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KickStarter Satellite Reign - Syndicate Wars spiritual successor from original devs
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Awor Szurkrarz
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I'm cautiously optimistic.
Whisky
The Solution
I like what I see so far. I'm saving up money right now though, so I'm gonna wait before I pledge.
Kem0sabe
Arcane
Shameless plug from their Kickstarter page. Ingame footage looks promising.
A real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open world cyberpunk city, from the creator of Syndicate Wars. <- Link
Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game. You control a team of four agents, each with distinct and unique abilities, collectively battling for control of a fully simulated, living cyberpunk city.
The game world is designed to facilitate emergent gameplay, giving you the tools and freedom to play how you want to play, so you can create strategies and scenarios that not even we had anticipated!
Customise your team with the strength to destroy your enemies head-on, or hack into their facilities to manipulate their infrastructure without them ever knowing you were even there.
Will you take down your enemies with brute-force? Covert espionage and infiltration? Or will you use propaganda to influence the citizens of the city and overthrow the controlling powers?
Satellite Reign will be released on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
The world's governments are controlled by mega-corporations, democracy to the highest bidder. Society is structured for the benefit of those in power. The poor exist in the dark squalid underbelly of the city, while the wealthy swim in opulence and luxury on the upper tiers, and the vast middle-class are too comfortable with their lives of convenience to see the world for what it really is. Corporate police patrol the streets, brutally maintaining the status quo, all under the guise of keeping the people safe.
The time for change is now, as a mysterious organisation rises from the slums of the city. They'll have to bribe, steal, hack and augment their way through the barriers between them and their ultimate goal...but what are they trying to achieve? To free the masses from the corporate stranglehold, or to take control for themselves? That, is up to you.
This is one big, open, living metropolis. The city isn't just a cool location (although it is pretty cool), it actually functions like a city; the streets are bustling with people by day, and controlled by criminal organisations by night. Power grids actually power the city, information and finances flow from one district to another, and you can use all of these things to your advantage.
The entire game-world is designed around emergent gameplay. Civilians, police and corporate soldiers will all react uniquely to your actions. Power conduits, communication networks and security systems are there for you to hijack, modify or destroy. Learn how the city and its inhabitants operate, then exploit them all to advance your agenda.
The city is huge and you can move around and tackle objectives however you want to. You won't be spoon-fed one mission after another, you'll be able to use whatever means you can to get to your final goal. Bribe scientists to advance your technologies, and kidnap doctors to augment your agents. Steal money from the banks to fund your war against the corporations, and exploit neural implants to bend the will of others. Or, try to take your objectives through good old-fashioned brute-force.
Distinct character classes give you total control over how you approach a situation. Different classes with different combinations of augmentations, gear and weapons gives you the ability to customise your team and your experience.
Not every problem is easily solved by shoving a gun in its face. Sometimes the situation requires a bit more subtlety, a bit more finesse. Try siphoning cash out of the corporate account, bribing a bank manager to “misplace” his security pass, or steal the identity of a corporate soldier to pass through security checkpoints unseen.
From our previous experience with the Unity Engine, we could look no further. Its flexibility, ease of use, and quick turnaround on development means less barriers between the creators and the creation.
Its robust scripting system and one click approach to deployment allows us to simultaneously develop releases for Windows, Linux and Mac.
From Left to Right: Dean Ferguson, Chris Conte, Mitchell Clifford, Brent Waller and Mike Diskett.
5 Lives Studios is an independent developer. Our core team consists of five dedicated industry professionals with many years of experience. Not only are we all industry veterans, but we also have a long history of working together, allowing us to make games like a well-oiled machine. Some of us have worked together for nearly a decade! Collectively, we have worked on a wide range of genres and notable titles including the Syndicate series, GTA IV, Darksiders II, Star Wars, L.A. Noire, and many more.
A real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open world cyberpunk city, from the creator of Syndicate Wars. <- Link
Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game. You control a team of four agents, each with distinct and unique abilities, collectively battling for control of a fully simulated, living cyberpunk city.
The game world is designed to facilitate emergent gameplay, giving you the tools and freedom to play how you want to play, so you can create strategies and scenarios that not even we had anticipated!
Customise your team with the strength to destroy your enemies head-on, or hack into their facilities to manipulate their infrastructure without them ever knowing you were even there.
