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Steam Marines 2

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Arcane
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Man, look at the users long gone.......

Well, on topic. This game is getting a sequel.


http://www.steammarines2.com/


From Some Devlog:

"Marines. MARINES."

Steam Marines 2 is going into alpha release within the next few months!

The game currently features:

  • Permadeath - take care of your marines or die trying.
  • Turn-based combat - master movement and fire tactics.
  • Procedural generation - ship interiors and planetside levels.
  • Factions - human, alien, and robot units with their own gear and tactics.
  • Customization - marines with names, portraits, and gear.


What's New For Returning Players?

Some comments for players of Steam Marines 1 who may be interested in differences between the two games:

  • Marine squad size has been increased. Still try not to reach zero marines.
  • You control your spaceship instead of just fighting inside of it. There is a bare bones ship combat system in place (that is not turn-based) that I intend on expanding. Essentially your marines are aboard the I.S.S. Delhi and you can land on planets, moons, et cetera to insert your marines into combat.
  • Marine firing is no longer restricted to cardinal directions. Movement is still based on a square tile grid.
  • Steam Marines 2 separates out Action Points and Attack Points. Whereas in the first game all attacks/abilities used some set amount of Action, the sequel allows more granularity in what each marine can do per turn by separation of resources.
  • Marines now reveal fog of war in a 360 degree sphere instead of just a cone in the direction they face.
  • Tactical combat is a lot less about lining up marines and Guarding and a lot more about line of sight positioning and choosing shots; Marines can now aim for the head or center of mass which affects damage and accuracy bonuses/penalties.
  • Proximity to targets affects accuracy.
  • Marines are now differentiated not only by class/weapons/armor but by personality traits. Traits have chances to trigger per marine per turn that can boost Action, experience gain for the turn, and other effects.
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Arcane
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The first one wasn't too great. Yet, this one sounds like it might improve upon the weaker aspects of the last game.
 
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I'm currently (re)playing the first one and just saw that you can already buy and play an alpha version of the second game, although the price is not sexy, it's already $25 and should increase again during development : https://worthlessbums.itch.io/steam-marines-2

Preview of the OST is cool btw :
 
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