Arberth studios, the team behind Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches have allowed us a glimpse at some screenshots for their new title “Coven” which they hope to release in 2010.
Noel Bruton of Arberth comments, “It’s true that ‘Coven’ represents a slight stylistic shift for us. While ‘Rhiannon’ was a creepy, solitary exploration of a dangerously haunted Welsh farmstead, as these screenshots and the video show, in ‘Coven’ we’re giving the drama an even larger stage, namely the centre of a Welsh harbour town, our fictional Castle Avon.
There are also characters with whom the player will meet, team up, converse and negotiate. There’ll be more spoken word than in ‘Rhiannon’ and, within the expectations of our target players, a light sprinkling of action here and there. But at the heart of it, as in ‘Rhiannon’, our main mission remains the strength and depth of the story.”
The premise of ‘Coven’ is that Castle Avon is beset by a number of unexplained problems. Local legend has it that the root of these difficulties lies in the execution of an alleged witch nearly 400 years ago. In the present day, the first-person player lands in the midst of this and is forced by terrible circumstance to unravel the supernatural mystery that grips the town.
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