Son of Thanjai is an open-world motion sport set in Eleventh-Century South India, a novel setting within the medium, and if that pitch does not promote you on it, its gameplay trailer may. That is as a result of it seems to be superior, with the princely protagonist Vinnendhira Chola using the Indian whip-sword weapon referred to as a Surul Vaal to dismember enemies invading his one-day kingdom in a violently bloody vogue.
At 19 years outdated, Vinnendhira has spent his life behind palace partitions, avoiding accountability and having fun with royal consolation. However his father is dying, and enemies are getting ready to overthrow the household throne, so Vinnendhira is thrown into an journey the place he should combat tooth and nail (and whip) to outlive. Son of Thanjai additionally takes an alternate-history strategy to the Chola Empire, alluding to surprises possible in retailer when the sport launches someday sooner or later on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC.
Test it out within the Son of Thanjai gameplay reveal trailer beneath:
Seems to be fairly cool, proper? There aren’t many video games set in India, and even fewer (possibly none) set in Eleventh-Century South India. This setting and the sport’s premise, coupled with this primary take a look at gameplay, have caught my consideration, and I look ahead to checking it out someday.
Listed here are some extra particulars from the Steam page:
“Forged out, Vinnendhiran travels a kingdom on the peak of its energy and on the sting of collapse: temple crowns crowded with retailers and pilgrims, fertile river plains, harmful frontier roads, occupied settlements, and courts thick with ambition. Some nonetheless consider within the Cholas. Others have suffered due to them. Most are merely making an attempt to outlive. The farther he travels from the throne he misplaced, the extra he learns how little he ever understood the folks he was born to rule, and the way a lot he’ll want them.”
There is no phrase on when Son of Thanjai will launch, however the Steam web page says “coming quickly,” so hopefully we are able to test it out on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC within the close to future.
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