| Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King | |
| Developer: | Redlock Studio |
| Publisher: |
|
| Engine: | Unreal Engine 4[1] |
| Platforms: | |
| Genre: | Action role-playing |
| Modes: | Single-player |
Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King is an action role-playing video game developed by Redlock Studio. Redlock released it for Windows in 2021, and it was ported to various consoles in 2022.
After the disappearance of their king, a civilization falls to ruin.[2] Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King is a Soulslike, an action role-playing video game subgenre that focuses on exploration, careful timing in combat, and boss fights.[3] These are presented from a first-person persective. It also includes elements of platform games, which are presented in 2.5D.[2]
Redlock is a French game developer.[4] Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 2016, raising €20K more than the €80K goal.[5] It entered early access in June 2019[6] and released on Windows on February 17, 2021. Forthright Entertainment published ports to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch on April 22, 2022.[7]
Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King received mixed reviews on Metacritic.[8] RPGFan said that despite Redlock's "care and hard work", the game is "frustrating, repetitive, and directionless".[3] Jeuxvideo.com and 4Players gave it mostly positive reviews, though both criticized the combat.[9] [10]