Skeleton warriors and swashbucklers, that’s pretty much all you need for agood pirate adventure, right? Well, it looks like there’s more than just that on the horizon forTrident’s Tale, a newly-revealed single-player outing from Italian studio 3DClouds.
While the announcement trailer below is mostly focused on cinematics, you’ll get a quick peek at how it plays near the end. There’s naval combat — for which you’re able to customize and upgrade your ship — with cannon duels and sea monster battles, as well as island exploration. As you traverse land and sea, you’ll be able to recruit various characters to further expand your pirate crew and boost your odds of survival in a rough world.
This isn’t 3DClouds’ first crack at high seas adventure. Under publisher Team17, the developer releasedKing of Seasin 2021, ultimately ending up withmixed reviews on Steam. 3DClouds has dabbled in a bunch of licensed work over the years, too, includingBlaze and the Monster Machines: Axle City Racers,Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise of SH1FT3R,TRANSFORMERS: Galactic Trials, and other similarly-styled arcade racers. They also brought send the pups on another mission to stop Mayor Humdinger in 2023’sPAW Patrol World.
WithTrident’s Tale, they’re really putting an emphasis on its distinction as a single-player action-adventure. The announcement describes it as a game with “no live service nonsense or multiplayer,” touting a “tight 10-15 hour campaign.” We’ll find out how that campaign plays out when it hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC this May.
