Rootbound

[Maryokutai]

 

This is the new game from four ex-Piranha Bytes people. From what I understand it's a bit of an isometric Breath of the Wild, but the Gothic/Risen/Elex influences are supposedly also there, not in the classic RPG form but in the way the world feels alive and reacts to your decisions. Your backpack also sort of evolves and develops its own mind, which throws in a bit of a wrench at inventory management. I've only seen one German preview so far (maybe readable via browser translation).

 

It's all more conceptual at the moment as they just have a very early build and are looking for funding. Apparently just wishlisting it on Steam already helps for that, I might do that even though I don't play on PC. I like the style and the ideas, hopefully they manage to get it done.