The woods are crammed with struggling and Slavic horrors on this survival metropolis builder’s new gameplay trailer
On: April 28, 2023
To me, Gord won’t ever not be a really bizarre identify for a videogame. However that does not essentially imply it is a dangerous videogame, and actually based mostly on the brand new gameplay trailer launched at this time, Gord seems prefer it could be very cool—if not solely nice.
We predicted that unpleasantness once we acquired our first take a look at Gord in 2021. “Horrible issues are going to occur to your villagers,” we warned, including that being eaten by an enormous spider may not even be the worst of them. We acquired a better look in September 2022, describing it as “a Diablo city supervisor,” and if you recognize something concerning the cities in Diablo you will know that is dangerous information too.
At this time’s trailer does not paint that image any prettier. Gord is a singleplayer technique game concerning the Tribe of the Daybreak, who discover themselves struggling to outlive in forbidden lands impressed by Slavic folklore. On the floor, it seems like a reasonably simple metropolis administration sim—construct, improve, develop, and maintain your individuals joyful all of the whereas—however it should additionally characteristic a quest system that can drive you to enterprise past the relative security of your metropolis partitions.
The principle quest will carry your individuals alongside their journey by evil-infested lands, whereas facet quests like monster searching and questing for treasures and secrets and techniques, will give them one thing to do of their downtime. Talking of your individuals, It isn’t simply their bodily health and happiness you will want to fret about: Psychological health is a matter too. The world of Gord is a demanding place, in any case, and everybody has limits.
As for why the title lands so oddly, a gord is a medieval fortified settlement present in central and eastern Europe within the sixth to twelfth centuries, however Gord is a given identify, famous by Wikipedia as “uniquely and idiosyncratically Canadian.” And it is true, we acquired a whole lot of ’em:
Gord Downie
Gord Martineau
Gord Sinclair
Gord Ash
Gordie Howe
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Pinsent
My nice uncle Gord, who wasn’t well-known however he was household, so I am placing him on the record
Possibly it does not appear so unusual when you do not stay right here. Both means, a minimum of now you recognize what a gord is.
Gord does not have a stable launch date but, however it’s set to reach this summer season on Steam. Within the meantime, get pleasure from some screens under.
