Rebel Wolves’ The Blood of Dawnwalker was finally revealed last month with a storyline focused on vampiric powers. Its gameplay will be showcased this Summer, but there is a confirmed 30-day and 30-night time limit, which won’t rush the player (somehow). Regardless of how that works, you can expect a roughly 30 to 40-hour campaign – quite the contrast to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which the studio’s developers are veterans of.
Creative director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz also spoke to GamesRadar about the level of quality the studio aims for. “In terms of quality, we definitely look at AAA, because this is where we are coming from, the quality level of The Witcher 3. Definitely, our games are not as huge in terms of the amount of content and gameplay hours. We are a smaller studio, and this is our first project, so we definitely are building something smaller. But we want to build something as robust in terms of quality, maybe a bit shorter.
“Comparing something to a behemoth like The Witcher, which we aimed for 100+ hours, but I think a lot of people played 200, 300 hours, is insane,” Tomaszkiewicz added. “If size is your measure, then yes, it’s not the size of a AAA like The Witcher. But I don’t know if the size is the measure, to be honest because there are AAA games like Call of Duty that aren’t 100+ hours gameplay campaigns. And I don’t know if anyone would call them AA or indie.”
Set in Vale Sangora within the Carpathian Mountains, The Blood of Dawnwalker is about Coen, who transforms into a vampire and seeks to save his family. He runs afoul of Brencis, who controls the region, but Coen isn’t positioned as an overpowered protagonist. There’s also no over-the-top magic, though you can still utilize some powerful vampiric skills to tear enemies apart.
The Blood of Dawnwalker doesn’t have a release date, but it is in development for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Stay tuned for more details and updates.
