![]() Despite the 1886 setting, the game’s steampunk sensibilities mean that there is a lot of tech available to you. Sure, the city-building chops this game has are on point but the choices that test your character really do add a nice extra element to the game that we didn’t expect.Īs you build your town and research new tech, the game starts to come into its own and becomes incredibly hard to put down. I can’t say I ever learned anyone’s name, you never really need to, but I still felt something and that’s more than I usually get from my games. Some of the decisions I made were so unbelievably harsh but, as ever, it was all for the greater good and I fell into that role without flinching. The game offers you various laws to pick from that you can enforce and while at first it’s all ‘hey, let’s not make children work themselves to death’ by the end you’re pretty much executing people for looking at you the wrong way and whistling on a Tuesday. But by the end of my first successful campaign, I had implemented a harsh rule based on faith that made Jonathon Price’s zealot leader in Game of Thrones look your favourite teacher at school. I was Mayor Niceguy whenever I got the chance. Rescuing people, giving people days off, keeping the mortally wounded alive. The first few times I played the game, I reacted to every request my people gave me. It’s easy to overstate that part of the game, many other reviews already have, but Frostpunk handles this stuff quite well. However, beyond that you also have to manage the hopes and fears of your people, each of whom are named and have their own needs. Letting the generator run down equals death and so that is your primary concern but you’ll also have to gather and manage other resources such as wood, steel, food and, later, steam cores which are used to build more advanced buildings. ![]() Your new city (well, it’s more of a town) is based around a large generator that must be fed with coal. That means you need to be a little bit more careful when it comes to planning out your city layout because space is finite but it’s a nice wrinkle to the gameplay because your entire world exists within one area, making it easier to plan, manage and react. This new home is in a large round crater which you cannot expand out of. It’s 1886 and London is gone and it’s up to you to lead a group of survivors in their efforts to build a new home. The game puts you in an alternate past where London, and presumably the rest of the world, is in the grip of a prolonged winter thanks to a couple of volcanoes that have blocked out the sun. As with 11 Bit Studios’ other work it’s a technically proficient, well-presented effort that brings some serious originality to the strategy genre. Check out the season pass trailer below.Octoin PS4 tagged city builder / frostpunk / strategy / survival / winter by Richieįrostpunk is a city-building, survival game that first appeared, to very positive reviews, on the PC last year and has now landed on the two big boy consoles to a degree of anticipation. You can keep up with further announcements on the Frostpunk official website. This will include three new Endless Mode maps: Frozen Groves, Snowdrifts and Hanging Rock.įrostpunk is available on PC, and it’s coming to Xbox One and PS4 this October. ![]() It will take a smarter person than me to crack it!Īll players will also be getting a free update today, separate from the new DLC. The cryptically named Project TVADGYCGJR will be next, the title apparently being a code that may give a hint to the content of the DLC. The Last Autumn expansion is set for release in quarter four of 2019, promising game-changing mechanics and unique architecture. The Rifts is available as an individual purchase, but also comes as part of the Frostpunk Season Pass, which will also give players access to two more major expansions that will be released in the coming months. In the new expansion The Rifts, players will have access to a new map in endless mode, where rifts in the ice can be bridged using new mechanics, giving access to new areas as your city expands. ![]() Prepare once again to enter the icy grip of Frostpunk. The grim city-building survival game from 11 Bit Studios launches its first DLC expansion The Rifts, kicking off the newly available Frostpunk season pass. ![]()
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