The Quest for Excalibur – Puy du Fou has been announced for the Nintendo Switch by games developer, Microids. This theme park-based adventure game will be looking at entering the Switch network on July the 12th. The game is based on the ‘Puy Du Fou’ theme park in Western France, with the game allowing you to explore this majestic park, completing several challenges, and solving clues, all so you can find and assemble the fifteen pieces of the famed Excalibur Sword, which was shattered.
Microids have also dropped a full overview of the game as well, so you know what to properly expect when playing The Quest for Excalibur – Puy du Fou, which is as follows:
“Only you can find Excalibur! Everybody is familiar with the legend of Kind Arthur and his rival Lancelot. Devoured by jealousy, Lancelot challenged the king to a duel. During the fight, the king’s sword Excalibur breaks into pieces, leaving only the guard in a pristine state.”
“Following a pact with the evil Morgan, Arthur decides to throw the remains of the sword in murky waters. Finding himself trapped, the king ends up a prisoner of the Avalon Kingdom. Merlin the wizard is then tasked by his king to track down the king’s heir and ask him to find the 15 parts of the broken legendary sword to bring the king back from the land of the dead.”
As we’ve already said, The Quest for Excalibur – Puy du Fou is based on the world-famous theme park, which has been going strong now for forty-five years – which really does say a lot about its popularity. Players will travel through time and space in this game, facing all kinds of dangers including terrible Viking warriors, the allure of the Roman Colosseum where you will fight for your life, as well as taking part in countless jousts like the knights of legend.
You can explore the park to its fullest to gather clues and other items to help you progress through your quests, in the hopes of reaching that one final objective. The game will also include real characters from history, who will give the player secondary challenges to complete too.
The Quest for Excalibur – Puy du Fou will be released on July 12th for Nintendo Switch, make sure you take part in this quest.
