No Rest for The Wicked Early Access Hands-On – Extreme Potential

Despite having released only two games, the two entries in the beautiful Metroidvania series Ori, Austrian developer Moon Studios is rightly considered among the top studios founded in the 2000s. While the series that put them on the map is not continuing anytime soon, fans of the developer still have something to look forward to, as Moon Studios is working on No Rest for the Wicked, an action role-playing now available in early access. The game is powered by some amazing visuals and solid core gameplay that have the potential to be among the best released in recent times.

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No Rest for the Wicked's premise isn't particularly original. Traveling as a chosen Cerim warrior to the Sacra island, players will have to purge the Pestilence that has transformed many of the locals into monsters. Things, however, become more complicated quickly enough as the Cerim gets embroiled in the political conflicts of the land, becoming a person of interest for a religious cult that seems intent on becoming the true political force on the island. Despite its predictability, the story is rather engaging, thanks to the amazing presentation that gives the game a rather peculiar vibe with its water painting aesthetics, disproportionate humans, and excellent voice acting. Unfortunately, the current Early Access version only features the first ten hours of the campaign, so it will be some time until we can see how this story will end.

The disproportionate humans can be a little off-putting at first, especially during character creation, but if you can look past this peculiar design choice, you will find how No Rest for the Wicked has some rather unique features for an action role-playing game. While the top-down view may suggest an experience inspired by the Diablo series, the new game from Moon Studios plays nothing like the Blizzard franchise, being more akin to From