What qualifies as a “next-gen” RTS sport? Is it shinier graphics? Extra in-depth tactical decisions? Properly, Ghostrunner and Graven devs Slipgate Ironworks hope to offer a solution with their newest real-time ways base-building sport, Tempest Rising. Revealed earlier this night throughout THQ Nordic’s summer time showcase, Tempest Rising is a retro-inspired technique sport the place you will take management of three factions combating for a uncommon mineral. And yep, that mineral is known as ‘Tempest’. Here is the reveal trailer.
Set in a sci-fi modern-day alternate historical past of Earth, the primary opposing factions listed here are often known as the International Defence Forces and the Tempest Dynasty, the later of whom are a mishmash of European and Asian nations united in opposition to the GDF. Every faction may have their very own single-player marketing campaign to dig into when Tempest Rising launches in 2023, however you will solely come throughout the sport’s third faction in multiplayer, the devs informed me throughout a presentation earlier this week.
In that presentation, they confirmed off a glimpse of the GDF’s first marketing campaign mission, which has a extra conventional boots on the ground-style tanks and infantry vibe. Just like the Tempest Dynasty, they’re combating ot pay money for the sport’s titular mineral, which has been found on websites of nuclear fallout throughout the globe. Slipgate Ironworks promise these campaigns will not merely be a case of fine vs dangerous guys, although, though we’ll have to attend till it launches to see simply how gray these faction edges actually are.
The mission begins on a snowy plain, with a squad of 4 troops parachuting in and dashing towards enemy forces. All of them are armed with rifles, permitting them to select off lone Dynasty troopers from afar. It isn’t lengthy earlier than they’re joined by some drone operators, although, whose airborne bots can cope with extra heavily-armoured foes, such because the quickly incoming tank. The builders say there is a rock-paper-scissors battle system at work right here, and you will must deploy the simplest models to cope with the threats in entrance of you. Alternatively, you possibly can all the time goal some useful explosive barrels, which might explode and trigger bigger chain-reactions with different bits of the surroundings close by.
The rising squad shortly stumbles upon the Dynasty’s barracks and energy plant subsequent, each of which want taking down earlier than they transfer on. Afterward within the mission, you will be doing your personal little bit of base-building as you put together to take down the Dynasty’s rather more imposing HQ, however in the intervening time, one in all our personal hunter tanks has simply been airdropped into the fray, whose anti-armour cannon makes brief work of the remaining buildings.
The mission additionally confirmed off a number of the secondary talents every unit has within the marketing campaign, which the devs promise shall be straightforward to make use of and never require an excessive amount of micro-managing. The Riot Medic, for instance, is a specialist who can each heal different models and decelerate incoming enemy infantry along with his riot suppression gun. Specialist models like it will open up bonus goals throughout missions as nicely, letting you benefit from them in later ranges.
It actually seems to be like it is going to scratch that Command & Conquer itch when you’ve performed the latest C&C Remastered Assortment into the bottom, however I am principally right here for the very Duke Nukem-esque voice within the sky who chimes in each now once more with phrases like “Unit Misplaced” and “Secondary Goal Completed”. Not shocking, actually, given Slipgate’s historical past with the sequence, however an attention-grabbing contact nonetheless.
We’ll have to attend somewhat longer earlier than sinking our tooth into it, although. Tempest Rising is due out subsequent yr, and you’ll find out extra over on Steam.