Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition Recently, it is included in the zone of our special attention. Because, as it turned out, this is not a shooter, but a classic hardcore slasher in tradition Die by the sword And Severance: Blade of Darkness. Such games used to be released only on computers, and now the Poles from Flying Fish Works want to prove to the owners of the Xbox 360 and PS3, that a real slasher is not bright special effects and a thousand blows with a sword per minute, but measured cruel duels, where success can depend on one verified counterattack. I wrote about Hellion Gamemia twice, but still, until recently, the project was known very little. And during our next teleconference with Poland, we finally pulled out a couple of exciting details from the authors.
Fire and sword ..
Recall that Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition is not just a slasher, but a slasher about the Inquisition, the Dark Middle Ages and Religious Wars in Europe. The action takes place in the XIII century, and we play for the trick of Glastonburye, who, in addition to owning the sword, is trained in exorcism. The art of expelling demons was given to him by wandering monks (see. insert).
The authors promise reliable scenery of medieval Italy, Prussia, Britain and Spain. Perhaps we will even meet some real figures of that era. But this, of course, is historical fiction: a fictitious story is placed in a true setting. And moreover, the authors themselves call it “fantastic”: the next theory of the conspiracy, revealing the “mystical secrets of the Inquisition”, will be involved in, excuse me, demons from hell. The Poles promise to surprise with unexpected turns of history, but, apparently, the case will end with the next salvation of the world and the heartbreaking scene, where the Arch about the Archmed and Pope discusses the plans of world domination at breakfast. As they say in such cases in Odessa: Shama, I beg you, whom you will surprise today!
No, to surprise and hit Hellon: Mystery of the Inquisition will be different: unprecedented cruelty and realism of the battles. Yes, and it is difficult to call it to battles: short, but very capacious fights on swords with a limited number of opponents are waiting for us. As Igromania found out, five members of the Flying Fish Works team themselves often pick up swords, but not in order to go to negotiations with the publisher, but to practice the art of fencing! As the producer of the game admitted, Martin Zhamalski, he often sees the developers in bruises. From their own experience, they model realistic battles using a piercing-cutting weapon in the game.
The battles are extremely naturalistic, with a rash and blood. We saw them with our own eyes and can confidently declare – they are perceived in a completely different way than fights in any other slasher. Suffice it to say that the fighters hold the swords in one hand, and do not wave them like Conan-Warvarian. “The other hand should always be free,” explains the project manager Macezh Kovalski, “it’s easier to maintain balance and remain mobile. Moreover, Godric can grab the enemy and conduct a painful trick, then finish off ". Opponents move with some kind of deadly grace, as if dancing, and the camera shows the most spectacular and cruel moments of fights from the outside. So, we witnessed how Godric reacted with lightning speed to the enemy’s blow, grabbed him by the brush, and then suddenly, with two terrible blows, he almost quartered to the enemy – first the compartment of the squeezing sword, and then his head. The cut limb remained at the Inquisitor in the palm of his hand – dealing with the enemy, he squeamishly threw her away to the side.
How exactly everything will happen, you can clearly familiarize yourself in our in the next day. Note that fights are mainly built on blocks and accurate counterattacks. They were slightly protected with protection-you can melancholy look at your own brush, flying somewhere in the corner of the room. The outcome of the duel is decided by a pair of exact strokes: no matter how much the enemy has health, if Godric deprives him of his head in time, no points and interest on the enemy will help the enemy. In this sense, Hellion is most reminiscent of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and cult Severance: Blade of Darkness: All three games are, in the apt expression of Oleg Stavitsky, "Figure thread in the human body".
The formation of an inquisitor
The authors seriously work out the world of the game. For the protagonist, they even came https://sister-site.org/duelz/ up with a full -fledged biography.
