Square Enix and PlatinumGames showed a brand new trailer for Babylon’s Fall at Square Enix Presents during E3 2021. It’s the first time we’ve seen the game in two years but the game won’t be staying quiet for much longer. Closed beta tests will be held all the way through until the game’s launch.
First announced at E3 2018, very little has been revealed about Babylon’s Fall. Now we know the co-op multiplayer online RPG can be played with teams of up to four players, who are warriors otherwise known as sentinels. The game begins as the sentinels are being held prisoner by a nation at war with a gigantic empire and they fight for their freedom. Eventually they enter the Tower of Babylon to overcome the sleeping great legacy. Combat will be a hack and slash style with the type of action seen in the NieR franchise. Each sentinel has weapons that can be dual-wielded, but they can use special equipment called Gideon Coffins that they carry on their backs to equip two more weapons and string together combos that include all four of them.
The game will also have a distinct art style that Square Enix is describing as a ?brushwork style?. It is meant “to create a unique fantasy setting with a medieval oil painting aesthetic” and is inspired by classic sword and sorcery fantasy works. The latest trailer shows off both the art style and the game’s combat quite well.

Players can venture through the game solo if they wish, but each d...