It seems that every other day, another survival RPG pops up on Steam Greenlight or Kickstarter, which tasks players with surviving impossible odds whilst crafting weapons and all that jazz. You expect the usual song and dance when one of these gets revealed and with the survival RPG genre being absolutely rammed with titles at the moment, I doubt you’ll want to hear about another one. However, open your ears and I’ll tell you about Little Devil Inside, from South Korean developer Neostream, a RPG which looks absolutely phenomenal.
So, what’s Little Devil Inside all about? Well, you are tasked as an explorer/monster hunter, hired by a professor who specialises in research about fantastical or paranormal goings on. We’re not talking ghosts and ghouls exclusively, you will be chasing after kraken, dragons, climbing snow capped mountains, crossing the desert and much more in order to collect information on all sorts of marvelous events. Just because you may be hunting monsters, doesn’t exclusively mean you’ll be killing a beast then returning back to base. In Little Devil Inside, you have to worry about getting to your destination, camping out as you search for a monster, hunting the beast down and then return back to town with your findings. Quests actually feel like a proper adventure, as you travel through various locales on your own, or with a team behind you to discover new information about the world.
You will be tasked with gathering people to help out your boss, finding team members with specialist subjects who can be sent off to collect items to fix up your boat or can scope out a location to find out more about a marauding beast. Being prepared will be key to your success in the world of Little Devil Inside, and failing to plan out a treacherous new expedition will result in failure. As for how the game looks, it is absolutely breathtaking. Imagine Wind Waker on Frostbite 3, with realistic weather effects. Character animation looks incredibly fluid, with your player character moving gracefully through enemies and traversing the environment with grace. The combat system looks equally as fluid, with players being able to carve through waves of smaller minions, whilst doing fierce battle with dragons and other massive creatures. Little Devil Inside will also feature co-op, with players being able to invite fellow explorers to go hunt down a big beast or explore a dangerous location. This adventure will not be solely limited to PC however, as Mac and Linux users can join in on the fun, with Little Devil Inside also coming to PS4 and Xbox One.
If you are at all interested in Little Devil Inside, you can check out the announcement trailer below and if you want to help make sure this exciting new RPG gets made, you can donate to their Kickstarter right here. They are just under halfway towards their funding goal and it would be a massive shame if it doesn’t make the target. If all goes to plan, Little Devil Inside should release in Autumn 2016.