Ok, maybe it’s not technically a JRPG. Perhaps it’s a WJRPG? What it is though, is a beautiful, side-scrolling homage to JPRG’s with a turn-based combat system It’s built on the wonderful UbiArt Framework that makes Rayman Legends so damned beautiful and it’s brought top you by some guys who made…Far Cry 3?

Yes, it’s being made by a small team at Ubi, spearheaded by Far Cry 3 creative director Patrick Plourde and lead writer Jeffrey Yohalem. It’s not the first timer we’ve heard about the game, but this is the first we’ve seen it trailered, and it really is wonderful.

It’s coming next year as a downloadable title to current and next gen systems.

Last Updated: September 10, 2013

Far Cry 5 has a great nod to its Hurk legacy of previous games

Over several years and games, Hurk Drubman Jr. has built a legacy within Ubisoft's Far Cry…
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