The core gameplay loop of Wild Hearts will revolve around hunting the dangerous Kemono and upgrading your equipment to take on ever tougher enemies. Wild Hearts’ most unique feature is the crafting system that uses a piece of technology called the Karakuri to build traps and equipment during battle. Is Wild Hearts gameplay like Monster Hunter? Wild Hearts is a hunting game along the lines of Monster Hunter, and the genre typically puts gameplay first and foremost. Past the initial introduction, we don’t currently know a lot about Wild Hearts’ story, however, it’s not unreasonable to expect that the game won’t be narrative-focused. After a dreadful fight with the winter wolf Deathstalker, players become bearers of a life-sustaining technology and are compelled to restore balance across the region.”

The Kemono range from plant-infused squirrels to the massive Kingtusk wild boar. “ Wild Hearts takes place in Azuma, a fantasy landscape inspired by feudal Japan, that is now rampaged by the once peaceful Kemono - altering their environment at the cost of citizens’ lives. Here’s the official description via a press release from EA. Wild Hearts is set in a fantasy world named Azuma, which is heavily inspired by feudal Japan, and inhabited by massive creatures called Kemono.

Wild Hearts’ fantasy setting is heavily inspired by feudal Japan.

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