“So, all the lights in the heavens are our enemies, huh?” – a Gurren Lagann quote, however it’s what pops into my head each time I see maximalist RTS AI War 2, which entered early entry at this time, however was beforehand open to Kickstarter backers. Sequel to Arcen Games’s cult favorite AI War, it’s a solo or co-op house RTS about taking down a massively extra quite a few and highly effective foe. While nonetheless performed on a 2D aircraft, this sequel provides 3D graphics, making for some spectacular battles with 1000’s of little spacecraft taking pictures and exploding without delay. Below, a launch trailer.
As with the unique AI War, the sequel runs with the identical idea. An almighty AI empire has conquered all of identified house, and your little human enclave has been left alone just because it’s too small to concentrate to. You’ve received to assemble sources, construct fleets and steal upgrades from the AI forces with out doing sufficient harm or taking part in your hand visibly sufficient to encourage a large counterattack. It ended up feeling a bit like a tower protection game, with you constructing large rings of defensive items round choke-points to skinny out the recurrently despatched swarms.
While Arcen’s previous couple of initiatives have been extra experimental, with AI War 2 it seems like they’re returning to what they know works and try to refine the system. They declare that AI War 2’s core design takes classes realized from the unique game’s six expansions, and offers its universe a bit extra life with a solid of actors, the place the unique was all beeps and machine-noises. I’ve not had the chance to attempt AI War 2 myself, however as somebody who loved (although by no means got here near mastering) the unique, I’m excited to see how this new tackle it handles.
Arcen say that the present early entry construct is technically an entire game, playable from begin to end, however it’s unpolished. In the time between now and launch (estimated “Q2 2019”) they’ve received plans so as to add much more items, extra voice appearing and do a variety of steadiness tuning whereas enhancing UI and quality-of-life options. The game received’t be going up in value when the game launches both, so there’s no penalty for ready till it’s lastly launched subsequent yr, if early entry isn’t your factor.
AI War 2 is out in early entry on Steam and Humble for £15.49/€16.79/$19.99.
