{"id":692960,"date":"2025-08-26T18:36:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/flintlock-the-siege-of-dawn-god-of-war-action-souls"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:36:43","slug":"flintlock-the-siege-of-dawns-gameplay-is-a-mix-of-god-of-war-and-souls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/flintlock-the-siege-of-dawns-gameplay-is-a-mix-of-god-of-war-and-souls\/","title":{"rendered":"Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn&#8217;s gameplay is a mix of God of War and Souls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/flintlock-the-siege-of-dawns-gameplay-is-a-mix-of-god-of-war-and-souls.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>We finally have a proper, long look at <strong>Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn<\/strong>&#8216;s gameplay. At gamescom, developer A44 brought a new build of the game to show off to the press, and subsequently released a new trailer with a deeper look at gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>As a follow-up to Ashen, Flintlock was always assumed to be a Souls-like in some ways. While this remains true, the game is leaning harder into God of War and even spectacle fighters than it initially appeared.<\/p>\n<p>At five minutes-long, the video starts off simple; showing off the meaty hatchet combat and how the flintlock pistol fits into the flow. But it quickly skips to the more involved parts of the action. When near death, enemies appear to glow like in the modern Doom games, and catching them in that window delivers a God of War-like finisher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/flintlock-the-siege-of-dawn-god-of-war-action-souls\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/flintlock-the-siege-of-dawn-god-of-war-action-souls\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We finally have a proper, long look at Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn&#8216;s gameplay. At gamescom, developer A44 brought a new build of the game to show off to the press, and subsequently released a new trailer with a deeper look at gameplay. As a follow-up to Ashen, Flintlock was always assumed to be a Souls-like in some ways. While this remains true, the game is leaning harder into God of War and even spectacle fighters than it initially appeared. At five minutes-long, the video starts off simple; showing off the meaty hatchet combat and how the flintlock pistol fits into the flow. But it quickly skips to the more involved parts of the action. 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