Hyenas developer Creative Assembly has revealed a new Sonic-cosplaying character has joined the roster.
Hero-Ki – “someone who has clearly been inspired by a certain speedy SEGA series” – is described as “a minor celebrity back on Earth thanks to his cosplay and charity work” but now chases “nefarious pursuits”.
“Armed with a specially modified camera to capture a target’s likeness and cosplay as them, Hero-Ki can use his penchant for disguise to evade threats and exploit the environment in Hyenas, as only the sharpest-eyed rival will be able to detect the clues that reveal him as an imposter,” Sega teases.
Hyenas is a hero-based, multiplayer extraction shooter in which you choose a Hyena to play as – “each with a unique weapon, ability, and personality” – to form a delinquent crew of three and stage a robbery.
“The studio’s taking that well-worn line of this being a ‘player first’ form of development, but it does feel that way, with a genuine emphasis on trying things out with players testing it in alpha (a proper alpha, not a glorified demo) and no commitment to any meaningful release window until the studio’s happy with how Hyenas feels to play,” Chris said in his Hyenas preview. “And I maintain: it looks like it could play pretty well.”