Afterlight’ Brings Paizo’s TTRPG to Video Video games

Tabletop RPG developer Paizo is taking is first steps into video video games via its sci-fi title, Starfinder.

Developer Epictellers Leisure is adapting the Pathfinder offshoot for mouse and keyboard with the single-player RPG Afterlight. In it, gamers will assemble of crew with their very own private tales and baggage so that you can assist take care of whereas embarking on a quest to save lots of the galaxy. Just like the lately introduced RPG for The Expanse, gamers can play as completely different courses and make selections throughout a branching narrative. However not like that recreation—which, like BioWare’s Mass Impact, is a third-person shooter with some tactical components—Afterlight’s turn-based fight takes after Starfinder’s just-launched second edition.

Starfinder: Afterlight can have a Kickstarter campaign launching within the close to future. Epictellers additionally revealed the sport’s voice solid shall be directed by Neil Newbon, the voice of Astarion in 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3. That recreation went on to be an enormous income driver for Dungeons & Dragons the previous few years, and it’s straightforward to think about Afterlight doing the identical for Starfinder when it launches for Steam Early Entry in 2026.

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