00:00The gaming community called this game the next Assassin's Creed from India,
00:03but it's all made by just 30 people and for a fraction of the budget.
00:06And when the main weapon is literally a whip made out of razor-sharp steel
00:09that will inflict brutal damage, you know that I got very excited.
00:13In the game, you are playing as a spoiled prince in 11th century South India.
00:17You lose your throne, your family, basically everything, and are tossed into the wild.
00:20But instead of coming back for revenge with a standard sword and shield,
00:23you learn an ancient martial art that's over 2,000 years old.
00:26Your main weapon is something called a surulvar, a flexible steel ribbon that coils up
00:31and then snaps out to slice through whole groups of enemies at mid-range.
00:34To make the combat as realistic as possible, the developers actually built their own motion capture setup
00:39and hired real martial artists to wield physical steel whips.
00:42You don't even have to kill everyone to win!
00:44The game has a dynamic fear mechanic.
00:46If you take down a leader or mix up your attacks,
00:48the surrounding guards lose their nerve and just run for their lives.
00:51The game is called Son of Tanjai, and it's a massive love letter to Tamil history
00:54that's aiming to place India on the open world gaming map.
