However, the further along they get in accomplishing their goal, the more it becomes obvious that there were reasons for the fall of Anuchard in the first place and that the quest for a utopia might not be so clear-cut. In Anuchard, what seems like a simple story on the surface ends up offering some surprising commentary on human nature. Guided by the spirits of previous Bellwielders, they venture into the Dungeon to revive missing villagers while hopefully bringing back the Guardians and returning their blessings to the people. The player character is the village chief’s student, naturally chosen to become the next Bellwielder.

Only the Bellwielder, the hero chosen to wield the legendary Audros Bell, can safely venture into the Dungeon and revive those lost to it.

One of the Guardians hid away in a mystical Dungeon near the Orchard, and they exact a hefty price from humans who enter that treacherous and monster-filled domain: they kill adventurers and return their bodies to the outside world as stone statues. After a dreadful event, the Guardians abandoned their duty, causing Anuchard to crumble and split into remnants left struggling for survival. Back then, the five Guardians who watched over the land blessed humanity with various life-improving gifts. Once upon a time, the Orchard was part of a floating utopia called Anuchard. The many actions one can take with this bell are as multilayered as an onion, extremely fitting for the overall structure of Anuchard and its narrative - which appear as one thing on the surface but, after you peel back their layers, reveal surprising depth and complexity.Īnuchard’s narrative kicks off in a small farming community known as the Orchard.

Action RPG Anuchard seeks to rectify this with the mighty and rather mystical Audros Bell as the sole weapon available to its hero. Bells are awesome and, unless one is playing as the Geomancer class in a Final Fantasy game, often underrepresented in the multitude of weapons available in an RPG protagonist’s vast arsenal.

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