Necro Rising has been rebuilt from the ground up.
The earlier four-chapter campaign and Tide Rush modes have been retired. The game has been remade around Return: a new dark Eastern fantasy story, full Chinese voice-over, ink-wash story illustrations and redrawn pixel characters. Raising the fallen into your legion is still at its heart, now joined by calling the dead home and rebuilding your camp. Free Demo 1.0 is the first build of the relaunched game, and it is available now.
The story
Betrayed and buried by the senior brother he trusted most, the necromancer Gu Gui claws his way out of a pauper's coffin. The Seal of Return, the power to guide a soul back into its body, has been stolen and misused, and the dead now rise across the land. Bind the fallen into your legion, reclaim the Seal piece by piece, and call home those still waiting in their graves.
What's in Demo 1.0
The prologue and the first two regions: the burial-ground camp and Greywell village, about 40 minutes.
Raise your legion: bind the fallen into skeleton soldiers and watch the army grow. Bind, Bone Shield, Charge and Rally.
Call the dead home: bring back the blacksmith A'Cen, the carpenter Lin He and the scholar Su Ye, and rebuild your first workshop.
Companion Lin Yuan: wake the ranger from her broken bow and fight side by side.
A night of lamps: hold Greywell's lamps, then face what is chained in the dry well.
Full Chinese voice-over with Chinese and English text, six ink-wash story illustrations with their own music.
Notes
This build supports keyboard and mouse. Controller support will come in a later update.
Thanks for playing, and let us know what you think in the community. The full game continues Gu Gui's journey.