14 DAY TRIAL // Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer CreativeForge Games released a brand new video showcasing the features of the upcoming space real-time strategy game Ancient Space.
The game's most successful marketing slogan would be "it sounds a lot like Homeworld," as the cult classic sci-fi strategy game still has many gamers pining for an encore.
In any case, the reveal of the game was quite a pleasant surprise, with a more pleasant one coming not even a month after, in the form of the game's release date on September 23.
The game seems to have come from out of nowhere, but judging by the way it looks in the gameplay vids, it's certainly going places.
What's it all about
The game is focused on single-player, enabling the gamer to become the leader of a fleet exploring deep space, in the so-called Black Zone, a naturally occurring anomaly area, and come to face mysterious enemies whom they will have to prove their mettle against.
The game includes a star-studded voice cast, with many sci-fi veteran actors doing voiceover work and making sure that you will be as immersed as possible in the deep-space exploration process.
Players will be challenged to scout ahead, locate previous resources, harvest them and improve their ships with new designs and abilities, then command them in real-time 3D battles against aliens, pirates and other such unsavory characters that one might come in contact with in the far reaches of the universe.
New details
The video that Paradox released is the first in a series featuring talks with Game Producer Joe Fricano, who described the upcoming real-time strategy game as being about "tiny spaceships on a tiny screen blowing up other tiny spaceships on tiny screen."
He reveals that the game won't be focused on drama, on any big emotional pieces that highlight a few characters, because it wouldn't work, given the game's huge scope.
As such, the story can't be about the troubles of individual characters, but instead will be much broader, having much deeper repercussions and concerning life at a global scale.
The video also provides what is probably the most important thing when evaluating the potential of an upcoming game, a lengthy show of gameplay, showing exactly how the game will play out, complete with resource management and space battles.
The game seems to have maps populated by ancient structures and debris, and not simply empty expands of space, and there seems to be a lot of conflict, so Ancient Space is bound to pack a lot of tactical action.
