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Little, Brown and Company Arrow Icon Arrow icon.Hachette Nashville Arrow Icon Arrow icon.Grand Central Publishing Arrow Icon Arrow icon.You can read our Deep Down impressions here. Earlier this month, however, Capcom revealed the game's Japanese release would be delayed until after summer. The game's system generates items and the environment at random, including treasure chests, traps, ladders and height differences.ĭeep Down made its publicly playable debut at TGS earlier in the year, drawing long lines as one of the few next-generation titles available at the show from Japanese developers.

Deep Down features online co-op with up to four players and procedurally generated dungeons randomly populated by monsters. Set in New York during the year 2094, players take on the role of medieval-looking "ravens," who have the ability to collect the memories of dead or living people, by touching them, their prized objects or the ruins. The game will also only feature four weapon types at launch but more will be added through updates. The difficulty of the game will be fixed at launch however, Capcom is open to changing the difficulty level server-side if necessary. Other information gleaned from the livestream includes the removal of the game's casual setting first made available in a demo during Tokyo Game Show.

The randomly generated world of Deep Down will be divided into chapters, he added.Īdditionally, the game will support remote play through PlayStation Vita. Capcom's free-to-play PlayStation 4 title Deep Down won't include the option of playing a female character, according to producer Kazunori Sugiura during a livestream play of the game, DualShockers reports.ĭuring the stream, Sugiura revealed only male character models will be playable due to the game's narrative.
