Azur Promilia has released a special travel guide video ahead of its CBT. It highlights some of the standout content and features to watch for during the test.

Between living alongside Kibo in nature and the extensive range of life-sim activities, it almost looks like a whole “real life” of its own.

There is plenty to enjoy even if you were not selected as a tester, so here is a quick roundup.

Characters and Camera Features

After 캐시벨 made her debut in a recent promotional video, this latest video revealed two more new characters.

Meet 애니스 and 멧사.

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애니스 is described as “a healer in both personality and abilities,” while 멧사 can be seen using a healing skill in the combat footage. That gives us two curvy healer mommies.

The game also includes a camera feature. You can adjust the lighting to suit different times of day, including daytime, nighttime, and dusk, and use the zoom to frame anything from wide-angle shots to close-ups. Poses and expressions are customizable, too.

The Kibo Ecosystem

The video also offers a glimpse into the lives of various Kibo.

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불티새 circles floating islands, and disturbing it carelessly will trigger an aerial battle. Meanwhile, 하로 loves spring cabbage, and one adorable scene shows it panicking at the sight of 배추닭 disguised as cabbages.

플로렌 puts on little concerts in the forest, while 버니 만타 and 에어 만타 make rings of water as they play.

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These glimpses show that Kibo do more than simply roam the world: they have their own unique events or interact with one another. A lively ecosystem makes a direct difference to immersion in an open-world game, and Azur Promilia seems to have put considerable care into this aspect.

Meanwhile, 스타 만타 was introduced as a mount that can fly through the sky and glide over water, while 염표 races across land at very high speeds. 팬텀플라이 offers a more unusual way to fly, holding your hands from above as it carries you through the air.

Other types of mounts are also set to appear, so simply taking a look at all the different ways to get around could be fun.

Combat

Footage of the boss fight against 나이트폴 also shows how combat works.

A team consists of 3 characters and 3 Kibo, divided into pairs of 1 character + 1 Kibo. You fight with 1 character + 1 Kibo at a time and can tag in the second or third pair.

We also get a look at a card-based equipment system called “영자.”

Combat revolves around using perfect guards, dodges, counterattacks, and QTE actions to break an enemy's guard, then concentrate your attacks. The footage also shows the player switching to 멧사 for a healing skill when HP runs low.

Kibo have distinct combat roles, too: 쿠쿠르케 groups enemies together, 스타 만타 and 레이저 are useful for ranged attacks, and 블루 시그니 handles stuns. It is interesting to see Kibo that initially seemed to be just mounts also playing strategic roles in battle.

Crisis Hunt is a multiplayer activity where you party up with other players to take on powerful enemies. Your 3 characters + 3 Kibo join the fight alongside other players, with a damage meter displayed on the left side of the screen.

The video shows 한유유 and 아비 combining their skills for a synergy effect. Against the final boss, 스파이트호른, the player alternates between ranged attacks and melee combat to empty its armor gauge before finishing it off with an ultimate.

Other Content

The video also gives us a substantial look at non-combat content.

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The treasure-hunting journey with 티티 and 노노 follows a roguelike format. There are also minigames where you transform into Kibo such as 배추닭 or 철갑구르미.

Enter an active Hetero Starnest on the map and you can encounter Transcendent Mutant Kibo. Teams of up to 3 can take them on in strategic battles centered on Kibo and card use. Defeating a Transcendent Mutant Kibo lets you form a contract through Starlink.

Kibo Battles work in a similar way: you deploy Kibo on a map split into two paths and use counterattack cards to destroy enemy buildings. It also reminded me of Lord of Verminion in FINAL FANTASY XIV.

Finally, housing content also made an appearance. You can grow crops and craft items across production, decoration, tool, and seal-type categories, as well as prepare food that grants buffs. The video did not cover every detail, but it highlighted a variety of housing activities.

Wrapping Up

The Azur Promilia CBT runs from May 15 to 18. It is too late to join now, but you can check out gameplay from streamers broadcasting during those dates. Having really enjoyed games in this genre myself, I am looking forward to the life-sim and collection activities involving Kibo.