Shield-slinging open worlder The Knightling goes all Jak & Captain America in August

What *isn't* a shield for

Remember however it felt successful Bloodborne erstwhile you discovered a shield and learned that it existed purely to shame and humiliate returning Dark Souls players who are over-reliant connected blocking? Do you retrieve speechmaking those awful, judging, fourth-wall-besmirching words, “Shields are nice, but not if they engender passivity”? Well, The Knightling is the other of that feeling. It’s a bouncy, breezy unfastened satellite platformer successful which you are a novice chevalier equipped with a circular, gear-toothed shield helium uses for perfectly everything.

You tin descent down hills connected it! You tin hurl it similar Captain America! Like hurling his shield, I mean, not similar hurling Captain America. You tin usage it arsenic a parachute! You tin adjacent parry and artifact with it, though that feels similar copping out. Not since The Brew Barons person I witnessed specified committedness to a bit. If you’re likewise enthused, you’ll beryllium delighted to perceive that developers Twirlbound and steadfast Saber Interactive person conscionable slapped a merchandise day connected the happening - 28th August. Here’s a trailer.

The communicative present is that you’re searching for your mentor, a celebrated knight called Sir Lionstone, who’s gone AWOL portion a-questing successful the realm of Clesseia. That’s his shield you’re doing doughnuts with. It’s made of Callyrium, which sounds similar a Ratchet & Clank mentation of Vibranium. Is the shield upgradeable successful the mode of astir video crippled weapons? I’m not sure, but the Steam leafage does notation upgrades of immoderate kind.

The trailer announcement accompanies an updated demo. It expands the erstwhile demo’s Outskirt country to see ”the seldom-visited, secluded woods successful the acold country of the realm known arsenic the Cornered Bosk.” Somebody should get FromSoftware brag Hidetaka Miyazaki to play that demo and inquire him if helium inactive thinks shields “engender passivity”. Let’s spot you surf done a meadow connected an effing Moonlight Greatsword, Miyazaki. Let’s spot you crook a Kirkhammer into a glider.