As the masses rushed into underground vaults, hastily shut thick doors behind them, then ducked into cryo sleep while world-rocking explosions obliterated the horizon outside, Alabaster Dawn began to remind me a bit of Fallout in its opener. Which is a fun coincidence given that it's a fantasy RPG, and 'fantasy Fallout RPG' would ordinarily suggest a modern Elder Scrolls game. Instead, here we have a top-down action RPG from Radical Fish Games, the makers of CrossCode, which is still home to some of the best pixel art and combat you can find in this space. So far, if early signs are any indication, Alabaster Dawn looks and feels even better. It is by far the best Steam Next Fest demo I've tried during this week's event and all I want to do is play more of it.
Digging into the game's newly updated demo, I shake off the Fallout-esque motif as protagonist Juno steps out of her vault and into a ruined world abandoned by the gods and overrun with demon-like beings. Armed with a divine sword and crossbow by a heavenly capybara, I realize within seconds that Alabaster Dawn is every bit the CrossCode successor I've been hoping for.
