Pathfinder Abomination Vaults Hack & Slash Game Coming To Kickstarter

BKOM Studios and Paizo are proud to reveal “Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults,” the first ever Action Role-Playing Game (ARPG) based on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game!

When the wicked sorceress Belcorra Haruvex returns to haunt her home of Gauntlight Keep, she assembles an army of monsters, beasts, and abominations to take her revenge against those who wronged her in life. Delve into Gauntlight Keep to battle deadly monsters and abominations on your way to put an end to Belcorra Haruvex and her evil schemes. You and up to three of your friends will lead iconic Pathfinder heroes, including Amiri and Ezren, through the sprawling dungeon on your quest to eradicate the evil sorceress.

The project is set to be launched on Kickstarter later this month. If you want to stay up-to-date or get notified when the campaign starts, head over to the pre-launch page here.

“Launching a Kickstarter campaign for ‘Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults’ gives us the opportunity to share our own excitement and anticipation around the project with the IP's fans, from the get-go,” said Frederic Martin, CEO at BKOM Studios.

“With Kickstarter, we can directly reach players and supporters, and offer them a chance to bring the game to life with us,” Martin added, “and by creating this communication channel with the fans, the campaign is a vehicle that allows us to build an even stronger, deeper and more meaningful game, which we believe every Pathfinder enthusiast deserves.”

As it gets closer to the launch, more details will be revealed on Twitter, Discord, Twitch, and Facebook accounts. You can also watch the announcement video here.

 

[Velderan]

Yeah. I like having my games off platform and on my own install, where I can play them without being spammed for badges I've won, or having people I know comment on how much time I do or don't spend on this or that game. Is that what Good Old Games would offer?

That said, for me most of the appeal goes away if it's not based on the PF2E ruleset. Outside of MMOs I've never been much of a video gamer. I've bought a lot of games over the years that got played for a few minutes and then forgotten. I need a hook to reel me in. But I imagine that same choice will gain them more sales than it costs. I just wish it was more of a mechanism towards driving people to the tRPG.

Yeah, Good Old Games doesn't have the DRM ties that Steam does so that's either a pro or a con depending on what you like. I've bought games from both platforms and not really have any issues with either.

From the comments the mods have made on discord, this game will be closer to a Gauntlet style ARPG so pretty approachable to play. Your characters power will derive less from gear and more from Feats you select. Gear won't emphasize random drops and instead will largely have fixed locations where you acquire things. Backing a game that is around 2 years from releasing can be a tough sell though, especially if it's not trying to directly translate the TTRPG to a digital experience so I can understand the relatively meh response the campaign has received so far. Hopefully the game does well on release and helps raise brand awareness for Paizo.

 

[GreyLord]

Yeah. I like having my games off platform and on my own install, where I can play them without being spammed for badges I've won, or having people I know comment on how much time I do or don't spend on this or that game. Is that what Good Old Games would offer?

That said, for me most of the appeal goes away if it's not based on the PF2E ruleset. Outside of MMOs I've never been much of a video gamer. I've bought a lot of games over the years that got played for a few minutes and then forgotten. I need a hook to reel me in. But I imagine that same choice will gain them more sales than it costs. I just wish it was more of a mechanism towards driving people to the tRPG.

Yes, that's basically what you could get from GOG. You can use their program (not as good as STEAM for online stuff) or download backup installers (which are offline installers that you can download to your machine, store on a hard drive, and install whenever you feel like it). You won't be spammed for badges with the offline installers, and no one will know if you've even played the game if you go that path.