Tunic Out Now for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Xbox Game Pass - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 March 2022 / 2,421 Views
Developer Finji has released Tunic for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, and Xbox Game Pass.
"A few years back, Tunic was revealed to the world on stage during the Xbox E3 2018 Briefing," said Finji Senior Community Manager Harris Foster via Xbox Wire. "This was a huge moment for both of us as a publishing team and for Andrew Shouldice who at the time was handling the duties of game designer, programmer, level designer, character artist, animator, and tester on Tunic.
"In the nearly four years that followed, Tunic grew in an astonishing fashion. The development team and the game itself have multiplied in size and thousands of new fans have shared their excitement with us."
View the launch trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
At first glance, Tunic may seem like a cute action-adventure game. You play as a small fox in a big world, fighting monsters and exploring an ancient land. But don’t let its charming exterior fool you, Tunic’s combat will test your reflexes and its mysteries will challenge your perception.
On your adventure you’ll explore a dense and mysterious overworld, from shadowy forests inhabited by dangerous creatures to intricate temples filled with hostile sorcerers. The sword is your primary weapon, but your greatest tool is knowing the right time to dodge, block, and swing. Your enemies will not hold back, so be sure to search your environment for bombs, stat boosts, and refillable health potions. Make a wrong move and your death will send you back to the last checkpoint without giving back any items you used. Be careful out there!
Tunic’s white-knuckle combat system pulls from modern action RPGs while its setting and tone comes from games of the classic cartridge era. But the challenge and inspiration doesn’t end there. Remember the good ol’ days when every game included a full-color instruction manual? A flimsy booklet packed with helpful combat tips, enemy descriptions, and secret hints? Tunic takes the lost art of the instruction manual and injects it directly into the game.
Scattered throughout the in-game world of Tunic are instruction manual pages for you to collect. Each one you find adds to your booklet, creating a compendium of this foreign realm. Study the pages carefully to get a lay of the land and have the upper hand on your combatants. Filled with gorgeous hand-drawn illustrations, the manual appears to be written in some unknown language. Come to think of it, everything in this world is written in these glyphs. What does it mean? Will we be able to translate it? What else might Tunic be hiding?
Mysteries and secrets sit at the heart of the Tunic experience. Every seasoned gamer knows that when a game has a waterfall, they should check behind it for hidden loot. Tunic presents a world overflowing with opportunities to sniff out secrets. When playing Tunic, we encourage you to collaborate with your friends. Work together to share hints, compare notes, and uncover long-lost treasures.
Since secrets are so integral to Tunic’s DNA, we’ve been super hush-hush – we’ve had to hold our tongue on what this game truly has in store for players. That’s what makes this launch so exciting for us – it is finally time to hand this game over to you. Rest up, adventurers. It’s a long journey ahead. We can’t wait to see what you discover.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Seems like a cute game.
Don't underestimate its cuteness. It's a pretty merciless game from what I've read from reviews lol
Was this really only revealed in 2018? Feels like I've been waiting ages for this game.
Sigh. All the best indies are exclusives.
Most of the Xbox ones have been quite short exclusive windows (6months) like Deaths Door, The Ascension, The medium
The Ascent as well. It's an intentional way of doing it as ID@Xbox will pay up front for a timed exclusivity window for an indie title so the developer(s) don't struggle with funding, then they're able to branch out to more platforms to bring in even more revenue. Cuphead and the Ori games come to mind as well.
Yeah those were bad examples lol but with how long it took Cuphead to come out in the first place and even the dlc expansion still hasn't released, I wouldn't be surprised that it just took that long to port the games. I remember it coming to Mac and Switch before PS4. Ori is on PC and Switch as well, but no idea if it'll come to other platforms.
At least the last couple years then that's how ID@Xbox has been handling timed indie exclusives because I can't really think of one that's permanently exclusive to Xbox. I'm still waiting for FFVII Remake to come to Xbox! Took a year and a half for it just to come to PC lol
Nah it could have been ported to PS4. Xbox One and PS4 are pretty much identical for the most part. This was definitely a timed deal in place. Xbox were kind enough to give Switch the game during that period. Along with Ori. I honestly thought that Ori was an Xbox property.
Yeah FF7 R is a mystery on when it will hit Xbox, if ever. It should as Sony was pretty transparent about how long it would be exclusive for. Maybe it's Square. OR the worse case scenario being that for the entire duration (episodes) of FF7 R, it will be exclusive. Meaning until all the parts are done. That would be frickin' nuts!
Moon Studios is a private studio and MS does own the Ori IP, but, Microsoft doesn't want to work them anymore. I always wondered why Microsoft didn't acquire Moon Studios. It all makes sense now.
https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/18/despite-its-beautiful-ori-games-moon-studio-is-called-an-oppressive-place-to-work/
Probably doesn't take much of a PC to run it.
A review quote I heard was "It's a fantastic Zelda-style game for the Elden Ring generation" I like the way that sounds :)
Almost forgot about this game. Its been 4 years, but now it looks like it's worth the wait.
