Blood of Dawnwalker: First Impressions from the Gameplay Reveal

Asmongold watched the live gameplay reveal for Blood of Dawnwalker, the debut title from Rebel Wolves—a studio founded by former Witcher 3 developers—and came away cautiously optimistic. The game is a dark fantasy, narrative-driven open-world RPG set in medieval Europe, and the reveal showed roughly 20 minutes of mid-game footage recorded on a PC build from the previous week. Asmongold's take was measured: "I think it'll probably be okay. I'm not expecting it to be like crazy super good. I just think it'll be okay."

Combat and Core Mechanics

The combat system shown is directional, similar to Kingdom Come: Deliverance, where players choose attack directions and must read enemy intent to parry. Above the protagonist Coen's health bar, activation charges fill with each successful attack or block, which can then be spent on tactical abilities like hexes. One example shown was "burning blood," a damage-over-time spell that boils an enemy's blood and burns their skin. Asmongold described the combat as "a little bit improved Witcher 3 combat," noting that Witcher 3 came out ten years ago, so some improvement is expected. He rated it a six out of ten at best.