It’s not usually that video games instantly impress with the mix of their animation and presentation, however #BLUD is a straight-up stunner. Humble Video games and developer Exit 73 Studios have locked the ’90s cartoon-inspired action-RPG in for a June 18 launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Swap, and PC.

In #BLUD, it’s not simply the slick animation that appears higher than many of the cartoons that impressed it. It’s the best way that character animation seamlessly melds with each the cinematics and the dungeon-crawling gameplay. You possibly can see a pattern within the launch date trailer beneath.

#BLUD blends the horrors of on a regular basis life with precise, tangible horrors — okay, actual life horrors are additionally completely tangible — like vampire slaying. Lead character Becky Brewster simply so occurs to come back from an historic bloodline of magic-wielding vampire hunters, and because the new child on the town she’ll must juggle that together with her each day routine, all whereas sustaining her social media presence. It might sound like one thing that’s been carried out to dying, however Becky’s journey is, a minimum of so far as I’ve seen, visually hypnotic. 

Humble and Exit 73 put up a demo throughout Steam Subsequent Fest, and I extremely suggest you test it out between now and launch. #BLUD is enjoyable sufficient as a top-down action-RPG, nevertheless it’s the best way every thing works in live performance that leaves an impression.

Characters bounce fluidly as Becky strolls by means of a city filled with character. She will be able to bust out her cellphone and time a selfie to seize probably the most ridiculous second of a looping animation within the background. The in-game social media feed is extra enjoyable to mess around with than it ought to be, actually. 

If the demo is something to go by, #BLUD is one to keep watch over this June. I can’t say for sure how nicely its hockey-stick-swinging fight will maintain up over the course of a full sport, nevertheless it’s a minimum of extra enjoyable to have a look at than half of the ’90s cartoons we keep in mind with rose-tinted imaginative and prescient.