Press kit

Description

Short

A pixel ARPG that mixes the bullet-hell co-op of Realm of the Mad God with the loot and builds of Path of Exile and Diablo. Play solo, online, on LAN or in 4-player split-screen couch co-op. Dodge bullet-hell bosses, hunt loot and 6-link gear, and build your hero on a huge passive tree.

Long

The Hero's Legacy is a pixel ARPG from CraftingBenchGames that mixes the bullet-hell co-op of Realm of the Mad God with the loot and builds of Path of Exile and Diablo. It is a loot-driven hack and slash with bullet-hell bosses and an optional one-life Hardcore mode. Play solo, host your friends online, or play with up to 4 players on one couch in local split-screen co-op. Chase uniques and 6-link gear, and build your hero on a huge passive tree.

A Softcore hero who dies gets up again and loses nothing. A Hardcore hero has one life: a fallen hero is gone, along with what they carried, while story progress, the Family Bank, gold and skills carry over and the next hero of that class starts stronger.

The loot drops on the ground with labels and beams, and a loot filter hides the junk. Rare gear rolls tiered affixes; there are uniques, gear sets with build-changing bonuses and graded endgame drops (Kindled, Blazing and Radiant). Crafting orbs reroll, add, remove and lock affixes, and the Twinning Glass is a jackpot orb that makes an exact copy of your best item.

There are 12 classes at launch: start with 4 and unlock the rest through your heroes' deeds. Keystones on the passive tree change how you play, like Spark Reflex, where your crits cast the skills socketed in the tree. Every boss has its own bullet-hell patterns, dragons and huge world bosses roam the high-level lands, and at the top wait Ember Rifts with Steam leaderboards for every class, and a pinnacle fight.

Between the fights there is a main story, side deeds, a home to build, crops to grow, meals to cook and animals to keep, and gathering and crafting skills whose levels are never lost.

Key features

• Softcore, or one-life Hardcore with its own leaderboards; Legacy stars make each new hero of a class stronger.
• Fully offline solo, online co-op through Steam or LAN, public worlds or your own dedicated server, and 4-player couch co-op.
• Bullet-hell bosses, plus dragons and world bosses with personal loot.
• Ground loot with a loot filter, uniques, gear sets, up to 6 linked sockets and crafting orbs, including the Twinning Glass.
• 12 classes and a huge passive tree with keystones, Lodestones and Relics.
• Ember Rifts with Steam leaderboards for every class, and a pinnacle fight.
• A main story, side deeds, dungeons, and gathering and crafting skills; build a home, farm, cook and keep animals.
• 12 languages. Full controller support.

About CraftingBenchGames

CraftingBenchGames is the independent studio behind The Hero's Legacy. More at craftingbenchgames.com.