GM2 Studios has shifted from the cel-shaded look of Link Kingdom 3 to a "Tech-Fantasy" aesthetic. Think Horizon Zero Dawn meets Lord of the Rings . The "Wild Links" appear as rivers of golden, crackling energy that snake across the procedurally generated valleys.
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The narrative picks up a decade after the "Link Fracture." The Great General, a legendary tactician who once united the six warring shards of the continent of Serkonis, has vanished. In his absence, his "Link Chains"—mystical bonds that allowed instantaneous communication and resource transfer between allied forts—have decayed into wild, chaotic "Wild Links." GM2 Studios has shifted from the cel-shaded look