Followers new and previous of League of Legends, whether or not you’re coming over from Arcane or have performed the MOBA recreation since its inception, will discover one thing to like in Music of Nunu. We had the prospect to speak with Raúl Rubio Munárriz from Tequila Works and Rowan Parker from Riot Forge at Gamescom whereas taking the sport for a spin, and it’s abundantly clear that anybody, a die-hard LoL fan or not, can discover one thing to take pleasure in with Music of Nunu.
Music of Nunu sees you are taking management of a boy and his yeti, Nunu and Willump, as they bear platforming challenges, fight, and puzzles within the frozen Freljord. A couple of different LoL champs will present up on the best way, however the story is absolutely about their relationship, with Nunu’s character and Willump’s adorably expressive animation taking heart stage.
If, like me, you’ve solely seen Arcane and barely know League of Legends don’t fear, as Parker makes it clear that Music of Nunu is about character and story at its core, with LoL offering the broader universe.
“We have now a really exhausting rule of ‘you don’t must know something in any respect about League of Legends to take pleasure in one of many video games,’” Parker says. “However for those who do occur to know something about League of Legends, there’s numerous easter eggs and plenty of enjoyable, which makes it extra rewarding.”
“There’s nonetheless quite a lot of love for followers of League of Legends within the recreation,” Munárriz of developer Tequila Works provides. “However it nonetheless must be a superb recreation to be a enjoyable recreation. It must be a recreation that deserves to be made, so in fact, there may be this love for the followers, however once more if you understand nothing about League of Legends you’ll be able to nonetheless take pleasure in it.”
This philosophy was instantly obvious to me throughout my transient play time, as the main focus is on how, mechanically, emotionally, and narratively, Nunu and Willump work together. You’ll both be operating round as Nunu, utilizing his flute from LoL to play Ocarina of Time-style melodies to unravel puzzles, or he’ll leap on Willump’s again for traversal and fight.
The whole lot about Music of Nunu serves these two characters, and between Nunu understanding Willump’s grunts and the Yeti’s personal extremely expressive animations, that grew to become clearer the extra I performed. Whereas I used to be simply within the early recreation, Music of Nunu didn’t wish to overcomplicate itself with its mechanics. Parker and Munárriz inform me that Nunu does get extra complicated, however not a lot that the story takes a backseat.
“We actually have a chance to discover and tease out these characters on the planet in additional bespoke, story-driven experiences like this,” Parker provides. “Half of this already existed in League of Legends, however for those who can’t see the seams and the stitches meaning we’ve all been doing a superb job.”
Very similar to Riot’s strategy to Arcane, Music of Nunu gained’t overload you with a great deal of LoL champions. Nunu and Willump gained’t be the one champions to seem within the upcoming spinoff, certain, however don’t anticipate 50 to indicate up or one thing. The concept as a substitute is for champions to seem in video games outdoors the MOBA when it is smart for both the story or characters. I really requested Parker about this, who stated that Riot Forge by no means desires to “kitchen sink” its LoL spinoffs by including too many champions, and Music of Nunu positively advantages from letting the main focus be on the 2 of them.
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