Salt and Sanctuary, the 2 2016D Soulslike, is getting a "sequel". Developer Ska Studios has announced that Salt and Sacrifice will be coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and PS5 sometime in 2022. It's unclear if it will come to Xbox platforms. The announcement was made through a trailer during the Summer Game Fest launch event.
We say "sequel" because it looks like Salt and Sacrifice is taking a page from the Demon's Souls to Dark Souls playbook. From what Ska Studios has shared about the game so far, it doesn't seem to tie directly into Salt and Sanctuary narratively, and while it seems to carry over the mechanics of the first game, it also seems to expand on them considerably in convincing means.
Players will take on the role of a Marked Inquisitor, a kind of outcast in the Alterstone Kingdom. The purpose of the inquisitor is to hunt down and destroy mages, but not just any ordinary mage. They are terrifying, sometimes imposing behemoths that feel right at home in any Soulslike.
Take a look at the trailer below.
According to Ska Studios, there will be eight classes to choose from in Salt and Sacrifice. Although it's the same number available in Salt and Sanctuary, the classes in Salt and Sacrifice have different names and, presumably, different characteristics and abilities. These are Highblade, Paladin, Assassin, Cleric, Dualist, Fighter, Ranger, and Sage.
Like Salt and Sanctuary, Salt and Sacrifice will include a drop-in drop-out online cooperative multiplayer mode.
Ska Studios says there will be 20 types of mages (bosses) to take down in Salt and Sacrifice, and the map will be even more varied than before, with "strange villages, funerary temples and swampy kingdoms". Of course, there will be a number of skills and abilities to choose from through the Runic Arts system, although these weren't specified in the initial release.
There's still a lot we don't know about Salt and Sacrifice, but stay tuned over the next few months as Ska Studios will definitely provide more information ahead of launch in 2022.
