The Relic: First Guardian - Official Exploration and World Gameplay Trailer

[00:09] [music]

[00:13] >> Hello, this is Project Cloud Games.

[00:17] Today, through actual gameplay, I'd like

[00:20] to show you the exploration and the

[00:22] traces left behind in this world.

[00:27] The world [music] of the relic is filled

[00:29] with various field events.

[00:32] As players explore the world, they

[00:35] encounter the traces of those who once

[00:37] lived here.

[00:40] Some stories are not [music] tales of

[00:42] great heroes.

[00:45] They begin with desire, regret, and the

[00:49] choices of ordinary people.

[00:52] >> [music]

[00:53] >> Some of the stories in this world are

[00:55] inspired by traditional Korean folk

[00:58] tales and legends.

[01:01] They may feel familiar, yet they remain

[01:04] very different in this world.

[01:09] >> A man from the neighboring village

[01:11] claimed he had dropped his axe and

[01:14] received one of gold in return.

[01:17] The tale spread faster than wind through

[01:19] pine.

[01:21] After that day, axes began to fall into

[01:24] the pond.

[01:38] I was a woodcutter. [music]

[01:40] At least, I once was.

[01:43] A full day's labor did [music] not

[01:45] shorten my debts.

[01:47] Just once, only once,

[01:50] I thought weighed more heavily [music]

[01:52] than the axe itself.

[02:05] >> [groaning]

[02:11] >> The pond gave no answer.

[02:13] Yet, none of us left.

[02:16] Someone said, "It tests our desire."

[02:20] So, we waited longer.

[02:28] The calluses on our palms began to

[02:30] soften.

[02:32] Footprints gathered instead along the

[02:34] pond's edge.

[02:37] The mountain remains thick with trees,

[02:40] but fewer are felled.

[02:50] Sometimes, the water trembles.

[02:53] Someone will whisper,

[02:56] "I saw a glimmer [music] tonight."

[03:00] One word is enough to cast away another

[03:02] day.

[03:09] >> [music]

[03:14] [groaning]

[03:42] >> The water never returned anything.

[03:45] I believe I had cast my axe away,

[03:48] but it was not iron that sank.

[03:52] It was the day.

[03:54] Time does not rise again like a golden

[03:58] blade from still water.

[04:03] The pond took nothing. The mountain

[04:06] never once disappeared. Yet instead

[04:09] [music] of their axes, they cast away

[04:12] their own time. They [music] cast away a

[04:15] day. Then

[04:17] another day.

[04:18] And so they cast away their lives.

[04:22] The golden axe never rose.

[04:25] And the time [music] that sank cannot be

[04:28] drawn up again.

[04:33] >> We've just obtained a sealing stone by

[04:36] completing this event.

[04:39] Through exploration and events, players

[04:41] can discover various sealing stones.

[04:45] Some are hidden deep within the

[04:46] wilderness.

[04:48] >> [groaning]

[04:49] >> Others remain at the end of forgotten

[04:52] stories.

[04:54] Each sealing stone is connected to its

[04:56] own dungeon.

[04:58] Letting players to where new places and

[05:01] long forgotten secrets.

[05:05] Let's head to the dungeon connected to

[05:07] the sealing stone we just obtained.

[05:11] Along the way, players [music] may

[05:13] discover remnants of an ancient power.

[05:18] People once called it relic energy.

[05:24] Relic energy is an important resource

[05:27] >> [music]

[05:27] >> used for character progression.

[05:34] Every location holds the life and

[05:37] memories [music]

[05:37] of someone who once lived there.

[05:41] >> My childhood, my father was a giant who

[05:44] ruled the flame.

[05:47] The arms that struck heated iron were

[05:49] firm as fortress walls.

[05:53] Standing behind him, no beast in this

[05:55] world frightened me.

[05:57] I would cling to his broad back and

[06:00] watch the sky.

[06:03] >> When we are children, our parents seem

[06:06] [music] like giants.

[06:29] >> When I returned from a long campaign,

[06:32] he still stood before the forge.

[06:36] But, the sparks leapt lower than before.

[06:39] [music]

[06:41] His hair had thinned. His back bore a

[06:45] slight curve.

[06:47] He rose [music] to greet me and his knee

[06:50] faltered.

[06:51] I rushed to steady him.

[06:54] >> But, one day we realize even giants grow

[06:58] old.

[07:00] >> [snorts]

[07:03] [groaning]

[07:14] [groaning]

[07:21] [groaning and screaming]

[07:33] >> His apron bore countless holes and

[07:36] burns.

[07:38] They were not marks of time alone.

[07:41] They were the places [music] where flame

[07:42] had struck while he forged the armor I

[07:46] now wore.

[07:48] I had believed him strong [music] by

[07:50] nature. I had never considered that he

[07:53] might feel pain.

[07:55] >> Some struggle [music] to move forward.

[08:00] Others spend their own years lighting

[08:02] the path ahead.

[08:15] >> He still said,

[08:17] "I can forge one more blade."

[08:20] Yet the hand that held the hammer paused

[08:23] for a breath. [music]

[08:26] Without speaking, I placed my hand over

[08:28] his.

[08:30] And that hand, once vast and unyielding,

[08:35] >> At first,

[08:36] >> [music]

[08:36] >> our parents are the ones who holds us

[08:39] up.

[08:41] >> Father,

[08:42] I will bear the hammer now.

[08:45] He passed

[08:46] >> [music]

[08:46] >> the apron to me.

[08:48] For a moment, he stood holding the

[08:50] hammer then

[08:52] let it fall from his grip.

[08:55] The dusk painted his back in red.

[08:58] "You have [music] grown broad of

[09:00] shoulder."

[09:02] >> And one day, we find ourselves holding

[09:05] them instead.

[09:22] >> The forge remains. The fire remains.

[09:26] Only the one who holds the hammer has

[09:29] changed.

[09:30] My father did not grow smaller.

[09:33] He lowered himself so that I might

[09:37] stand.

[09:38] >> To a child, a father is the first giant

[09:43] he ever knows. One day, he learns

[09:45] [music] the giant has grown lower. That

[09:48] lowering is not weakness. It is a

[09:51] passing of place, [music]

[09:53] a quiet step aside so that a son may

[09:56] stand. A giant does not diminish. He

[10:00] merely changes where he stands.

[10:14] >> At the end of [music] exploration, new

[10:16] equipment and relics await.

[10:20] And those rewards [music]

[10:22] will aid players throughout their

[10:24] journey.

[10:32] Along the road, players may sometimes

[10:35] come across old campfires. [music]

[10:39] We do not know who first lit them.

[10:44] Yet, their traces still remain.

[10:54] >> Soon, it will be time to put out the

[10:56] fire and move on.

[10:59] Like waking from a warm dream.

[11:05] >> Some traces outlive even the greatest

[11:08] legends.

[11:10] We want you to create more than a

[11:12] journey of defeating [music] enemies.

[11:16] We want you to players to explore this

[11:18] world and discover the traces left

[11:21] [music] behind.

[11:25] In the end, all things become [music] a

[11:27] story.

[11:30] But, this is only one of many stories.

[11:35] And [music] at the end of those stories

[11:38] await powerful foes and forgotten

[11:41] beings.

[11:45] In the next video, we'll introduce the

[11:47] combat and bosses of the Relic Buster

[11:49] game.

[11:52] We'll see you again in the next

[11:54] showcase.

[11:59] >> [music]

[12:01] >> We're being drawn here continuously.

[12:03] >> [music]

[12:06] >> Kill squad knight.

[12:08] >> WE HOLD THE LINE.

[12:10] >> SHIELD UP.

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