Becoming Saint: Bloody Hell, This Indie Game Looks Like Hotline Miami Meets Medieval Mayhem
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
'Becoming Saint' looks like Hotline Miami set in the Dark Ages, offering brutal pixelated combat and a dark sense of humor, promising potential if the gameplay loop stays fresh. IGN South Africa highlighted the game's trailer.
Right, so IGN South Africa just dropped a gameplay trailer for a game called 'Becoming Saint,' and fair dinkum, it's caught my eye. We're talking top-down, pixelated carnage, but swap the neon-soaked streets of Miami for, well, what looks like the Dark Ages having a particularly rough Tuesday.
The trailer (clocking in at a tidy 1 minute 35 seconds) showcases some seriously slick combat. Think Hotline Miami's brutal, one-hit-kill action, but with swords, axes, and what appears to be some seriously questionable religious iconography. The protagonist is, shall we say, *very* committed to their cause, judging by the rivers of pixelated blood they're leaving in their wake. You've got stealth elements, too, judging by the glimpses of sneaking about and backstabbing unsuspecting guards. It's a bit like someone threw a medieval history book into a blender with a Hotline Miami disc and then poured the resulting concoction onto a pixel art canvas.
But what *is* the cause, you ask? Well, the trailer is a bit light on narrative details. We see plenty of hacking and slashing, but not a whole lot of context. Are we playing a disillusioned monk gone rogue? A zealot on a holy crusade? Or just someone who really, *really* hates castles? The mystery is part of the appeal, I reckon.
Visually, it's got that crunchy, low-fi aesthetic that's all the rage these days, but with a surprising amount of detail. The environments look suitably grim and gritty, and the character animations are surprisingly fluid for pixel art. It definitely gives off a strong "indie darling" vibe.
Now, I'm usually pretty skeptical of games that lean too heavily on nostalgia or gratuitous violence, but 'Becoming Saint' seems to have a certain… *je ne sais quoi*. Maybe it's the darkly comedic tone, or maybe it's just the sheer audacity of combining medieval history with ultra-violent gameplay. Whatever it is, it's got me intrigued.
There's also a brief mention in the original IGN article about another trailer for "Virai: Doomer's Life Escape", but let's be honest, 'Becoming Saint' is where the bloody action is at.
My one worry? That the gameplay loop might get repetitive after a while. All that hacking and slashing needs to be backed up with a compelling story and some meaningful choices. But hey, I'm an optimist at heart (mostly). If the developers can deliver on the promise of the trailer, 'Becoming Saint' could be a real sleeper hit.
Tags: indie games, action, pixel art, medieval, violent
Original article: IGN South Africa