Life to the living, death to the dead. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a new role-playing action game based around the supernatural.
The game has not been released yet, so the exact plot is a complete mystery. However, the main premise of the game is that the players take control of Red Mac Raith, a ghost hunter who is on a quest with the spirit of his departed lover, Antea Duarte, to either resurrect her or free her from the afterlife.
The game company that is making the game may be making another nominee for Game of The Year. Don’t Nod Entertainment SA, a French video game developer and publisher, helped make the game along with Focus Entertainment. It was founded on May 1, 2008, by Hervé Bonin, Aleksi Briclot, Alain Damasio, Oskar Guilbert and Jean-Maxime Moris, alongside former staff from Criterion Games, Ubisoft and Electronic Arts. The company started when they developed their first game, Remember Me, in 2013, before moving on and making more game titles like Life is Strange, Vampyr, Tell Me Why and Twin Mirror, to name a few.
Much like the plot, the mechanics of the game are unknown at the moment. However, a preview of the game shows that for combat, players can freely swap between Red and Antea at will, utilizing Red’s physical realm tools and Antea’s new spiritual powers to fight undead spirits. However, the player can’t play as Antea forever, as there seems to be a meter that drains while the player fights as Antea.
All in all, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden looks like an amazing game that could help jumpstart other great games like it throughout this new year. The game comes out Feb. 13 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows and can be pre-ordered at a price of either $49.99 or $59.99.