Assemble Entertainment and Team ADOM have announced Ultimate ADOM: Caverns of Chaos, a sequel to the 1994 cult-classic roguelike that ended, for me, in an ignominious death-by-infected-toe. The nostalgia, you guys.
With a credit list featuring original ADOM creator Thomas Biskup, the new game promises more of the same procedurally-generated fun times and embarrassing permadeaths – up to and including optional ASCII-inspired graphics for the retro junkies. Also, you can “take the severed limbs of your enemies and graft them to your own body”, which I don’t remember from the first game but that’s real next-gen innovation.
Evil has been vanquished. Peace has returned to Ancardia, and the peasants dare to dream once more of prosperity. Seven very different factions vie for control over the cataclysmic aftermath left behind by Andor Drakon’s defeat. And somewhere, deep down in an inhospitable cave, chaos is stirring again. Pick up your blade, prepare your spells, check your daggers and ready your bow, for you are about to enter the ominous Caverns of Chaos. Choose your allegiance carefully, for you are nothing more than an expendable asset to the masters you choose.
An early access version of ADOM: Caverns of Chaos is expected to launch on Steam on 11 February 2021.