Undoubtedly, the key points of the four-year development investment are: Wrestle Quest Because Mega Cat Studios wanted to make an old-school turn-based role-playing game like the original Final Fantasyagain bound to earthor the Dragon Quest series.
But that doesn’t mean Mega Cat simply harnesses the charm of professional wrestling video games in an easy-to-develop gameplay loop. There’s a lot of childhood love for the 1980s and his 1990s superstars packed into this one. Wrestle Quest, that too. And 30 of them are from real life. Such as Jake the Snake Roberts, Diamond Dallas Page, and most essentially Macho Man Randy Savage.
“We’re a hardcore sports town,” said Mega Cat founder James Deighan of Pittsburgh, where he grew up and where his studio is based. “Friends, family and colleagues would come over and discuss Steelers games and Penguins and Pirates games. My dad was more of a Steelers fan.” Bruno SammartinoPrimordial Champion world wrestling federation of the 1960s and 1970s.
“I think he really saw that industry come to life,” Dehan said of his father. Dehan and his younger brother of six siblings were born later in his father’s life, in his fifties. “Some of my favorite childhood memories involve wrestling. I remember wrestling toys more than any other sport.”
Causes unexpected wrinkles Wrestle Questsan’s story. The characters — 12 of which are playable, 400 of which are his NPCs, and about 30 of the real-life old-school heroes of the last 40 years — are all represented in action figures. Some people aren’t even wrestlers. The world in which the main character, Muchachoman, lives is the kind of toy fantasy world middle schoolers would sprawl out on their bedroom floors and mix non-standard slowdowns with brilliant crossovers.
“What has inspired us a lot is that a lot of us grew up without a lot of stuff,” Dehan told Polygon. “So sometimes the G.I.
of Wrestle Questwill release on all devices except mobile on August 8th, and players will explore fantasy realms dotted with gyms, arenas, and even legendary shrines from yesteryear. Combat takes place (usually) in a ring, following a familiar turn-based rhythm, with wrestling moves and action points nimbly taking the place of spells and mana. A particularly devastating move from the top rope might cause the man’s plastic arm to pop off. Don’t worry. he just puts it back.
“It’s part of the playfulness of high fantasy,” Dehan says. “It was the same feeling that inspired this game. These two toys are going to fight hard in the ring. And then in the locker room one of them is probably doing Thing is twisting his face back because he’s a toy.
“This is all part of why we wanted to make the game in the first place, and why we started Mega Cat,” he added. “As someone who has had a great deal of respect for RPGs, we want to make sure that we are ready to commit to what our fans want to play, and the time it takes to balance and tweak, something with that much content. We wanted to make sure we were ready to tackle it, which is a big design challenge.”
Wrestle Quest According to Deighan, it’s the biggest game the 11-year-old studio has attempted. Most of Mega Cat’s resume to date has been employment projects, some of which use licensed real estate (most recently, Renfield: Bring your own blood, vampire survivors– like those based on Nicolas Cage films). With these experiences, Mega Cat has built a structure for working together when approaching the managers and property of his stars in real-life wrestling. But it was still a pitch for them to agree on a groundbreaking concept.
“Talking to Jake the Snake is not the same experience as talking to Hasbro’s brand team and licensing agents,” laughs Dahan.
Initially, most wrestlers and their agents were only interested in contract terms. “Most of them weren’t particularly excited about the type of game or the specifics of the game,” Dehan said. But he and Mega Cat found common ground during arguments with the likes of Page and Jeff Jarrett early in the campaign to sign the superstar.
“Nearly every wrestler in the game had to have their own indie circuit.” [wrestling] Get started,” said Dehan. “Often these people are in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and they don’t know what indie games are, but they definitely know what indie wrestling is. I think some of them knew that this was a huge risk and a true love letter for the team, so they felt they were also supporting us and being part of such a journey. In many cases, it inspired a unique conversation with them, sharing the issues they had in their journey as they came up, which is very relatable. .”
Feelings of love letters can be seen everywhere Wrestle QuestEven if, from a creative point of view, building toys and russlers is the means, not the end.point of wrestlequest, The first was always to make a turn-based, party-building, story-driven RPG. But Dehan and his colleagues at Megacat continued to find something to celebrate from their childhood and fandom as they immersed themselves in what they do over the past four years. As a result, they ended up using their cherished childhood memories to create the game they’ve always wanted to make.
“The content of the game was shaped more by a love of JRPGs and wrestling than by the best commercial schemes,” said Deighan. “This is probably a game that could have been viable at 30% of his final size. The reason so many people worked on this project for several years was because of that goal. Success.” how to measure Wrestle Quest It is not purely commercial. Probably 3rd or 4th point. ”
Wrestle Quest Available August 8th on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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