Deathless. Tales of Old Rus
Ethereal, Aesthetic Roguelike Deck-Builder, Deathless. Tales of Old Rus., Launches in 1.0 Today
Posted December 12, 2024Inspired by 1960s animated classics and immersed in Eastern European folklore, the fully realized story concludes with a major boss and the epic story’s conclusion.
December 12th, 2024 - Today, Deathless. Tales of Old Rus. has launched into its fully-written 1.0 edition, developed and published by 1CGS. The turn-based, deck-builder roguelike features Slavic folklore brought to life with lovingly animated illustrations and immersive music by celebrated creatives in a high-fantasy aesthetic, with challenging core gameplay for four main playable heroes with their specialized decks that can be customized further. The launch brings the opportunity to play as iconic fairy tale characters like Varvara the Fair and Alyosha to see their narrative through and the opportunity to challenge the Deathless themself - Koschey, upon finishing the heroes’ story. A plethora of tweaks and features add to the experience, amounting to an epic adventure to play again and again.
Watch the Deathless. Tales of Old Rus. Launch Trailer Here
The Final Development Chapter
For this major milestone, the final chapter of each hero’s story has been added. Players will enjoy newly animated backgrounds in multiple runs across them, adding to the immersive and ethereal experience of being in this original universe based on real-world fiction. The developers have learned much during their Early Access run of the game, leading to an installment of balances, UI, and tutorial fixes, plus other features like new potions, buffs, and relics to play with. The full patch notes can be viewed on Steam here.
Play Your Hand, Forge Your Story
In the fantastical realm of Belosvet, peace has been disrupted. Bogatyrs, wizards, sorcerers, amusing little spirits known as nechistiks, and a myriad of creatures most foul plague the lands. Assume the role of one of four legendary heroes initially inked in Slavic folktales: Varvara the Fair, Vasilisa the Wise, Dobrynya Nikitich, and Alyosha, who each have their own specially tailored decks, weapons, and artifacts to discover, and choices to make in the story along the way. Hundreds of combinations of cards and relics can spell victory or doom.
Game Features:
- Reimagined Realms: The first video game adaptation of the original universe by artist Roman Papsuev and featuring music by acclaimed composer Dmitriy Silantyev.
- Fearsome Fairytale Foes: Clash with revenants and khuds, fight a yaga, chat with a vodyanoy, and even befriend rusalkas… or maybe not — those sneaky water nymphs are deadly foes.
- Choose Your Own Adventure: combine, customize, and collect all manner of cards and weaponry, with diversity in the decks per main hero to be modified.
- Deal or No Deal: Unlock new cards and battle modifiers by the end of each playthrough to make your future runs even more exciting, but beware - foes of all sizes can still be a threat even to the most experienced.
- A Tale of Four Heroes: Watch as the heroes’ tales intertwine in surprising ways. Complete quests, meet memorable allies, and confront inimitable foes. Defeating bosses will prove to be quite the challenge.
Deathless. Tales of Old Rus is set in Belosvet, a fantasy world imagined by Roman Papsuev, drawing inspiration from classic animated stories of the 1960s, and is scored by renowned composer Dmitri Silantyev, known for providing the soundtracks to Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Armored Warfare, and Skyforge. Despite the destruction and conflict, the stylized world enjoyed praise for its entrancing aesthetics and immersive audio.
Deathless. Tales of Old Rus is available now in its 1.0 form on Steam at a special 20% discount following launch until December 19th. Players can further immerse themselves in the Deatheless. Tales of Old Rus. universe by purchasing a Deluxe Bundle, which includes an artbook and soundtrack. For more information, visit the official site.
About 1C Game Studios
1C Game Studios is a development and publishing studio founded in December 2012. In 10 years, its staff grew from 20 to 240 people. In 2014, 1CGS's first project, IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, was released. Almost ten years later, more than 30 games have been released in the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles franchise.
In January 2015, the studio began developing Caliber, an online tactical shooter. In December 2019, open beta testing was launched. Now in development is a game series based on Tales of Old Rus, a universe created by the well-known illustrator Roman Papsuev, and a new action/adventure game called The War of the Worlds: Siberia, inspired by H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction novel.
For more information about 1C Game Studios, visit https://1cgs.net/en.
