A new RPG game is headed your way, Testament: The Order of High Human, an action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world from Fairyship Games. It is also in development for Xbox and PlayStation. To celebrate, players can download a free demo, unlocking an hour and a half of play via Steam Next Fest. y.
Testament: The Order of High Human is an original first-person, story-based adventure RPG where players will find themselves taking on the role of Aran – the king of High humans in the land of Tessara – as he serves as a guardian of the realm.
“Aran has been betrayed by his brother, Arva, and robbed of his powers as the world around him is plunged into darkness and overrun by ominous creatures. Players will be tasked with regaining his powers and confronting Arva to restore Tessara to its former glory, upgrading his sword, bow, and magic abilities as they develop their unique fighting style.
The Order of High Human is a tale of a fallen king’s journey to save his realm from darkness and destruction, which pays homage to leagues of different games and genres those at the 15-people-strong studio grew up playing.
In Testament: The Order of High Human players will:
- Experience an immersive combat style based on three different approaches, each designed to offer unique traits that allow the player to rely on it to get through the majority of play.
- Master sword gameplay with a variety of destructive and elemental combos.
- Take charge of 16 magic abilities, including single-target spells, traps, Area of Effect (AoE attacks), Damage per Second (DPS), and defensive spells.
- Utilize a magical bow with four arrows: a steady hand, a ricochet arrow, an explosive arrow, and a passthrough arrow.
- Take advantage of a grand XP and upgrade system that fully motivates players to explore every land and dungeon.
- Experience unique gameplay areas with exciting platforming that reminds you of the nostalgic excitement from retro 2D platformers.
- Take charge of a brand new ‘Eclipse System’ based on gameplay entities called eyes of darkness, and it consists of 3 different gameplay mechanics that can work separately or together to deliver exciting encounters and challenges.
- Use more than 18 consumables at the player’s disposal. These craftable items can affect the player’s health and mana or create enhancements to the player’s belongings and surroundings. Using them together can deliver advantages to help players shape their own playing style.
- Take on more than 40 main and side-quests, carefully crafted and relevant to the game’s consistent storytelling.
- Experience strong and engaging storytelling with a nonlinear narrative style.
Testament: The Order of High Human has been developing for the past four and a half years by a small team of 15 passionate about storytelling. The game will launch on Steam and the Epic Store for PC on Thursday, 13th July 2023, for $34.99. Details on the PlayStation and Xbox launches will follow.
