Grand Class Melee 2 Fights for February 2nd Release

There’s something inexplicably appealing about skills trees and class trees and such.

There’s something inexplicably appealing about skills trees and class trees and such. Perhaps it’s the slow climb to more powerful abilities. Maybe it’s the excitement of building a character as desired. Grand Class Melee 2 , coming out soon on Steam Early Access, combines quick multiplayer brawling with satisfying RPG elements.

Grand Class Melee 2 throws four players into random, procedurally-generated settings. The top-down view grants a birds-eye perspective on the battlefield, giving an opportunity to see all players fighting it out. The free-for-all action resolves often in under a minute, with each combatant’s five hearts depleting faster under showers of fireballs and sword strikes. Each round is scored, but that’s not all. The interim of every round is a level-up for the heroes, which lets them decide on their advancement path. One can head further down the mage path, learning more advanced spells, or slowly evolve from a Squire to an Archangel.

The impressive class tree is rounded out by the ability to take on an older skill from a past form. This lets you mix and match in a small-but-strategic build. Gigatross Games, the developers, drive class balance closely using fan feedback as the work on Grand Class Melee 2 progresses. For now, there’s only local multiplayer, but a bevy of modes and content will slowly round out the game. Fans can expect online multiplayer, as well as a Survival mode to stand up to enemy hordes alongside a Practice mode, plus unlockables and achievements.

Grand Class Melee 2 launches as a Steam Early Access title on February 2nd, compatible with Windows. The game has already successfully passed through the Steam Greenlight process. If you can’t wait to get in the arena, you can already get the current Beta version of the game at this site, currently discounted to $4.99.