Abermore - Announced for March 29

Destructoid reported an upcoming stealth/heist RPG just announced by Four Circle Interactive. Abermore is planned for March 29th.

Abermore is a stealth RPG about planning out the perfect heist

You've got 18 days to put it all together

Four Circle Interactive, the team behind 10 Second Ninja, just announced their next project. Abermore is a stealth RPG with plenty of twists, turns, and challenges, and it's also right around the corner.

Set in a world where future tech mixes with the Edwardian-era buildings and fashion, the city of Abermore will be the playground for many stealth escapades. Players take on the role of "The Unhanged Man," a folk hero who's planning out a daring heist.

Across 18 days, you can plan out new robberies, each with their own stories and potential. Whether getting new spoils to sell for resources or making new friends for the ultimate score, it all leads up to the Fest of the Lucky Few.

Get caught, and not only will a lockdown go into effect, but robo-knight guards will start to hunt the thief. There are thankfully some magic powers in play, that seem to help give players the upper-hand, or at least avoid detection.

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I guess someone disagree with what a RPG is ;-)

I put in into our database as RPG

Originally Posted by vanedor
I guess someone disagree with what a RPG is ;-)

Originally Posted by HiddenX
I put in into our database as RPG

It was on purpose, indeed. I looked and there was nothing to indicate it was an RPG, I think they just used the label very loosely. Because of that and since the missions are procedurally generated, I was waiting for the reception here before going any further.

I'm pretty sure I didn't put "RPG" in my news post (since I never put a company name in italics, I suppose it was edited).

I edited the newsbit, because on their Steampage the devs describe the game as "Abermore is a first-person stealth RPG…".

Let's just hope that it's not a false flag operation.

From what can be inferred from the screenshots and descriptions it sounds like an immersive sim, which people sometimes seem to consider to be an RPG subgenre, despite very minimal RPG elements in most of those games. If we're going to call System Shock and S.T.A.L.K.E.R RPGs, it seems rather arbitrary to say this game isn't one.

I like the concept, but it sounds like the devs used a procedural generation system here. I'm not sure how well that's going to work for this type of game.

I like the premise, though I suspect I'll be reading what others here think about the game before I pony up for it.

An RPG with zero character progression? My definition is broader than most but this doesn't sound like an RPG to me.

Originally Posted by JFarrell71
An RPG with zero character progression? My definition is broader than most but this doesn't sound like an RPG to me.

You can get new equipment and new abilities by getting tarot cards, so there's some progression going on.
We will report about these borderline RPGs, because many Watchers have some interest in it.

If it's an immersive sim or something close to that, I think it's worth mentioning. We rarely get those kinds of games anymore, and they appeal to a lot of the same people who play RPGs.

Dunno about this one, but I absolutely loved the heists in Fallout 1-2, Arcanum and Helherron!

Yeah Mercy, a well done heist is a thing of glory, especially if the character(s) gets to participate.

Did he just knock a guy out with a banana????? I don't think this one's for me.

I don't know, at least he didn't fall for the banana in the tail-pipe routine. -p

Well, any game that features banana assassinations can't be all bad… though procedurally-generated scares me off of most games.