Ade Putra (GameAxis) has previewed Masquerada: Songs and Shadows:

Preview: Masquerada Songs and Shadows (PC)

It takes less than an hour to complete the preview build of Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, the up-and-coming PC debut for local developers Witching Hour Studios. Its brevity is a conscious decision to suit gaming conventions, but that was all the time it needed to spirit players away into a world of masks, mystery, and magic; little wonder that I’m left yearning for more.

Masquerada, as its name implies, involves plenty of fancy masks and for good reason: they’re a conduit for power, allowing our characters Cicero, Kalden, and Tiziana to unleash elemental magic. The demo doesn’t expand on this but from what I understand, they’re a recent discovery and those who own one belong to the aristocracy. Masks also happen to be great at conjuring mental imagery of danger and intrigue, of which Masquerada promises to have plenty.

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I’ll admit that a major portion of my excitement stems from the world Witching Hour has built. Their passion in creating cities, histories and people, as well as their indulgence in writing, is documented in the codex of mobile tactical game Ravenmark: Mercenaries. Getting to explore that passion in the form of a full-blown fantasy RPG, with Venetian themes and social philosophizing, is going to be exciting to say the least.

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