a dreadful fight with the winter wolf Deathstalker, players become bearers of a life-sustaining technology and are compelled to restore balance across the region.”
Past the initial introduction, we don’t currently know a lot about Wild Hearts’ story, however, it’s not unreasonable to expect that the game won’t be narrative-focused. Wild Hearts is a hunting game along the lines of Monster Hunter, and the genre typically puts gameplay first and foremost.
Gameplay:
The core gameplay loop of Wild Hearts will revolve around hunting the dangerous Kemono and upgrading your equipment to take on ever tougher enemies. Wild Hearts is described as a “twist on the hunting genre where ancient tech gives you a fighting chance against giant beasts.”
While you can play Wild Hearts solo, it’ll also support up to three-player co-op with full crossplay features on all platforms. The thing we don’t know right now is how Wild Hearts’ hub area will work, although Omega Force has confirmed the game uses a zone-based system for its world, like Monster Hunter.
This ancient tech is known as the Karakuri, and the reveal trailer gives us a glimpse of how things will work. In the trailer we see the Karakuri being used to construct various traps or pieces of equipment, like a propeller that can be used to jump and glide over a beast. Other examples in the trailer include a giant hammer, some kind of bomb, and a rope caster to tie down enemies. Past that, players will be able to choose from different weapons, and so far we’ve seen a katana, bow, a sword-whip hybrid, and some kind of umbrella weapon.
Trailer:
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