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City of Brass

A first-person action adventure, inspired by Arabian Nights, from senior BioShock developers.

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Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Publisher
Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Release
May 4, 2018
8 years and 92 days ago
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Mostly Positive827 reviews77.9%

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About the Game

First-Person Arabian Nights Rogue-Lite!


Become a daring thief in City of Brass, a first-person action adventure from senior BioShock developers. Armed with scimitar and a versatile whip, you’ll lash and slash, bait and trap your way to the heart of an opulent, Arabian Nights-themed metropolis – or face certain death as time runs out.


Welcome to Update 1.5: Revenant's Bolt


Revenant's Bolt adds a new crossbow-wielding playable character - the Revenant!

Also look out for new Weapons and Relics to find.

This City Has Teeth!

Players will have to leap across pits, slide under blades, avoid spears or arrows, evade or employ sprung paving slabs, and skirt round poison gas traps – all the while manipulating these dangers to their advantage against enemies.


Deadly Magic, Mischievous Genies!

Incarcerated within the city are genies, most of them friendly, who will barter benefits in return for loot or grant wishes for a powerful advantage.


Endless Death, Eternal Replayability!

The rhythmic interplay between sword and whip is carefully tuned along with sprinting, crouching, sliding, leaping and vaulting to give a fluid, balanced and natural feel to the movement and melee. Eternal replayability is granted by a design that encourages combinative gameplay within an ever-changing but logical procedurally generated world. Players will die in the City of Brass – often, and quite horribly – but they will always want to come back for just one more try…
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