Afterlight’ Brings Paizo’s TTRPG to Video Video games

Tabletop RPG developer Paizo is taking is first steps into video video games by its sci-fi title, Starfinder.

Developer Epictellers Leisure is adapting the Pathfinder offshoot for mouse and keyboard with the single-player RPG Afterlight. In it, gamers will assemble of crew with their very own private tales and baggage so that you can assist cope with whereas embarking on a quest to avoid wasting the galaxy. Just like the lately introduced RPG for The Expanse, gamers can play as completely different courses and make decisions throughout a branching narrative. However in contrast to that recreation—which, like BioWare’s Mass Impact, is a third-person shooter with some tactical parts—Afterlight’s turn-based fight takes after Starfinder’s just-launched second edition.

Starfinder: Afterlight may have a Kickstarter campaign launching within the close to future. Epictellers additionally revealed the sport’s voice forged might be directed by Neil Newbon, the voice of Astarion in 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3. That recreation went on to be a giant income driver for Dungeons & Dragons the previous couple of years, and it’s simple to think about Afterlight doing the identical for Starfinder when it launches for Steam Early Entry in 2026.

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