The young and small Spanish studio Baby Robot Games is happy to announce that, after 5 years of hard work, their debut title Ereban: Shadow Legacy is out now on Steam at a price of 24.99 USD. This fast-paced, story-driven stealth platformer combines stunning visuals and innovative third-person shadow merging mechanics in a morally grey universe. The game introduces an innovative mechanic to the stealth genre: the ability of merging with the shadows (or Shadow Merge), that gives the main character Ayana an extraordinary level of mobility and strategic options to infiltrate into her enemy domains and find out what happened to her people.
This fast-paced, story-driven stealth platformer combines stunning visuals and innovative third-person shadow merging mechanics in a morally grey universe. The game introduces an innovative mechanic to the stealth genre: the ability of merging with the shadows (or Shadow Merge), that gives the main character Ayana an extraordinary level of mobility and strategic options to infiltrate into her enemy domains and find out what happened to her people.
Developed with very humble resources, but having main inspirations coming from big names as Metal Gear, Splatoon, Aragami and Assassin's Creed, Ereban: Shadow Legacy sets players in control of female protagonist Ayana, the last descendant of the Ereban race that holds the precious power of merging and roaming freely within the shadows.
As they uncover the enigmatic connection between the cryptic energy megacorporation Helios and her people, players will master the combination of Ayana's agility with her mystical shadow powers and high-tech gadgets to either cleverly avoid or mercilessly defeat anything and anyone that stands in her way in pursuit of the truth.
“Ereban: Shadow Legacy is our first game, and as could not be otherwise, is also our love letter to all those great stealth games we grew up with. Combining traditional stealth with the Shadow Merge mechanic and all its possibilities has been very challenging, but very fun to develop and play with too. We hope that players enjoy the game in which we poured our hearts for the last 5 years!” - Alejandro Marquez (Game Director at Baby Robot Games).
Main Features
Become one with the shadows.
Experience an unprecedented blend of stealth and shadows with the Shadow Merge ability. Dive into shadows and move freely through them to climb walls, reach inaccessible places, attack from cover or advance unseen.
Combine agility, powers and gadgets.
Absorb echoes to learn more lethal and non-lethal shadow powers, craft high-tech gadgets, and combine all this with your agility to infiltrate Helios lines and investigate what they are hiding.
Play your way.
Approach each level with your own strategy. Use your powers to move like a ghost or strike as a deadly shadow in this fast-paced stealth game that combines platforming and puzzles.
Define your legacy.
Avoid or kill. Spare or consume. Save or doom. In this world where actions go beyond good and evil… how far are you willing to go to uncover the truth?
Explore a dying, beautiful world.
Discover the ruins of lifeless cities, infiltrate sci-fi facilities carved into ancient temples and forge alliances to unravel the mystery of who you are and what happened to your people.
About the Shadow Merge mechanic
The origin of this mechanic came from our passion for stealth games since we were kids. Traditionally, they all have used shadows to make you less visible, so we thought… “what if you could literally merge with them?” We took a whole different game as reference, Splatoon, and after testing how it was to move through the shadows in a similar way they do with the ink, we immediately realized the huge amount of possibilities this opened!
A big one is that when you’re inside the shadows, you’re totally undetectable. This allows you to smoothly advance under the enemies’ feet, suddenly appear behind their backs if you choose to play lethal, or conveniently disappear right in front of their noses if you’re in danger. As long as you’re not flashed by a light or stay too much time merged in, the shadows have your back.
Apart from that, the Shadow Merge also means a big advantage in terms of mobility. For example, wherever there are shadows, you can climb walls and reach high and otherwise inaccessible places, or you can use moving objects or even their moving shadows to navigate from one place to the other, or you can go through small spaces, ignoring fences, bars or gratings, or you can jump from high places and smoothly land in a shadow, completely safe and silent… and this is just to name a few!
As you see, the Shadow Merge is very versatile, so it’s up to you to discover and combine all its possibilities! And that's only for the base mechanic, as during your adventure you’ll learn upgrades and completely new shadow powers. We hope you enjoy these powers, and see you in the shadows!
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is out now on Steam and coming soon to Epic Games Store. For more information, visit the official website: https://ereban.com