Bound by Flame Trailer

Hey guys, Zach here.  Today, I have a trailer for the upcoming game Bound by Flame.  I haven't had a chance to look around too much for news at this point, but I'll share what I know so far.

First off, this game is being made by a small studio.  Why is this relevant? Well, it means that even though it comes off as a fantasy epic the likes of Skyrim, it is going to be closed off, linear with individual missions that you play as.  The focus for this limited studio is going to be the story, which will have branching paths that lead to various endings, but no specifics on the number of divergent paths yet.

The story focuses on your character trying to summon and harness a fire demon, only to have it invade his body.  You have 3 branching skill trees, which helps this feel more like an RPG, and you can focus on warrior/tank, ranger/bowman, or mage/demon.  As you develop your demon powers (which you don't have to do, apparently), you will visibly look more like a demonic version of yourself, as you will be empowering your inner demon by spending points in his development.

While these features aren't entirely new to gaming, after games like Fable using morality as a basis for changing appearances,  it would be interesting to see more of how this all comes out.  My interest is more in the story, which has an undead army being used to conquer the world, and our hero's summoning of the demon presumably comes out of desperation.  It would be interesting to see where the story goes, and it's nice that the studio has already said that the main focus of the game is going to rest with story.  I will be paying close attention to this as more new comes out, and I think it would be nice to see a small, independent studio make a name for themselves and garner some well-deserved fans out of this project.