Developer Upstream Arcade spoke about the implementation of Hellboy Web of Wyrd with a comic as a template.
A brand new trailer for the action game Hellboy Web of Wyrd was shown at the IGN x ID at Xbox Digital Showcase yesterday. It featured some fight scenes with the protagonist waving his fists, as well as impressions of the locations.
Appropriately, Adam Langridge and Patrick Martin from Upstream Arcade spoke about the artistic direction of the game.
As for the visual direction, the two said it was to honor Hellboy creator Mike Mignola’s creative style. The aesthetics of the game should stand out as much as the artwork would on a comic book shelf.
As the pair also revealed, Dark Horse editor Katie O’Brien was heavily involved in the project. At the publisher, she oversees the Hellboy universe. Players will feel that impact. Mignola was also enthusiastic about what he saw.
But how does the Hellboy Web of Wyrd story fit into the comic book timeline? Here, too, they worked together with Dark Horse. Thus, the story integrated in 1982 could be inserted into the original story and timeline without any changes.
The developers stated, “We worked with Dark Horse to find the perfect jumping point for fans to explore Hellboy’s sprawling timeline and ended up with 1982. Why 1982? Well, we wanted to put players in a situation that takes place in the middle of Hellboy’s adventures with the BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal, Research and Defense) without interfering with the established comic stories. We’ve worked closely with Dark Horse to ensure the Web of Wyrd feels like an authentic Hellboy story, and we hope it can also serve as a springboard for players unfamiliar with the comics to discover Seeds of Pick up Destruction and continue their journey without spoiling anything!”
Fans will continue to appreciate that the developer studied Hellboy’s fighting style from the comics to bring it to the action in the game.
They didn’t want to reveal too much about the story of the game. However, it is intended to capture the feel of the earlier Hellboy comics and contain classic elements such as Hellboy as an active BPRD agent, folklore and plenty of monsters.
Hellboy Web of Wyrd is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One soon.
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