Exploration action THE SIEGE AND THE SANDFOX released in 2023. Stealth Vania, which is fused by Parkour and Stealth with Metroidvania

Publisher KOCH MEDIA announced on July 28 that it will launch the debut work The Siege and the Sandfox in Indie Development Studio Cardboard Sword in 2023. The compatible platform is a PC (Steam/Epic Games Store /gog.com/humble Store). It has also announced that it will be released in Japanese.

In The Siege and the Sandfox, players will travel to the royal palace, where various ways, such as underground prison, dark cave, and ancient mausoleum, to prevent the queen's conspiracy. The trailer released today allows you to check the various actions of the protagonist on a world view that makes you feel the air of the Middle East and an Arabian BGM.

This work features a search-based action, a so-called Metroidvania and a stealth vania that combines stealth elements that act from the enemy's eyes. One of the elements, such as taking down enemies from behind and throwing smoke balls in the trailer, is one of the elements. Also, every time the player character moves, a circular effect is displayed slightly around, so it is expected that enemies have an enemy search method not only in sight but also in hearing.

Parkour is also listed as a characteristic other than stealth. In the trailer, the players who are chased by the enemy slide to the closed door, jump in, and use a triangular jump to high places that cannot be reached by normal jumps, and perform a splendid action. ing. There are also actions that combine the movement of stealth and parcourt, such as hanging on the edge of the scaffold and moving in a suspended manner. I hope that you can get new items, equipment, and skills, and enjoy the real pleasure of metroidvania games that step into the areas you couldn't go to.

Also pay attention to the 16-bit art that colors the stealth vanian element. In addition to the detailed or hostile NPC gestures and actions that are cooperative or hostile to the player characters, the vast and diverse location peculiar to metroidvania are expressed in vivid dot pictures. By adding modern effect technology to it, graphics that are nostalgic but fresh at the same time will also bring their individuality in this work.

THE SIEGE AND THE SANDFOX is compatible with Japanese subtitles and will be released in 2023 for PC. Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.COM have a store page.