PDXCON, Paradox Interactive’s conference in Berlin, simply kicked off its announcement present with the information that Surviving The Aftermath, the post-apocalyptic colony supervisor introduced last week, s out in early entry as we speak. Despite its identify, and the actual fact it’s a survival-based settlement builder, it’s not obtained a lot in widespread with final yr’s Surviving Mars, and is being produced by a special group, Finnish studio Iceflake.
I obtained to play it for a few hours yesterday, and I’d describe it because the colony supervisor for everybody who obtained actually into the settlement constructing in Fallout 4. The tone, too, could be very latter-day Fallout – whereas not precisely enjoying the apocalypse for laughs, it’s nowhere close to as bleak as Frostpunk, for instance. It’s obtained waste-scavenging and recycling mechanics harking back to fellow apocalyptic builder Flotsam, and feels a bit like Banished to play – solely with extra precise content material. Some of that content material consists of insect farms, meteor showers, radiation and a travelling service provider who bears a bizarre resemblance to Doctor Robotnik.
Most of the game takes place within the basic, top-down view you’d count on from a colony sim, however there’s additionally a hex-based world map the place you may ship survivors to scavenge, discover and battle with bandits who look so much like Bane. While I favored the town-building bits, I wasn’t so eager on the zoomed-out a part of the game. But there’ll be extra to say about that later, as I’m going to be posting a correct preview of the game this night.
Surviving The Aftermath is offered now in early entry on the Epic Games Store for £15.49. Paradox plan to launch the total game in late 2020, on Steam as properly.
