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PREVIEW
“A BEAUTIFUL
PLACE TO EXPLORE
AND A TERRIFYING
SPACE TO FEAR.”
ARISE: A SIMPLE STORY
A Norse adventure that will bring a Tyr to the eye
As Arise is the debut game from a
first-time studio, general manager
Alexis Corominas says the team are
pouring their hearts and souls into it:
“It’s our dream coming to life. We want to take
you on this one-of-a-kind journey that will bring
back memories of your own life, both happy and
sad, but all part of your story.”While it sounds a lot like Marley And Me: The
Game, it’s actually not. Thank goodness. What Arise:
A Simple Story is, however, is an adventure through
a character’s life. The game starts where many begin,
on a fiery funeral pyre. As your Nordic protagonist’s
soul is released the fun starts with a journey through
the afterlife towards a mysterious light flickering
atop an elegantly curved mountain peak.
The world around you will shift constantly, and
your sense of time and space will be affected. Playing
Arise, you’ll be surprised time and again.
“We turned our hero’s rich life experience into
beautiful landscapes, which will shift along with
your emotional state as you roam through varied
environments that reflect the current tone of the
narrative. As the story unfolds, your power to
manipulate time also transforms to fit the moments
you’re reliving.” says Corominas
Key to reaching that glimmering light is our
hero’s knack for platforming, which includes using a
rope to manipulate the world. We’ve seen the little
Viking warrior snag a bulbous bumble bee to ride
through an equally overly fertile forest; watched
him use the rope to ascend a snow-swept, broken
bridge; and observed how he can pull at areas of theenvironment to create makeshift paths- a felled tree makes a handy bridge.
AFTER LIFE
There’s a solidity to the world that we
love, and the stylised fantasy afterlife
is both a beautiful place to explore and
a terrifying space to fear. Lightning
exposes an army of shadowy men,
most likely our warrior’s victims or
felled clansmen. The snowy grave of a
girl ticks another emotional note. And
in the distance that light on the cusp
of a mountain keeps calling us.
“In Arise you never know what’s
around the corner,” says Corominas as
he reflects on his studio’s game. “You
enjoy the good times to the fullest
knowing they might not last, and
endure the hardships working to turn
them around. To put it simply – that’s
just life, right? Beautiful and scary at
the same time.”FORMAT PS4 / ETA 3 DEC / PUB TECHLAND PUBLISHING / DEVPICCOLO STUDIOONE PUNCH MAN
One glass of fruity alcoholic
party juice and our bald
hero loses his cool. Can you
get home without stumbling
over your own cloak in this
boozy action adventure
that pits you against your
own inner demons and
overpriced night taxis?
FORMAT PS4 ETA 25 DECNEED FOR SPEED
HEAT
The ’80s wants its stylish
fonts back and only you and
a turbo-charged Lambo can
return them in time. Collect
the trendy fonts and hit
88mph to race through time
to reset the decade.
FORMAT PS4 ETA 8 NOVVALFARIS
The world’s a filthy place
and it needs you and a
massive angry Hoover to
sort it out. Suck up dirt into
your machine’s chomping
teeth and clean the world
one piece of litter at a time.
FORMAT PS4 ETA 15 NOVon
the
box
judged only by
their covers
Above The world is a stylish, elegant place,
ripe for exploration. But will it all be fun?Arise is set in a
fantastical afterlife,
so naturally the
sunflowers are huge.