Dark Alliance is back, many years after the originals made Dungeons & Dragons work as a co-op action RPG on PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and many months after this spiritual successor was first announced. But after an AWOL 2020, we now have a final and firm release date of 22nd June 2021.
Dark Alliance previewDeveloper: Tuque GamesPublisher: Wizards of the CoastPlatform: Played on PC (via Parsec)Availability: Releases 22nd June on PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X, PS4 and Xbox One
So what does a new Dark Alliance game look like? Because we haven’t actually seen it before now, except for an in-engine teaser that didn’t give a lot away.
Now, though, I’ve played it.
The biggest and most immediate difference is the camera angle, which is now over-the-shoulder, rather than zoomed out and looking down, as in a game like Diablo. This makes Dark Alliance more cinematic and better shows off the new setting of Icewind Dale. The old games were set in Baldur’s Gate, if you recall. In the new game, it’s wide open mountain ranges with snow, and forested areas, and there’s a sense of space and grandeur that comes with them. A sense of big adventure.