Developer Owlcat Games has just announcedPathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, its upcoming title based on the 2013Pathfindertabletop campaignof the same name, and an indirect sequel to last year’sPathfinder: KingmakerCRPG. In a press release sent out by partner Paizo Games, Owlcat shared some of the features, story elements, and other improvements coming inWrath of the Righteous.
Despite an initially rough launch,Pathfinder: Kingmakerfound both acclaim and awards, which certainly contributed to Owlcat securing its funding for the next title in what is now the studio’sPathfinderseries. According to developers, whileWrath of the Righteousisn’t a direct continuation ofKingmaker, but it’llbuild off of the elementsthat made the first game so popular.
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Wrath of the Righteousuproots players from theirKingmakerlocale and brings them to the Worldwound, a new part of Golarion overrun by demons, where the game’s story will follow a long-running conflict between fiendish monsters and mortals.Pathfinderplayers may already be familiar with the Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path tabletop campaign, but Owlcat Games is promising that itsWrath of the RighteousCRPG will contain new characters, plots, and elements to engage both new players and veterans alike. “With our new game, we are taking everything that made Kingmaker enjoyable and building on top of it. We laid a solid foundation and are going to push the boundaries of theCRPG genrewith our next title,” said Oleg Shpilchevskiy, Head of Owlcat Games studio.
Owlcat also got into a few specifics, revealing that at leasttwo fan-favorite base classes, the Oracle and the Witch, plus the mythic progression system would all be implemented inWrath of the Righteous.Both the player character and their companions can get extra powers from whatever mythic path the player chooses, and those include the path of the immortal lich, the path of the trickster, and the path of the angel. Another of Owlcat’s goals forWrath of the Righteousis to give it a distinctly different feel fromKingmaker, with settings that include “a. demon-infested wasteland, besieged crusader cities, and the foul, twisted Abyss itself.”
One most definitely good omen forWrath of the Righteousis Chris Avellone’s return as an advisor and support for the game’s narrative team, as he also did forKingmaker.Paizo and Owlcat Games will be revealing even more class and character options in the future, and for now,Pathfinderfanswill certainly have a good idea of what Owlcat is planning just based on its big reveal.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteousis in development for PC, although it has no release window yet.
