Numerically hyperbolic survival-strategy They Are Billions has added a marketing campaign mode, so we will lastly discover out why all these good pale shambly people are so hungry on a regular basis. The New Empire, because the singleplayer story known as, seems to be to double down on the latent colonialist fantasies already inherent in steampunk, permitting you to trip your huge imperial choo choo throughout the map and settle you some areas. The replace additionally marks the top of eighteen months in early entry, bringing the game to model 1.0. Look upon this trailer, ye mighty, and go “oh, cool, zombies ‘n’ stuff.”
Up till now, They Are Billions has been about separate survival maps, however the marketing campaign presents a branching 48 missions that builders Numantian reckon will take upwards of sixty hours. From the trailer, it seems to be like there’s some hero-focused missions in there, harking back to Arthas from Warcraft 3. Or, when you’re a refined armchair normal like myself, Tanya from Red Alert. These tactical missions are alongside colony constructing missions with particular goals, and ones that job you with wiping out large swarms of undead.
If you already personal They Are Billions, the marketing campaign gained’t price you something further. The marketing campaign comes with choices for the 12 languages already supported by the game, and there’s additionally a few new maps for survival mode alongside the replace. ‘The Caustic Lands’ don’t sound good. ‘Deep Forest’ might be good, relying on how deep you want your forests. As talked about, the replace marks the top of early entry into model 1.0, though Numantian say they plan to proceed bettering, with concentrate on the survival mode and editor.
They Are Billions is out now on Steam for Windows, with a launch week low cost bringing it right down to £21.59/€22.49/$26.99. Fraser Brown had a play earlier in early entry and told us all about it.
