Drop Bear Bytes has announced that its narrative-driven RPG Broken Roads is headed for an April release. The game will launch for PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on April 10th. A Nintendo Switch version is also in the works though no release date is yet available.
A release date trailer sets the stage for the game’s post-apocalyptic setting and peeks at its features.
Broken Roads players will find a game packed with exploration, turn-based combat, and philosophical choices, all set in Australia after a cataclysmic event. According to the dev team, it blends “traditional and all-new roleplaying elements on top of a classless system.” This means players will have nearly unlimited character development options. These are built around four distinct philosophies: Humanist, Utilitarian, Machiavellian, and Hihilist. Players will also have to deal with the Moral Compass and can change dialog options during quests depending on choices made earlier in the game.
With over 400,000 of dialogue and 150,000+ end-game “permutations,” the game’s replayability is off the charts.
“Broken Roads is a damn big deal. Post-apocalyptic, deep conversations, applied philosophy, weirdness wired in, and Australia? Yeah, this game has got it all,” said Colin McComb, Creative Lead on Broken Roads, who previously worked on Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Wasteland 2, and Torment: Tides of Numenera.
Check out the Broken Roads official site for more details.
