If procedural generation, overhead 3D, and strategy-action gameplay are up your alley, new indie title Lost Sea for PlayStation 4 should pique your interest.
The game was announced today via the PlayStation Blog, alongside the reveal trailer below. Developed by Eastasiasoft, and puts the player on a randomly generated archipelago after a shipwreck. Your crew of survivors need to repair the ship by finding upgrades while exploring the island in order to get home.
"Lost Sea is set inside a cartoon B-movie universe, where an otherwise normal individual (You!) is transformed into an intrepid hero after a routine flight over the Atlantic Ocean ends in disaster, leaving you stranded on a mysterious archipelago located deep inside the Bermuda Triangle," Eastasiasoft designer Aidan Price explained.
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"The world of Lost Sea is a dangerous and unforgiving place. Every island is filled with strange landmarks, a wide variety of deadly and exotic creatures, and powerful relics that can be used to your advantage. Often you'll need to use your wits, as well as your machete, to escape dire situations and any member of your crew unlucky enough to get taken out or left behind won't be coming back."
Sound of interest to you? A very Bioshock and The Forest intro give way to a much lighter cartoony style in the video, but that doesn't mean your survival will be any easier. Okay, there are no Big Daddys or cannibals, so maybe it will be a little easier.
You'll need to keep your health up while balancing the scarce resources--staying alive is of course at odds with exploring the island for ways to upgrade your ship. Eastasiasoft will be on hand at PAX Australia with a playable version of the game, but for everyone else, it will be available sometime in 2015.
