Aliens: Dark Descent

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Aliens: Dark Descent
File:Aliens Dark Descent cover art.jpg
Developer(s)Tindalos Interactive
Publisher(s)Focus Entertainment
SeriesAliens
Platform(s)
Release2023
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Aliens: Dark Descent is an upcoming real-time strategy video game developed by Tindalos Interactive and published by Focus Entertainment. Set in the Aliens franchise, the game is set to be released for Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in 2023.

Gameplay

Dark Descent is a real-time strategy video game played from a top-down perspective. Players need to issue commands to a squad of four colonial marines, who must battle the Xenomorphs and rogue agents from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. The game features five starting character classes, each with their own unique weapons and abilities. While combat happens in real time, players can briefly slow time to a crawl in order to issue commands or set up an ambush. Players are encouraged to explore the moon station, discovering short cuts and deploying motion trackers which allows players to track alien movements. They can also use electrical saw to open locked doors, or welded door shut as they retreat from one room to another. The changes to level layout are permament. Welding a door may stop the Xenomorphs from advancing, but it may also block the player's route in subsequent visits.[1][2]

Between missions, players can upgrade and customize their characters. Players need to maintain not only the physical health but also the mental health of these characters. Each character has their own mental traits. Their combat performance may be affected if they were put under too much strain. They may miss their shots, behave irrationally, or even sabotage the player's mission. Squad members may die permamently after being attacked. Players can evacuate during a mission to prevent losing the entire squad.[3] According to the developer, each mission in the game lasts "anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour".[4]

Story

Set 20 years after the events of Alien 3,[5] a team of colonial marines must stop a Xenomorph outbreak while gathering resources to repair their Otago spacecraft in the moon base of Lethe.[6]

Development

The game is currently being developed by French studio Tindalos Interactive, which had previously developed the Battlefleet Gothic: Armada series of real-time strategy video game. According to managing director John Bert, the game was inspired by both tactical and computer role-playing game.[7] The game was announced during Summer Game Fest in June 2022. It is set to be released for Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S in 2023.[8]

References

  1. ^ Donaldson, Alex (August 26, 2022). "Aliens: Dark Descent is more than an XCOM clone - and feels surprisingly true to the movies". VG 247. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  2. ^ Tucker, Jake (August 30, 2022). "'Aliens: Dark Descent' is the 'Aliens' game fans deserve". NME. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Hansen, Jakob (September 9, 2020). "The tactical horror of Aliens: Dark Descent looks surprisingly scary". Gamereactor. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Pepitte, Dom (August 30, 2022). "Aliens: Dark Descent missions can take 'anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour'". VG 247. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "Aliens Dark Descent : inspiré par le film de James Cameron, et sacrément exigeant". Jeuxvideo.com. August 27, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  6. ^ Conditt, Jessica (June 9, 2022). "'Aliens: Dark Descent' is a single-player, squad-based action game coming in 2023". Engadget. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  7. ^ Devore, Jordan (June 9, 2022). "Aliens: Dark Descent is a squad action game inspired by CRPGs". Destructoid. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  8. ^ Wales, Matt (June 9, 2022). "Aliens: Dark Descent bringing "squad-based, single-player action" to PC and consoles". Eurogamer. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

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