Sand Land
Release Date: April 26, 2024
RPG, TPP, post-apocalypse, manga and anime, crafting, action RPG, singleplayer
An action RPG based on a manga by Akira Toriyama - the creator of Dragon Ball. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic desert world and starts the fiend prince Beelzebub.
Sand Land is an action RPG based on the manga by Akira Toriyama - the creator of Dragon Ball - under the same title. It was developed by a Japanese studio ILCA and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Plot
Sand Land is set in a post-apocalyptic desert world, its inhabitants - humans and demons - suffering due to immense water shortages. The game's protagonist is the fiend prince Beelzebub. Alongside the Sheriff Rao and the demon Thief he sets out in search of the Legendary Spring hidden somewhere in the desert.
Mechanics
One of the most important mechanics of Sand Land is finding parts among the sands, then using them to build tanks and vehicles. Some can be used in combat, others only during travel.
The player has a base, which slowly grows into a bustling city as it's upgraded. Varied NPCs - many of whom already known from Toriyama's works - encountered by Beelzebub and his companions will move into the base as we progress.
Technical aspects
The game runs on the Unreal Engine 5, but its artstyle is heavily inspired by Toriyama's. Sand Land is an exclusively singleplayer experience.
Trivia
The manga Sand Land, which the game is based on, was serialized from May to August 2000. The series did not gain as much popularity as Akira Toriyama's other works - Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump. Twenty-three years later, however, it came back into the public spotlight thanks to the game and the first full-length movie based on the manga.
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Videos and Screens
[0:30] Sand Land Sand Land - Accolades Trailer
[2:15] Sand Land Sand Land - Launch Trailer
Gamepressure Review
Sand Land
Akira Toriyama’s final works is now a video game that hopes to introduce you to an arid world that needs saving. Does it offer what you want in an open-world game or leave you wanting more? Find out in our review.
OpenCritic Rating
Game is Recomended by 56% of Critics. There are 101 Critic Reviews.
Game Informer: 7.8 / 10 by Kyle Hilliard
Sand Land has its shortcomings and feels a little overlong despite seeing credits around the reasonable 20-hour mark, but it maintains a charm throughout. Toriyama’s fun sense of humor is front and center with Beelzebub taking on the adventure primarily so his dad will give him an extra hour of video game time every day. I may not have had strong connections with most of the cast and was annoyed with a number of specific sections, but I liked spending time in Sand Land (and beyond) and seeing my garage upgrade and grow.
God is a Geek: 7.5 / 10 by Chris White
Sand Land is a by-the-numbers anime adaption that is filled with great character design and some enjoyable vehicular combat.
GameSpot: 6 / 10 by Richard Wakeling
Sand Land's fantastic vehicular combat and adherence to the source material are let down by bland and repetitive stealth, melee combat, and mission design.
Sand Land Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Developer: ILCA
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Age restrictions: 12+
Sand Land System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 6 GB GeForce GTX 1060 / 8 GB Radeon RX 590 or better, 20 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 6 GB GeForce GTX 1660 Ti / 8 GB Radeon RX Vega 56 or better, 20 GB HDD, Windows 11 64-bit
Sand Land - Coop and Multiplayer Explained
If you would like to navigate through deserts of Sand Land with others in multiplayer or coop, here you will find if it's possible to do so.
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April 25, 2024
Sand Land Impresses With Size, but Quality's Concerning
Sand Land promises to be quite a large RPG, in which no one should complain about the lack of activities to undertake. But size doesn't matter if a certain kind of passion isn't ignited between us and the game.
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March 27, 2024
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September 25, 2023
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