Guacamelee! dev's next game, Severed, looks twisted, brilliant

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The Toronto-based Drinkbox Studios has a penchant for bright, colourful, cheery games like Mutant Blobs Attack and Guacamelee!, and while its upcoming game, Severed, is certainly bright and colourful, it's anything but cheery.
Revealed in the following trailer, Severed follows the story of a "distraught warrior" who seemingly slices off enemies' limbs then claims them as her own. Brutal!
The core gameplay will be a first-person dungeon crawler with gesture-based controls in the vein of Infinity Blade. But unlike Chair's medieval brawler, Severed will feature non-linear exploration as players feel their way through this foreboding world. Lead designer Greg Lesky likened the level structure to Mega Man in an interview with Destructoid. "You can go down one path, or you can try going down one path and if it's not really working you can go down a different path and try that path, get the new piece of armour or whatever it is from that path, and then try that first path again [as] you'll be more upgraded."
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