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Gris dev’s next gorgeous platformer Neva has all the emotional jumping you expect, plus the combat you don’tWatch your cub pal grow into a wolf later this year
Watch your cub pal grow into a wolf later this year
Image credit:Devolver Digital
Image credit:Devolver Digital
Neva | Gameplay Trailer | Coming 2024Watch on YouTube
Neva | Gameplay Trailer | Coming 2024
Well, I’m definitely a sucker for those short, breezy platformers and the first half of the trailer above definitely lulled me into thinking Neva was more of the same. Until our red-capped hero and her ghostly wolf pet start bashing those gooey black creatures, that is.
“Neva chronicles the story of Alba, a young woman bound to a curious wolf cub following a traumatic encounter with dark forces,” the game’sSteamdescription explains. “Together they embark on a perilous journey through a once-beautiful world as it slowly decays around them.”
What most interests me is how the two characters might bond over time, however. Our furry pal will grow from a wee cub to the imposing wolf (with deer antlers?) we see in the trailer, a journey that will supposedly test “Alba’s love and their commitment to one another.” I wonder if that might manifest in both the jumping and the slashing. At least one shot in the trailer shows the two mirroring each other’s moves to target foes on opposite ends of a platform, but all the reflected surfaces on show have me excited for more mirroring possibilities.
Neva is set to come out later this year on PC via Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
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