A proper announcement trailer for Left Alive is out one day after Square Enix showed a short teaser for the project, and we have a slightly better idea of what to expect from the publisher’s next mech game. But there’s still plenty we don’t know about Left Alive, including how the game will play and why the world seems to be in such dire straits at the game’s onset.
The only thing we know for certain about Left Alive is the game focuses heavily on mechs, and Square Enix is marketing it as a “survival action shooter.” Left Alive’s protagonist will have his story told from the third-person perspective, based on the (non-gameplay) footage featured in the trailer. It appears to be set during or after a war that has ravaged the areas we’ll explore. And the Left Alive seems to transpire during the winter holidays, since lights are strung up on several buildings in the announcement video. The main character also seems to be a mech pilot, based on the scars and his proximity to a fallen mechsuit in the trailer. But anything else would just be a guess for now.
The project will be overseen by three celebrated game developers, Toshifumi Nabeshima (Armored Core), Yoji Shinkawa (Metal Gear), and Takayuki Yanase (Xenoblade Chronicles X), who previously worked on some of the most popular mech-focused games in history. Shinkawa’s skills and influence, in particular, are the most obvious right now, thanks to character art that would look at home in any Metal Gear instructional booklet or guide. But it’s safe to assume we’ll see much more from Nabeshima and Yanase when the walking robots take on a bigger role in game promotion.
For an early look at Left Alive, take a few minutes to watch the reveal trailer. Then head down to the comments and let us know what you’d like to see in Left Alive when the game debuts next year.
Left Alive is in development for PS4 and Steam. The game is expected to launch in 2018.
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