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French developer Simon Mesnard's upcoming PC and Mac turn-based RPG TBT: The Black Tower seemingly hails from the golden era of early PSone RPGs when pre-rendered backdrops were the name of the game and men carried swords twice their size.Okay, in some ways things haven't changed much, but the pre-rendered backdrops went out of vogue over a decade ago when open world games became the norm and the "see it, go to it" mentality replaced the "see it, and leave the rest to your imagination" one.
TBT: The Black Tower follows the story of a ranger named Philippe whose astronaut father disappeared searching for a strange black cube he found on an alien planet. A mysterious girl later appears before Philippe wearing a similar black cube around her neck. True to 90s RPG form, hijinks ensue and the world needs to be saved.
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