Kingdom: The Blood – developer commentary gameplay
First in-depth look at the single and multiplayer action RPG.
Action Square has released a five-minute developer commentary gameplay video for Kingdom: The Blood, its upcoming action RPG based on the Netflix original series Kingdom.
Here is the full transcript, which provides various new details:
Action Game Based on Kingdom TV Series
Kingdom: The Blood is an action game based on the popular Netflix original series Kingdom that released globally in 2019.
The entire development team are avid fans of the Kingdom series, so we are putting a lot of effort to bring the series to life in the game.
Showcasing Korean-Style Action
First, what stands out in the Kingdom series are the setting and costumes that show Korean heritage. We are focusing on realistically implementing traditional clothes like the “gat” and original series settings like the Palace and Hanyang market street using high-quality 3D graphics.
We are especially focusing on bringing out the beauty of “hanbok” in the action by making sure even the smallest details, like the fluttering of the tips of the dopo (overcoat), looks natural.
The in-game actions are based on traditional Korean martial arts. The playable characters and enemies use attack patterns that have been implemented after careful study of actual traditional Korean martial arts movements.
Battle Characteristics
Key features and episodes of the Netflix original series Kingdom are also portrayed in the battle contents. Zombies suddenly appear and attack ferociously. As the difficulty level increases and the character becomes soaked in blood, players will need to fight multiple enemies at once, making it a difficult challenge.
Through these battles, players can experience the terror of mass zombie breakouts from the original series in the game. Also, traditional Korean clothing and martial arts styles were referenced for the human characters and bosses, which are composed of a wide range of army classes.
The unique and difficult patterns will provide both fun in action and fun in overcoming the challenge.
Diverse Content
Kingdom: The Blood is a 100 percent manually-controlled action game. We are concentrating on the battle experience to make the action itself the goal and reason to play the game.
The story mode allows satisfaction in clearing difficult stages. The conquest mode allows unique battle concepts such as zombie defense, and the multi-boss mode and player-versus-player allow diverse battle content.
There is also fun in collecting diverse action skills and equipping them to make custom action sequences to upgrade and fight enemies with diverse attack patterns.
Plus, key characters from the original series, starting with Lee Chang, will be provided as playable characters.
Cross-Platform Support
PC and mobile cross-platform is supported, so the game can be played anytime, anywhere.
While the controls are simple, diverse situations and prerequisites activate different actions, making the strategic action enjoyable on both mobile and PC.
We’ve shown Kingdom: The Blood‘s key features and what we, the development team, are focusing on as we develop. We hope this answers many questions and concerns that people have.
We, the developers, are focusing on developing the game as we dream of presenting Kingdom: The Blood as a great game to everyone.
Thank you for watching, and we hope you look forward to Kingdom: The Blood.
Kingdom: The Blood is in development for PC (Steam), iOS, and Android.
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