Throughout the years, a number of major video games have seen their unique concepts or worlds translated into the medium of board games. FromPokemonandResident EviltoMinecraftand evenBloodborne,it seems a lot of major franchises are looking to make the jump into board games to offer fans a brand new experience in a familiar world.
However, it’s not often that you see the inverse of this leap from TV to tabletop, yet, with the newly announcedNemesis: Distress, it seems Ovid Works and Awaken Realms are looking to do just that. Taking the popularNemesisboard game, the two studios will be looking to convert the experience into a compelling first-personmultiplayer horrorvideo game, with the first trailer already appearing remarkably eerie.
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Taking place from the point of view of a distressed soldier, the teaser begins with the character running through the claustrophobic hallways of a dark spaceship as he talks over the radio with his commanding officer. It soon becomes clear that he intends to go into the engine room, arguing with his commander who continues to tell his subordinate to escape the space ship through a set of nearby escape pods. Despite disagreeing with his commanding officer, the soldier runs to the escape pods, quickly realizing that they’re all locked. He turns, coming face to face with a terrifying alien creature and quickly meeting his tragic demise. The title card then fades into view as the soldier’s commanding officer seems to admit over the radio that he set up his subordinate to be eaten by the terrifyingalien antagonist.
It’s undeniably an intriguing teaser for whatNemesis: Distresshas to offer, with its ominous setting and creepy extraterrestrial monster definitely leaving quite the impression. The game will supposedly see multiple players tasked with various secret objectives that they’re meant to achieve throughout a single 40-minute campaign. Not only will they have to ensure their success by thwarting and outsmarting other players, but they’ll have to keep an eye out for the fearsomealienwho also roams the craft’s corridors. As is obvious from the trailer, different players will have different agendas, and the fun of the game is learning who to trust and who to be wary of.
The video game adaptation currently has no release date, however, fans who want to engage with the upcoming game should know that Awaken Realms is holding aKickstarter campaignfor its expansion of the board game tomorrow. Among the pledge rewards is early access to the title, an opportunity to get a discount on the new game, and even a tier that includes a copy free of charge, so it’s definitely worth having a look at the company’s newest addition to theNemesisset.The Kickstarter can be found here.
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