The Bornless is a tactical horror FPS set in a shadowy town built in Unreal Engine 4. Battle royale is their flagship game mode, where eight players will be placed on the map to encounter the daunting demon Orobas. The inspiration to develop Bornless comes from the book The Lesser Keys of Solomon.
When matches begin, you have a knife and a handgun as your primary weapons. Eight players are divided into 4 teams of 2. They will spawn at a random landmark on the map.
Additionally, players will have some Incense tokens to move around and employ throughout the game. It is distributed along the map to collect and is extensively contested. The team that utilizes its incense tokens carefully may have the upper hand.
On the map, every landmark has an objective - a red beacon. Inside the beacon, there is a Cauldon where the players can choose to burn their incense tokens and gain “favour” to prevent the demon from chasing them down. The monster will chase the team with the least “favour”.
Furthermore, an incense token is needed to buy in-game items and weapons. You can summon the demon to chase the other teams by burning incense. The demon can’t be killed in any way but delayed.
If there is only one remaining team, the game is over. The team that employs a cogent strategy and effectively uses its resources will win. The game has many cool features, such as an Experience System, Skills, Invocation (level reset), and combat looting.
A detailed gameplay loop can be explained below:
UI is displayed very well, avoiding any unnecessary bars on the screen.
Even though the concept is innovative and the game looks great, there are a few gameplay issues: footsteps, audio, dsync, and lack of maneuver, to name a few. The product is in EA. Hopefully, the improvements will come.
The game has 3 elements to retain players:
Cooperative PvP gameplay
Esports direction with prize pools
Seasonal content
Bornless is currently available on PC in Closed Al with medium specs requirements. The game is completely free-to-play. You will need to hold a Genesis NFT or Season pass to earn. They plan to launch the game on two notable distribution platforms: Elixir launcher and potentially Epic games store. You can apply to the Beta Access Waitlist on the website. The console and VR path is their vision for the future. Blockchain choices are Polygon or ImmutableX.