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Title: Never's End is a retro tactical RPG with a fantastic pedigree

Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:00:20 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nevers-end-is...

There's a new tactical RPG coming down the pike, and it's a doozy. Never's
End has a retro look that's sure to please fans of iconic titles like Final
Fantasy Tactics and boasts a fantastic pedigree. Masayoshi Nishimura, from
Octopath Traveler, is on character design duties and the rapper/multi-
instrumentalist Doseone made the soundtrack. He previously composed the music
for Enter the Gungeon.

Indie developer Hypersect is making the game. It previously developed the
creative puzzler Inversus, which ended up becoming a sleeper hit. The company
hopes this will be something more than a clone of Tactics Ogre or the
aforementioned Final Fantasy Tactics. Founder Ryan Juckett says that Never's
End was also inspired by the freeform gameplay of stuff like Divinity:
Original Sin 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

To that end, the game features an open world and plenty of creative ways for
players to tackle turn-based battles. The battle grids can be transformed via
elemental magic. Players can drain rivers in the middle of a battle, for the
purposes of navigation, or melt the ground to turn it into lava. Enemies can
be frozen or set aflame. The company promises that "every battleground is
unique, challenging you to find new ways to use magic and shift the odds in
your favor."

Hypersect

Customization seems to be the order of the day here. Players can "upgrade
towns, temples and other locations to build businesses, establish trade
routes, and recruit new companions." As the story progresses, these locations
will attract a growing community of weaponsmiths, tavern keepers, tanneries,
logging camps and more." Characters can also team up to unleash "tactical
synergies." Check out the trailer. It looks pretty fun.

Never's End comes out in late 2025. It'll be available for PlayStation
consoles and PC via Steam. We don't have a price yet but it can already be
wishlisted on Steam.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nevers-end-is...
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