Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees heading to Switch

Today, Silver Lemur Games announced that it’s bringing Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees to Switch. The title arrives on PC in 2023, with timing for Nintendo’s console to be confirmed in the future.

Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees is a classic western RPG inspired by games from the 90s such as Might & Magic, Wizardry, Ultima, the Gold Box series. The series’ previous title came to Switch in 2020 – you can read about it here.

As for the upcoming title, below is an overview with more information:

Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees is a classic western RPG inspired by the games from the 90s like Might & Magic, Wizardry, Ultima, the Gold Box series and others. Using the classic first-person perspective, over grid movement, turn-based system to travel in an open world with fast travel options and a quick combat.

You lead a party of 7 adventurers, manually assembled or pre-made, on an epic adventure to fight the evil which lurks in Amberland. It’s light, fairy tale, epic, heroic and slightly humorous. It does not take tons of hours to complete or require an endless grind to progress. Basically, it’s a love letter from the 90s, the golden era of RPGs.

Key Features

* First person perspective, 90 degree rotation, over grid movement (like in the 90s).
* Turn-based (both combat and exploration).
* Party-based (7 heroes, either predefined or manually assembled upon new game).
* Fast paced combat, especially blazing fast against much weaker enemies.
* Quick travel to reduce backtracking.
* Easy inventory management with separate personal equipment encumbrance system and an infinite magic bag of carrying for items not equipped at the moment.
* Open world with a big overworld to explore.
* Quests (including both main storyline quests and side quests).
* Rich world lore (spanning between all games of the series, but no knowledge of prior games required).

Source: Silver Lemur Games PR