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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Bex April May

Dungeons of Hinterberg: a game of hack ’n’ slash ’n’ schnitzels in the Austrian Alps

Screenshot from Dungeons of Hinterberg.
Like a Saturday morning cartoon come to life … Dungeons of Hinterberg. Photograph: Microbird Games

Dungeon slaying video games have severely lacked one essential element, until now: toasting an epic monster battle with a well-deserved schnitzel. At least, that’s what the team at Vienna-based Microbird Games has decided, prompting the creation of forthcoming action role-playing game, Dungeons of Hinterberg.

Looking like a Saturday morning cartoon come to life, with a visual style inspired by the clear lines and vivid colours of European comic artists, the indie adventure promises a mix of hack ’n’ slash action RPG and social sim, against the backdrop of the Austrian Alps – which as video games go, is a setting as fresh as recently fallen snow. Players can explore dungeons, solve puzzles, slay huge bosses … and then enjoy a schnitzel with the local people and other visiting slayers. Fighting monsters has never sounded so delicious.

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