The recently funded King Arthur: Knight’s Tale will be bringing all of us an Early Access version of King Arthur: Knight’s Tale in January
The wait to give King Arthur: Knight’s Tale a play may have become a bit shorter, as it looks like we are now getting an Early Access for the PC version of the game. After making it through the rounds of the crowdfunding options, NeocoreGames is bringing this tactical RPG to some of the gaming population as early as January 12th of next year. Obviously, we are going to have to wait to see how King Arthur: Knight’s Tale plays and runs on the PS5 and Xbox Series X until much later, but there will be an option for those looking to give the game a shot. Even if it is usually an Early Access that helps drive funding and a little of the testing more than just offering up players access to the game early…
I will admit that this is a weird move for the team to do after getting King Arthur: Knight’s Tale funded already. Maybe this is because Kickstarter took too much out of the funds the creator gathered or maybe it is because they have bigger dreams and did not want to get saddled with a shitting company as KS is. There could be a myriad of reasons for this, but at least we can sit well knowing that we will have another King Arthur story and game to experience. You can have a look at what we have seen already for the game as we wait for more details and footage to come out for it. I have a feeling it will be some time before the Early Access is not after when gamers start streaming it all out there.
King Arthur: Knight’s Tale — Announcement
Mark your calendars! We’re happy to announce, that following its successful Kickstarter campaign, NeocoreGames‘ role-playing tactical game King Arthur: Knight’s Tale will be available on Steam Early Access on January 12, 2021.
Early Access allows us to work hand in hand with our players and implement changes to the game as we go, based on the feedback we receive from the community. The Early Access period will last for a few months, with regular content updates, followed by the full release on PC in early 2021 and later on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X.
Based on the Arthurian mythology, King Arthur: Knight’s Tale is a turn-based tactical role-playing game — a unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. King Arthur: Knight’s Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
- Your Fights — Control a small team of heroes and fight grueling, but satisfying battles with a deeply engaging, tactical turn-based combat system. Choose from more than 30 heroes of 5 diverse classes and combine hundreds of skills and artifacts to assemble an efficient team.
- Your Heroes — Gather your own Knights of the Round Table and send them on knightly quests. These heroes are the most important resources and the most complex gameplay elements at the same time. But beware! Death is always final! You must manage them at the Round Table accordingly, planning ahead before going into battles. The character progression system is designed to be as deep as in the traditional RPGs: heroes level up on unique skill trees and the complex loot system provides unique options to fine-tune their tactical capabilities. Each hero has a distinctive personality and their loyalty is constantly changing through the decisions made by the player — in certain cases, they can ever leave the Round Table and turn against you.
- Your Kingdom — See the entirety of Avalon presented on the Adventure Map, observe all the territory, select your missions and explore various places. Management in King Arthur: Knight’s Tale focuses on rebuilding Camelot and expanding the mystical Stronghold with new buildings that each unlock various upgrades, and also offers different ways to heal up and manage the heroes of the Round Table.
- Your Legend — Play as Sir Mordred, the former nemesis of King Arthur. Explore the mystical island of Avalon, venture on knightly quests, and make decisions in various encounters where you’ll need to make moral choices, as in most RPGs, which all have an impact on the story and your Morality. The end of the campaign opens up new endgame content for the bravest of all: tough new challenges appear on the map with challenging, mythic boss fights and random quests, loot, and character progression ultimately leading to the banishing of Balor, the monstrous god-king of the Fomorians himself.
- Beyond The Legend — Complete more than 50 unique points of interest on the Adventure Map, including 20 story missions and various side quests, taking place on diverse terrains, from the dark castle dungeons to the forests of the Sídhe — built by using photo scanned environments and high-quality mocap animation, all rendered inside a modern PBR engine utilizing DirectX 12, supporting strong, atmospheric effects. Challenge 7 enemy factions, fight more than 50 types of enemy units, overcome 10 incredible boss fights throughout your quests.
Is it odd that we are seeing King Arthur: Knight’s Tale move from Kickstarter over to Early Access instead of just going that way or with a better funding platform? Do you think that this will be to have gamers truly test and shape the game as they wrap it all up instead? Do you think we will see the game release on all platforms at the same time or will it be spit up as we have seen in the past? Let us all know your thoughts on this down in the comments and then feel free to discuss it all. If we have more to share for King Arthur: Knight’s Tale, we will have it all here for you. Be sure to keep checking back in for all of that and much more as we head into next year and beyond.