One of many cubicles I visited throughout Tokyo Recreation Present 2026 was run by Playism. The writer showcased a wide range of titles on the occasion, and I had a chance to play a few of the demos out there there.
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Among the many titles Playism showcased at TGS 2026, two of them have the RPG style tag, that are Skateboard Knight and Sea Sniffers. I managed to check out each titles at Playism’s sales space in the course of the occasion.
Skateboard Knight
Though Skateboard Knight has an RPG style mark, it feels extra like a roguelite motion sport to me. The demo instantly put us in command of a knight who rides a skateboard on three-lane horizontal roads. You possibly can transfer the knight up and down throughout the lanes, and the character will routinely launch slashes in direction of enemy monsters which can be approaching on the identical lane.
Enemies defeated will drop cash and expertise factors on the identical lane, however you must make certain the knight stays on the identical lane to truly take these more often than not. After getting gathered sufficient expertise, the knight will degree up, and that is the place the standard roguelite component kicks in by providing you 3 random buffs starting from stat will increase to bonus abilities like additional elemental assaults, from which you’ll choose only one for every degree.
The final gameplay circulation I’ve noticed in Skateboard Knight is that we’d encounter waves of enemies with growing numbers till the boss of the stage ultimately seems. Boss fights will oftentimes require you to maneuver ceaselessly throughout lanes, as they’ll additionally make good use of the a number of lanes. After getting efficiently defeated the boss, you possibly can transfer to the subsequent space.
As of this writing, Playism simply printed a brand new model of the public demo for Skateboard Knight, which is accessible by way of Steam. Though I used to be solely in a position to attain the start of Chapter 3 in my 15-minute playthrough of the TGS construct, this public demo lets us play up till Chapter 4. The complete launch is slated to look on not solely PC but additionally iOS and Android in 2027.
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Sea Sniffers
Sea Sniffers could possibly be described as a 2D side-scrolling fishing motion RPG, the place the protagonist has a seal that may discover the seas and catch numerous sorts of fish. The demo out there at TGS 2026 coated the start phases of the sport.
We initially management the protagonist on land as we work together with NPCs who give us quests with particular aims, corresponding to catching particular fish. As soon as we’re prepared for the actual journey, we will ship our mascot seal to the open seas. We then management the seal because it explores the seas, with the depth restricted by the reel’s most size—which I assume can be extendable progressively within the full launch.
The seal additionally wields a web that it’ll use to catch fish throughout the seas. I seen that the rarer the fish species is, the extra effort can be wanted to catch it, and a few will even contain precise fight gameplay. However when a brand new type of fish has been caught, will probably be registered to the dex, which completely invokes the “Gotta catch ’em all” really feel of creature-collection video games to me.
After we now have explored sufficient in the course of the session, we will name again the seal anytime to return management to the protagonist, who can then buy additional upgrades and ship quest objects to obtain rewards, whereas progressively unlocking extra explorable areas.
Though I solely managed to play this demo for a short while, I used to be very impressed by how enjoyable Sea Sniffers appears like, and I wish to take a look at the complete sport as soon as it is out there. A public demo model has but to be made out there as of this writing, however Playism has listed 2027 as the discharge window for Sea Sniffer’s full model on PC by way of Steam.