Godric was born in 1198. In Glastonbury. His father, Alrik, was one of the most revered European knights who played a big role in the third crusad. From the age of seven, Godric studied the art of fencing and always dreamed of becoming the same as his father – a noble Christian knight, honest and devoted to the Holy Roman Church. But when he was 10 years old, it happened terrible: one night a group of armed men came to their house and accused Alik of heresy. They wanted to arrest the knight, but Alrik resisted and was killed right in front of his son. His uncle took up the upbringing of Godric. At the age of 18, with a non -healing scar on the heart, Godric left England where his eyes looked, wander around Europe: he was full of grief and understanding that this world was unfair. During his wanderings, he joined the stray Dominican monks. Their meeting turned out to be mutually useful: Godric defended the brothers from numerous bandits from a high road, and the Dominicans taught him the secret art of expelling evil spirits. Soon the satellites reached Rome, where the Pope himself set the most important task before the monks. Wandering around Europe, they had to explore various heretical sects, calculate their leaders and make these cults to stop their activities (how exactly this should happen, whether the heretics will repent themselves or not – the tenth business). There, in Rome, one of the cardinals learned from the Dominicans about Godric’s unique qualities, about his ability to expel the devil, not only with a sword, but also with the right prayer. The cardinal realized that the knight would be very useful to fulfill secret missions that could put an end to religious wars in Europe. So Godric became a member of the Inquisition. In the yard stood 1219 from the Nativity of Christ ..
… as well as prayer and stool
However, the Poles are not alien to new trends. By the latest fashion, there will be a lot of Quick-Time Events in the battles, but they will not turn on how, but only when Godric successfully puts the block or somehow disorients the enemy. In addition to swords, daggers and crossbows, we will be able to use bombs with Greek fire (it is very difficult to extinguish it), holy water, divine artifacts to strengthen attacks and even improvised furniture. For example, it will be possible to heat the enemy in time with a stool in time.
But the most important thing – in addition to the sword Godric, can and will have to use the art of expelling demons. About how exactly this will happen, we learned from the authors the first. Home News: Yes, Godric will really be loudly and chanting prayers. There are so far about three of them. Naturally, we give you their names in Latin, but it is possible that in the game prayers will be read in more affordable English. The first on the list is Memento Mori (“Remember of Death”): it allows you to free the soul, a trap for which has become a dead body (that is, players will help the soul find peace). During the action of prayer, we will see some retrospective personnel telling about the past of a person. Next is EXI MALEFICUS (“Away, Evil”): This prayer drives the demon from the body of the obsessed (living). So we will send the demon back to hell; True, it is possible that the saved body will not immediately rush at us with a knife. Finally, Flagellum Dei (“whip of God”) is an offensive exorcism, designed to destroy tangible demons, which have already gained physical form in our world.
The cutting diagram of the heretic
Hellon combat system in action
All this, of course, is similar to replacing ordinary spells, which can also be pumped. But the authors still insist that the expulsion of demons has nothing to do with ordinary magic.
Combat exorcism is especially worth noting. It would seem that we are waiting for an arrangement of ideas Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time : First we beat the obsessed, and then, so that he does not “rebel”, we read the prayer over the body. So, everything is just the opposite. In Hellon, you will first have to replace the wicked, and when the demon leaves his body, it remains only to deal with the shell – devoid of superpowers by a person.
The plot will also be the canonical scenes of the expulsion of the devil – obviously, with the obsessed and priest who reads the prayers attached to the bed. Of course, we could not help but ask whether the authors plan an episode with a little girl, in the unconsciousness of a crumbling hero with dirty curses. Macezh quickly found what to answer: “You see, we have a slightly different scale. Yes, at first the players are waiting for local exorcism sessions, but closer to the middle of the game we will already have an apocalypse. Having gained experience, Godric will send a dozen demons to hell ".
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Of course, many aspects of Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition are still covered in fog. What will happen to upgrades and a role system (and whether it will be at all) what divine artifacts are and how they work, whether Godric can engage in third -party quests (as it was, for example, in the series Knights of the Temple )? Finally, who will be the publisher and when the release will take place? So far we are talking about a rather vague 2011 year. However, we are ready to wait for such a game. Any alternatives we simply do not have. Today no one makes classic hardcore slasers anymore. The closest competitor of the Polish project could be French Crusaders: Invasion of Constantinople , But she seems to have already died. On the website of the Russian publisher, Play Ten , It still seems that the game will be released in September 2009, and the official site has not been updated a long time ago. So pray for the health of the servant of God Godric ..
We will wait? A unique slasher, where we can first take the enemy, and then brush his head off his shoulders or heat his stool.
Percentage of readiness: 50%
