After two winsome Ori games, a pivot into dark fantasy

In a promotional handout, a screenshot from No Rest For The Wicked, a new action role-playing game for PC. Moon Studios’ newest project was inspired by Dark Souls, Diablo and Game Of Thrones. — Moon Studios via The New York Times

To develop the action role-playing game No Rest For The Wicked, Moon Studios looked far beyond the company’s well-regarded 2015 debut, Ori And The Blind Forest, and its 2020 sequel, Ori And The Will Of The Wisps.

At first glance, No Rest For The Wicked has combat reminiscent of the Dark Souls franchise’s slow, consequential action and big boss fights, with a dark fantasy setting drenched in the politics and intrigue Game Of Thrones made popular.