Game News Phantom Doctrine, a turn-based tactical Cold War thriller from the developers of Hard West

[SausageInYourFace]

• Knowing is half the battle: scout mission locations ahead of time, infiltrate with undercover operatives and improve your odds. Elite enemy agents with their own agenda are always ready to spring their own ambushes.

• Go loud or go home (stealthily): fully-fledged stealth gameplay with silenced weapons, silent takedowns and cutting-edge Cold War era security technology. All this makes completing entire operations clandestinely a viable option.

• Run your own counterintelligence organization: recruit subjects of top secret government experiments, operatives of the world’s secret services, KGB & CIA included, or even criminals. Manage a global operation, securing weapons, resources and contacts. Command from a distance or go hands-on to fight for the real stakes.

• Actively pursue the truth: research cases, locations and individuals in Investigation Board gameplay mechanics to uncover new missions, resources and technologies.

• Employ technology ruthlessly to your advantage: learn from the enemy or research your own methods for brainwashing, interrogation, body engineering and chemical enhancement.

That sounds fantastic, some of that stuff I always wished for it to have been in the HBS Shadowruns.

 

[Namutree]

Tags: CreativeForge Games; Phantom Doctrine

Set in 1983 during the Cold War, Phantom Doctrine is an alternate history thriller in which players lead The Cabal, a secret organization dedicated to fighting a global conspiracy committed to controlling the world by pitting world leaders and nations against one another.
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(((The Cabal)))

EDIT: Couldn't help myself.​

 

[HoboForEternity]

Wow looks awesome

 

[Kacper Szymczak]

Helloes!
Thanks for all the kind words! Much appreciated, our team is happy seeing you're happy (I personally believe the opinions shared over here are a good benchmark of what to expect from the hardcore edge of the spectrum of our audience).

If any questions pop to mind, let me know!
Cheers <3

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[ERYFKRAD]

This better have melee combat.

 

[Kacper Szymczak]

If any questions pop to mind, let me know!

Does luck mechanic stay? //I hope it does

Kinda. Still no randomization (proud to say, even less this time), but I felt luck doesn't fit the theme.
It works like this:

• every weapon has a minimum and maximum damage (eg. 20-60, but varies from weapon to weapon)
• every character has an Awareness level (100 on average, subject to character development) - it represents how focused & cautious a character is (think: the Bourne kind of awareness)
• if shot at, character notices that and "dodges", reducing damage to minimum (plus first cover reduction, so effectively usually couple of points of damage)
• every "dodge" reduces awareness level (25 on average, but it's subject to character development, skill selection etc)
• once you're out of awareness, you get max damage
• awareness regenerates every turn (10 on average, subject to character development)
• you can Focus: use up your APs every N turns to regen a lot of awareness

Also: powerful actions require awareness. Like: headshots. So if you get shot at a lot, you can't land that headshot.

This better have melee combat.

Yes it does.
No "jab for 5hp" kind of melee tho.
Hand to hand takedowns. (for infiltration mostly)

 

[GrainWetski]

Cold war X-Com?

Nothing in common with X-COM unless every turn-based game ever is like X-Com when barely any of them really are, not even XCOM.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

Cold war X-Com?

Nothing in common with X-COM unless every turn-based game ever is like X-Com when barely any of them really are, not even XCOM.

If you actually read the first post you'd come across the sorta geoscape gameplay in that agency management, choosing contracts, etc in addition
to the tactical engagements.

 

[thesheeep]

Game sounds (and so far looks) nice.
The trailer, though, ... errhhh.... Don't get me wrong, I loved the cheesiness in the Command & Conquer, Dune and Mechwarrior games.
But this doesn't have that cheesiness. And I am afraid they weren't going for that, either.

Then again, I'm really not a fan of indie movie stuff, where every asset just manages to look cheap, so my standards when it comes to movie production are pretty high.
Still not sure if such live action stuff is a good idea for a game.

 

[Azalin]

If any questions pop to mind, let me know!

Does luck mechanic stay? //I hope it does

Kinda. Still no randomization (proud to say, even less this time), but I felt luck doesn't fit the theme.
It works like this:

• every weapon has a minimum and maximum damage (eg. 20-60, but varies from weapon to weapon)
• every character has an Awareness level (100 on average, subject to character development) - it represents how focused & cautious a character is (think: the Bourne kind of awareness)
• if shot at, character notices that and "dodges", reducing damage to minimum (plus first cover reduction, so effectively usually couple of points of damage)
• every "dodge" reduces awareness level (25 on average, but it's subject to character development, skill selection etc)
• once you're out of awareness, you get max damage
• awareness regenerates every turn (10 on average, subject to character development)
• you can Focus: use up your APs every N turns to regen a lot of awareness

Also: powerful actions require awareness. Like: headshots. So if you get shot at a lot, you can't land that headshot.

This better have melee combat.

Yes it does.
No "jab for 5hp" kind of melee tho.
Hand to hand takedowns. (for infiltration mostly)

Is this going to have CYOA parts too while you wander around the map ?

 

[Tacgnol]

Hard West was pretty good, this looks similar but improved.

Promising.