The Relic: The First Guardian. Or last?

The Relic: The First Guardian is an action role playing game developed by ‘Project Cloud games’ and published by ‘Perp games‘. The Relic: The First Guardian is said to be coming out in 2025 on the Xbox Series X/S, PC and PS5. X35 Earthwalker looks forward to seeing what this game has to offer. The Relic: The First Guardian needs to have a stand out factor. Let’s take a look.

The Relic: The First Guardian is set in Arsiltus. Players control what’s called the ‘last guardian’. Basically Arsiltus got swallowed up by the “void created by the destruction of the great relic” which turned it into the land of death. So yeah, a nice place to live and hang out in. So yeah the mission is simple. Get to work as the guardian, collect the pieces of the great relic and then close the void.

Already The Relic: The First Guardian has some factors that make it different. For starters there are no levels for your character. Instead what determines your strength will be your items, crafting and even runes. It’s how you built and equip your character. So no level grinding here. The Relic: The First Guardian is also described as semi-open world. So exploration is still a factor.

Action is a big factor here. The amount of emphasis on the action is real. The Relic: The First Guardian even describes players having “action-packed experiences”. Ruined damaged worlds like this are off course going to be loaded with threats, dangers and things that just want to kill you. This is further supported by the movement speed of the guardians. The speed is there. Definitely like to see it.

We checked out some The Relic: The First Guardian gameplay and it’s what we expected. It’s all action and it does it very well. There are 5 different types of weapon options and they definitely change how you fight. From big heavy swings that crush through bodies and armour. To high mobility even jumping attacks and using items. To even a powerful shield and bash to disrupt and set things up. It’s quite satisfying to watch. A lot of effort went into the effects. For example if a big foe smashes the ground with an attack, expect debris, grass or whatever to be launch and fly off with each strike. Very well done. Looking intense.

Overall The Relic: The First Guardian is looking like an excellent game. The graphics are excellent. Very very good for todays standards. The animations are top tier by the looks of it. Good work went into that. The effects of attacks and the environment is excellent too. This already showing that The Relic: The First Guardian is a good game based on design standard. There is off course more things to see. Especially concerning the story and bosses. The developers ‘Project Cloud games’  have done an excellent job so far. We at X35 Earthwalker will keep an eye open for this game. Now The Relic: The First Guardian may have excellent design standard but it’s way below the standard when compared to… the ‘Earth Walk!’