{"id":102797,"date":"2019-10-30T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/dark_souls-like_animus_harbinger_brings_the_battle_to_switch_next_week"},"modified":"2019-10-30T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T14:30:00","slug":"dark-souls-like-animus-harbinger-brings-the-battle-to-switch-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/30\/dark-souls-like-animus-harbinger-brings-the-battle-to-switch-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Souls-Like ANIMUS: Harbinger Brings The Battle To Switch Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bf3f6a8b1ccef\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bf3f6a8b1ccef\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zTgALuiV5W4?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We know, we know &#8211; the whole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dark_souls_remastered\"><strong>Dark Souls<\/strong><\/a> comparison thing is more overdone than that obliterated piece of toast you ruined this morning, but look&#8230; This <em>really is<\/em> like Dark Souls.<\/p>\n<p>Everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/animus_harbinger\"><strong>ANIMUS: Harbinger<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s opening sequence to its combat (all visible in the smartphone version trailer above) reminds us of From Software&#8217;s grisly action-RPG, right down to the player character&#8217;s familiar appearance. For all intents and purposes, the game appears to be a cheaper, portable take on the famous series, albeit with some key differences here and there.<\/p>\n<p>To teach you a little more about it, here&#8217;s a story introduction and feature list:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>These are the days before Ire: Blood Memory, the days when Kerr the Breaker\u2019s evil slipped its way into Cadmeia. You, Forlorn \u2014 follower of the Resonant, and caught out of time and place \u2014 are called upon by the shadow of the late King Cadmus to bring judgement to those that have betrayed the land. Only you can take on this duty, as you are forgotten, and those forgotten can never die, as they have truly never lived. Be the hand of deliverance and mercy to the afflicted. You will have no friend save for your trusty blade, axe, and hammer. Answer the call of this dead sovereign.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Game Features:<br \/>\u2022 Compact stage and boss fight game<br \/>\u2022 Main quests (21)<br \/>\u2022 Sidequests &#8211; Trial (12) \/ Proof (6) \/ Passage (random boss)<br \/>\u2022 Proficiency tree<br \/>\u2022 Skill shards<br \/>\u2022 Reinforcement system<br \/>\u2022 Farming equipment and materials<br \/>\u2022 Difficulty (3)<br \/>\u2022 Weapons, armour, and accessories of different types and attributes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 01\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9bf76d4a6c48d\/switch-animusharbinger-01.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9bf76d4a6c48d\/switch-animusharbinger-01.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 01\"><\/a><a title=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 02\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37ef6df7bc37a\/switch-animusharbinger-02.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/37ef6df7bc37a\/switch-animusharbinger-02.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 02\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 03\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/044c9bee58baf\/switch-animusharbinger-03.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/044c9bee58baf\/switch-animusharbinger-03.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 03\"><\/a><a title=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 04\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/483f7512f48d3\/switch-animusharbinger-04.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/483f7512f48d3\/switch-animusharbinger-04.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Switch ANIMUSHarbinger 04\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The game&#8217;s launching on Switch on 7th November and will be available for just $7.99, considerably less than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dark_souls_remastered\"><strong>Dark Souls: Remastered<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s retail price of $39.99.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think this one might be worth picking up? Or would you rather play the full-fat experience now that it&#8217;s available on Switch anyway? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zTgALuiV5W4?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] We know, we know &#8211; the whole Dark Souls comparison thing is more overdone than that obliterated piece of toast you ruined this morning, but look&#8230; This really is like Dark Souls. Everything from ANIMUS: Harbinger&#8216;s opening sequence to its combat (all visible in the smartphone version trailer above) reminds us of From [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}