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Hood: Outlaws and Legends Gives Off Serious Witcher Vibes

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 Hood: Outlaws and Legends look like it could be taking the same dark approach to English folklore as The Witcher did with Polish myths.

Hood Outlaws and Legends main character

The official cinematic trailer for Hood: Outlaws and Legends was revealed earlier this month during the PlayStation’s State of Play. In development with Focus Home Interactive and Sumo Digital, the upcoming game puts a dark twist on the tale of Robin Hood where a group of magical outlaws known as Wraiths reclaims money stolen by a corrupt government.

Though it has some key differences, judging by the trailer’s tone alone, Hood: Outlaws and Legends might be the game some fans of The Witcher have been waiting for.

At first, the game more closely resembles a medieval installment of Thief or Assassins’ Creed, until the chilling lullaby being sung over the trailer sings “there’s a wolf in the night.” The line sounds like it could be about Geralt of Rivia himself, implying similarities between the games' characters and how their worlds perceive them. The song is also stylized a way reminiscent of The Witcher’s “A Night to Remember” trailer and its song, “Lullaby of Woe”.

The style of armors shown in the PlayStation State of Play trailer also show that the game’s visual design is at least partially aiming for historical realism, while the thick pine forests shown resemble the Northern European-inspired backdrops of the Witcher series. It seems likely that the developers are going for the same dark twist on English folklore as The Witcher did with Polish myths.

The game’s combat looks quite different from The Witcher, however, with a greater focus on magic and range, as well as what appears to be greater variety in the combat styles available, including everything from stealth and subterfuge to wielding a giant two-handed warhammer.

The nature of the Wraiths themselves seems somewhere between Ubisoft’s Assassins and The Witcher’s magical mutants. The trailer also reveals that while some are grateful to the Wraiths for fighting injustice, others seek the treasure for themselves and see the Wraiths as rivals. It’s unclear whether anybody in the story is distrustful of the Wraiths for their magical abilities just as they are in The Witcher, but judging by the grim aesthetics of the setting, it would not be surprising.

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