Focus Home Interactive says they will be at Gamescom early next month showing
off
The Technomancer, the cyberpunk RPG that was revealed
earlier this year without a "the" in the title. In the meantime, they offer up
a new
batch of screenshots, and say they expect to release the game in 2016 for
Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. They also offer some details:
Spiders studio is back with The Technomancer, a new post-apocalyptic RPG
set in a cyberpunk world for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC set on Mars during
the War of Water, where an aspiring Technomancer faces a myriad of questions as
his future grows threatened by the secrets of his past.
Technomancers are "mage-warriors", who harness, thanks to an innate talent,
destructive electrical-based powers, amplified by their cybernetic implants.
Both respected and feared by all, they are fearsome warriors trained from a
young age to fight. You are one of them, about to finally pass your initiation
rite to become a fully-fledged Technomancer.
An RPG, The Technomancer will offer players action-oriented combat gameplay
along four different skill trees, focusing on 3 different fighting styles and
the destructive electric-focused powers of the Technomancers. But all situations
aren't necessarily to be dealt with brute strength, with dynamic conversation
dialogue playing a deep role in quests, changing the story depending on the
decisions you make. Craft equipment, weapons and armor for yourself and for the
companions you'll recruit along your adventure, nurturing relationships with
them.
On the run from the Secret Police and confronted by the harsh realities of the
Red Planet, you must undertake a quest that takes you through forgotten
paradises, cities lost under the ice, and dystopian shanties sprawled across
Mars' dusty embrace.
Faced with the cruelty of Mars' iron-fist enforcers and alien wild-life, can
you survive long enough to uncover the truth behind The Technomancer?