Atlus announces "The Cursed Crusade"

[GLaDOS]

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/04/the-cursed-crusade/

Atlus PR and sales bard, Aram Jabbari, describes The Cursed Crusade as "a story of salvation and survival" set during the often unpleasant Middle Ages. "The game's main characters are not heroes; they're just men, susceptible to temptation, easily made to feel doubt and despair," Jabbari says, plucking a string (but in like, a sinister way). "The raw, gritty accuracy of many of the game's historical locations is sharply contrasted by Denz and Esteban's supernatural struggle to save their souls. Their affliction, the Templar's Curse, threatens to accelerate their descent into hell, burning their humanity away as it engulfs the space around them in demonic flame."

Apparent non-comedy troupe Denz and Esteban star in The Cursed Crusade, a new third-person action-adventure game coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. It looks to be heavy on the melee combat, with Atlus and French developer Kylotonn (see: Speedball 2) promising a wide variety of weapons and ways to inflict critical flesh wounds. The curse that threatens to overwhelm Denz and Esteban also seems to grant them supernatural strengths -- including the anachronistic ability to fight cooperatively over the internet. According to Atlus, Esteban will be an AI-controlled character in the single-player mode.

Join Denz and Esteban on their violent tour of Medieval Europe in Summer 2011. Bring your demonic flame-resistant dalmatica.

This sounds like Atlus' multiplatform Project Dark that was teased at TGS.

[BlackMamba]

Hmmm, interesting. I was hoping for more of a spiritual successor to Demon's Souls, but this could be okay. Dragon Age-esque HUD.

What I really want from Atlus (to publish) is a new Shin Megami Tensai (or Persona) game! Are they publishing Catherine? That game should be awesome.

[RaijinUT]

The Crusades have and always will rock.

Let's hope Kylotonn provides us with a dark Gothic setting and some amazing game play.

Here is to hope since we don't have much else to go on here.

[awongus]

I could play Demon's Souls all day, every day. Let's hope this next one captivates us all like DS did...

[X400]

this looks like one of those games that gets swept under the rug and forgotten about at least from what's known so far

id rather there be fewer games released but those that are are top notch quality, gameplay and gfx and story wise

Originally Posted by RaijinUT

The Crusades have and always will rock.

wow...

[doctorD]

I just saw the trailer on this today and it looks very promising.