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Signups are available for the beta of Devilian now, with a free-to-play release expected by the end of 2016.

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Talk turns technical with Masquerada: Songs and Shadows' Ian Gregory – Destructoid

Character synergy, combat, and skill systems detailed

While at PAX East, Iwas fortunate enoughto schedule a chat with the co-founder and creative director of Singapore-based Witching Hour Studios, Ian Gregory, to talk aboutthe studio'sbeautiful upcoming pause-for-tactics 2.5D isometric RPG Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, planned for release on PC, Mac, and consoles (TBD) sometime inearly 2016.

The game takes placein a Venetian-inspired fantasy citycalled Ombre, and as it happens, is the only place in the game's world where magic exists.However, discovering and donningrare masks are the key to learning and harnessing thatmagical power. Gregory describes the mask's function in the game as that of batteries, storing built-up magical energy to be released in the form of the different classes' skills and abilities.

Players follow the story of Inspettore Cicero Gavar as he returns from exile to solve a kidnapping that, as the game's description states, will shake up the foundations of the city. Cicero, your starting character in the game, is a Maestro,a hybrid class that draws from the skills of all three main character classes.

Thethree main classesavailablein the game are the Sicario, who fills the role of an assassin; the Pavisierre, the tank in the group; and lastly, the Dirge, a bard-like character who can cast both summons and buffs. Each class will have access to eight to ten different abilities, all of which possess their own skill trees.


While discussing these various systems, the word synergy came up many times during our brief chat. It becameobvious that the team has put a lot of thought into how each classes' skills can and should complement the others, ensuring that no single character is ever considered the best.

As such, eachcharacter classhas specificstrengths and weaknesses, but if each are used effectively, players canmanipulate the battlefield bysplitting up and isolating creaturesfrom large mobs,as well as maximize the group's damage output potential by layering the classes' complimentary spells andskills into POE currency buy the morelethal combined attacks.