One of Josh's first memories is of playing Quake 2 on the family computer when he was much too young to be doing that, and he's been irreparably game-brained ever since. His writing has been featured in Vice, Fanbyte, and the Financial Times. He'll play pretty much anything, and has written far too much on everything from visual novels to Assassin's Creed. His most profound loves are for CRPGs, immersive sims, and any game whose ambition outstrips its budget. He thinks you're all far too mean about Deus Ex: Invisible War.
, is beating its swords into plasma rifles for its next game. Called Menace, it's another turn-based"brutal tactical RPG" in the vein of its predecessor, but it's trading in grim low-fantasy for a"grounded sci-fi strategy experience". I think grounded might just be another way of saying grim, judging by the number of people howling and turning into clouds of vapour in the trailer.
A transition to 3D environments allows"larger skirmishes across living battlefields" than you could find in Battle Brothers, while"the game’s mysterious enemy builds on Battle Brothers' sandbox and offers a powerful foe that has profound consequences on the strategic layer"."Cut off from the core worlds, help isn’t coming but neither is oversight or repercussions.
Those seemingly insurmountable challenges will come in the form of Menace's procedurally generated"multi-mission operations," featuring a bunch of different vehicles, your own randomised squads of cannon fodder,"detailed supply management," and factions that you can alternately ally with or wage war against, depending on your inclination.
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