Dawnwalker Lets Players Skip Main Quest Structure to Storm Vampire Castle as September 3 Launch Nears
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Updated · Push Square · May 25
Dawnwalker Lets Players Skip Main Quest Structure to Storm Vampire Castle as September 3 Launch Nears
4 articles · Updated · Push Square · May 25
Rebel Wolves says The Blood of Dawnwalker can be finished by pursuing one objective alone: storm a vampire lord’s castle and rescue Coen’s family.
Konrad Tomaszkiewicz and lead quest designer Rafał Jankowski said nearly every other story is optional, with players choosing which quests to use to gain allies, skills and enemy knowledge.
That structure is meant to replace the usual main-quest-plus-side-quest formula with a pen-and-paper-style RPG flow, where players chart their own route to the ending.
The design also ties into Dawnwalker’s time system, with hours and days advancing through player actions, making it impossible to see everything in a single run.
Game Informer’s broader preview earlier detailed NPC reactivity, an infamy system and a September 3 release for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
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