Preview: Raiders of the Broken Planet (Patreon)

Hi everyone, as some of you might know, I recently had the opportunity to travel to Spain to see this new game from MercurySteam, the developers behind the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series. Afterwards I sat down with Brandon to discuss the game and it's unconventional design and business strategies.

Doing so much travel in such a quick turnaround was a bit grueling, but otherwise it was a good trip that let me get a strong picture of what the studio is going for. I also interviewed some of the lead figures back in the day when they were working on the Castlevania games. So it was a bit of a reunion in a way as well.

The trip also let me give our new capture laptop a test run, and getting footage on the field more easily is the main reason we got it. So it was nice to be sure there were no roadblocks before taking it into the chaos of E3. There's a fair amount of B-Roll from the publisher in there as well, but most of the footage featuring an actual HUD is my gameplay on a debug PS4.

I hope you enjoy the preview whether you end up interested in the game or not, and thanks as always for providing the opportunities to continue covering games like this.

-Bloodworth