Former DICE developers, including Star Wars Battlefront 2 creative director Dennis Brännvall, have revealed their new game, Wyldheart, which aims to capture the charm of tabletop DnD and bring its co-operative joy to the world of video games. Announced today during PAX East, Wyldheart is a co-op fantasy game where up to four players can embark on various journeys together, tackling different campaigns in a free, sandbox environment. Though players can expect a main story that can be completed solo or with friends, you're actually given a load of agency, with each campaign map having around 200 hexes (areas) that can be traveled to at your leisure, including dank crypts, bustling towns, horrifying forests, and everything in between. Wyldheart takes you across a strange world, and it's up to you to choose where and what to explore. Image via Wayfinder StudiosThe game features numerous fantasy races and character backgrounds, allowing you to craft the character you want to be down to the minutest of details. And even though these backgrounds can help inform your roleplaying, you're actually free to take that character in any direction you like, taking the background as merely a starting point for your own adventure. Featuring both quests and sandbox environments, Wyldheart aims to let you take control of the narrative and never really holds your hand through the story. A key system enabling this, and which the developers compared to classic World of Warcraft, is the rumor system, letting you eavesdrop on conversations and find clues hinting toward greater adventures. You can then go explore them, save them for later, or just venture out into the world, hoping the adventures will come to you.Traveling between "hexes" is done via the overworld, giving out strong JRPG vibes. Image via Wayfinder StudiosWhile adventuring, there are loads of survival mechanics, fights, and side activities you can engage in, as the devs smash together numerous genres to produce a very unique, interesting experience that rewards an inquisitive mind. Since up to 20 characters can be played on a single save, you can go beyond just four players, though the four-player party size remains the maximum number at the moment. Not that this can't or will not change down the line. Wyldheart is being crowdfunded on Kickstarter, so if you're interested in this strange and intriguing concept, you can help the devs make it as good as they can.The post Former Battlefield, Star Wars developers announce DnD-inspired adventure title—and it looks promising appeared first on Destructoid.