Cosmic gods and grand conspiracies beckon us to the Irid Novo. Once the pinnacle of human ingenuity it now is the playground of monstrosities that live in service to greater beings beyond our comprehension. It sounds like a good vacation destination if you ask me.

Hellpoint is a game that the developers bill as if Dead Space and Dark Souls had a baby and it was raised by Doom. From the trailer, those inspirations are easily spotted. From environments that for the first time in a long time manage to ooze the ominous atmosphere, Dead Space achieved so long ago to the Souls-like movement and combat that enjoys more fluidity than rigidity its origins are known for. Each element shines through.

Mikolaj Holowko a developer who spent the last 4 years of his life working on the sound and vocal design of Hellpoint dropped into the comment section to provide some vague details on the sound design for the game. Hellpoint’s sound design is rather innovative in that while it has a metal motif it will not be played with typical instruments. Those tracks will combine with more traditional gaming cinematic style tracks throughout the experience.

It’s curious to hear about a sound design going into a game, but with visuals and combat looking competent to hear the sound design will match suit is positive. Let’s face it, some times the soundtracks are just there to fill the silence and they do an okay job of it. Other times the music transcends beyond being a mere set of tracks into a selling point of the game itself. Carving our way through the forces of Hell would not have been as sweet without the epic metal soundtrack playing during the carnage. Nor would the final fight with Slave Knight Gael have sent the Dark Souls franchise off on such a high note if it were not for the tracks.

A pity then that we can’t sample it early, but here is hoping when Hellpoint drops on April 16^th for the PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and Steam that it delivers on the sound design, but a masterful souls game as well.

Description – From Steam

Hellpoint is a dark and challenging action RPG set in a heavily atmospheric sci-fi universe where the line between science and occultism is blurred.

Once a pinnacle of human achievement, the Irid Novo space station has fallen. Its ruins are now overrun by cruel interdimensional entities acting as puppets of the malevolent Cosmic Gods.

You have been created by the Author, organically printed on Irid Novo and sent on a mission to find out the unholy series of events that led to the catastrophic incident known as the Merge.

Features

-Irid Novo is a massive interconnected world full of mysteries, hidden passages and secrets within secrets – all for you to explore in any order you like. More dread and shivers awaits you as you travel deeper into the darkest corner of this forsaken colony.

-Dozens of melee and ranged weapons and armor pieces to suit your playstyle. Every weapon has unique special abilities that unlock the more you fight with them.

-A fascinating new sci fi universe reminiscent of classic sci-fi movies, set in the aftermath of a massive quantum cataclysm and complete with a deep lore and goosebump inducing soundtrack.

-The space station orbits in real time around an ominous black hole that triggers various dynamic events such as boss appearances, horde assaults as well as modified enemy stats and positions.

-If you are struggling, ask a friend to press Start to join in a couch coop session, or call for assistance online. The entire game can be completed uninterrupted in coop. The loot is shared, and the experience of local player two is saved and not watered down.