Conan Unconquered, the horde survival RTS from style veterans Petroglyph, is out now. Rather than than have a closely scripted single-player marketing campaign, it’s brazenly impressed by the zombie swarm RTS and early entry hit They Are Billions, no less than because it as soon as was. Solo or co-op, gamers must construct a fortress able to enduring a sustained siege on all sides from a mix of human and montrous enemies. Heroes (like Conan himself) will also be despatched on outings to slay bosses, raid temples and collect loot. Below, a launch trailer, exhibiting off simply how large the enemy waves get.
It’s an attention-grabbing twist within the evolution of the RTS style. The co-op ‘comp stomp’ has all the time been an effective way to cross the time with friends, fashionable by way of Command & Conquer, WarCraft, StarCraft and past. Conan Unconquered opens with a brief, solo marketing campaign mode, nevertheless it appears little greater than a tutorial for the game’s meat-and-potatoes survival mode on randomly generated maps. Still, defining itself from They Are Billions, Conan has some attention-grabbing enemy selection, and long-term hazards like piled up corpses at your partitions ultimately inflicting illness.
While Conan Unconquered appears to be like like a nice game, these uncertain of which survival technique game to choose might wish to wait a pair weeks. They Are Billions is because of launch out of early entry within the next couple weeks, together with a story-driven marketing campaign mode that the builders at the moment are estimating to be 60-80 hours long. Conan could also be out of the gate first, however that is quickly to show right into a pitched battle between a barbarian horde and the infinite undead. Whoever wins, we get to stomp plenty of comps.
Conan Unconquered is out now on Steam and Humble for £25/€30/$30, or a £37.49/€44.99/$44.99 for a double-pack to share with a co-op buddy. It’s printed by Funcom.
