

Koinuma Hisashi spearheaded the game's development after discussing his love of the story with the other staff members. Endless Eclipse provides the opportunity to gain character-exclusive accessories with better stats as well.īerserk Musou was first revealed in a short promotion video by Koei Tecmo on June 12, 2016, prior to E3 2016. Equipping these accessories provide various stat boosts such as slightly higher health or faster cooldown times for Kill-Crush moves. Characters can also collect accessories by defeating enemies and bosses, or by buying them from the shop. Playable characters can level up by fighting in battles, thus growing stronger and gaining access to new moves and combos. In this mode, any playable character can be chosen and an AI-controlled partner is available to provide assistance. In addition, players can test the highest limits of their survival in "Endless Eclipse", where they encounter endless waves of enemies until their character is overwhelmed.

Some story areas will have cutscenes directly ripped from the series' animation counterpart. In this mode, players can interact with characters, partake in monstrous boss battles from the series and relive the tragic tale of Guts, cleaving through multiple apostles at a time.

Players can battle on multiple stages, and experience a story mode where they will progress through the story of Berserk, from the Golden Age Arc up to the Falcon of the Millennium Empire Arc. For example, Guts' Transformation Move has him don the infamous Berserker Armor, Zodd can morph into his apostle form and Griffith can smite foes as the God Hand Femto.

In addition, certain characters have a special Transformation ability that allows them to change forms and become increasingly stronger, destroying enemies in a single blow. Obliterations will fill a second meter that, when full, allows characters to perform their unique Deathblow, a single large attack that deals immense damage and will refill some of its own gauge. Playable characters can fill a Frenzy Mode gauge by battling, entering a period of time upon activation where they take no damage (but still receive knockback) and can do much more damage, performing bloody Obliterations. Players may pick a single character to control in a large environment, where they will face hordes of demons and other monsters to slay in battle. The game follows the story of the Berserk manga, starting in the Golden Age Arc in Guts' battle against Bazuso and ending in the Falcon of the Millennium Empire Arc, after Guts and his companions board the Seahorse.īerserk Musou is a 3D tactical-action/hack-and-slash game, set in large arenas based on various locations in the Berserk universe.
