While elements of that come from Mount & Blade, Hofreither explains that the team took some notes from Dark Souls when it came to the weaponry itself.
While several survival games feature bonking foes over the head until they perish, Last Oasis will have directional attacks and parrying. So it’s a weird combination of influences, I would say.”Īnother one of Last Oasis’s selling points is its one-on-one combat. “We wanted to go somewhere a little bit of a wacky direction while still maintaining some seriousness. “But, we want to go away from this medieval style and try something new and fresh.
“I would say it is by far the biggest influence on the game,” he explains. While Mount & Blade: Warband has been kind to the team, Hofreither goes on to explain that Donkey Crew reckoned it was time for something new.
