Broken Roads from independent Australian game studio Drop Bear Bytes is an old-school, narrative-driven RPG for PC and console that brings exploration, strategic turn-based combat and meaningful philosophical choices to an all-new Australian post-apocalyptic setting.
Blending together traditional and all-new role-playing elements on top of a classless system offering near-unlimited character development options, Broken Roads presents players with an original morality system: the Moral Compass. This novel design sees dialogue options and questing decisions influence, and be influenced by, a character’s philosophical leaning. The system is based on four areas of moral philosophy: Utilitarianism, Nihilism, Machiavellianism and Existentialism. In a 360-degree chart of possible options, players are able to choose from those within a certain range of their character’s core alignment.
Your decisions and dialogue options will shift your leaning and thus alter your possible range of future choices, enhancing the game’s roleplaying realism (for example, you can not take an evil option and then immediately follow up with the most noble option). Decisions will not be distinctly good and bad, presenting real moral dilemmas that players will have to consider carefully.
Features:
- All-new post-apocalyptic setting
- Unique morality system influencing dialogue, quests and character development
- Authentic Australian locations and environments
- Blend of traditional and original RPG mechanics
- Up to 6 party members
- Turn-based tactical combat
- Hand-drawn artwork
- A content-rich and densely-crafted world
Broken Roads was born of a love for traditional isometric computer role-playing, and will provide a rich, engaging narrative in which players make their way across a desolated Australia. Broken Roads is in development for PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One (and possibly also iOS and Android), and is scheduled for release in Q2 2021.
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