Will you take down your enemies with brute-force? Covert espionage and infiltration? Or will you use propaganda to influence the citizens of the city and overthrow the controlling powers?
Satellite Reign will be released on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
The world's governments are controlled by mega-corporations, democracy to the highest bidder. Society is structured for the benefit of those in power. The poor exist in the dark squalid underbelly of the city, while the wealthy swim in opulence and luxury on the upper tiers, and the vast middle-class are too comfortable with their lives of convenience to see the world for what it really is. Corporate police patrol the streets, brutally maintaining the status quo, all under the guise of keeping the people safe.
The time for change is now, as a mysterious organisation rises from the slums of the city. They'll have to bribe, steal, hack and augment their way through the barriers between them and their ultimate goal...but what are they trying to achieve? To free the masses from the corporate stranglehold, or to take control for themselves? That, is up to you.
This is one big, open, living metropolis. The city isn't just a cool location (although it is pretty cool), it actually functions like a city; the streets are bustling with people by day, and controlled by criminal organisations by night. Power grids actually power the city, information and finances flow from one district to another, and you can use all of these things to your advantage.
The entire game-world is designed around emergent gameplay. Civilians, police and corporate soldiers will all react uniquely to your actions. Power conduits, communication networks and security systems are there for you to hijack, modify or destroy. Learn how the city and its inhabitants operate, then exploit them all to advance your agenda.
The city is huge and you can move around and tackle objectives however you want to. You won't be spoon-fed one mission after another, you'll be able to use whatever means you can to get to your final goal. Bribe scientists to advance your technologies, and kidnap doctors to augment your agents. Steal money from the banks to fund your war against the corporations, and exploit neural implants to bend the will of others. Or, try to take your objectives through good old-fashioned brute-force.
Distinct character classes give you total control over how you approach a situation. Different classes with different combinations of augmentations, gear and weapons gives you the ability to customise your team and your experience.
Not every problem is easily solved by shoving a gun in its face. Sometimes the situation requires a bit more subtlety, a bit more finesse. Try siphoning cash out of the corporate account, bribing a bank manager to “misplace” his security pass, or steal the identity of a corporate soldier to pass through security checkpoints unseen.
From our previous experience with the Unity Engine, we could look no further. Its flexibility, ease of use, and quick turnaround on development means less barriers between the creators and the creation.
Its robust scripting system and one click approach to deployment allows us to simultaneously develop releases for Windows, Linux and Mac.
From Left to Right: Dean Ferguson, Chris Conte, Mitchell Clifford, Brent Waller and Mike Diskett.
5 Lives Studios is an independent developer. Our core team consists of five dedicated industry professionals with many years of experience. Not only are we all industry veterans, but we also have a long history of working together, allowing us to make games like a well-oiled machine. Some of us have worked together for nearly a decade! Collectively, we have worked on a wide range of genres and notable titles including the Syndicate series, GTA IV, Darksiders II, Star Wars, L.A. Noire, and many more.
Whisky
The Solution
I've never actually played much of Syndicate, but I think this sounds pretty good. Gonna wait a bit before I pledge, because I'm saving up money, but in this case I'm more leaning towards yes.
funky_koval
Augur
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Fuck it, I pledged.
Kem0sabe
Arcane
Yep, nice presentation, i hope they get some publicity from Inxile and Obsidian to help along.
I don't care much about RTS's these days, but I pledged because I used to have a lot of fun with Syndicate and I like the way the game looks.
Hellraiser
Arcane
I want to be a Lex Luthor? A pity you don't get to name a corp, within reason. If I were in the 1% I would totally give them the jewgold to Omniventures Inc. into the game.
Would happily pledge even a bare minimum amount if I were not broke. Accursed potato economy, stopping me from funding proper incline when the chance to do it appears.
AstroZombie
Arcane
I hope it has a cool intro like Syndicate Wars.
yellowcake
Arcane
There's huge performance difference depending on what graphics options you select, to the point of tripling or quadrupling CPU speed requirement between lowest and highest setting.
Low res works ok on 200 MHz cpu whereas to get the max setting fluid you need 600 - 700 MHz. The same for Magic Carpet, actually. Checked in actual iron a couple of weeks ago.
Wow, no physical stuff all over the place. $100 for the t-shirt and $500 for the artbook. Sounds... sensible.
Though I'd still pay for a box, but I guess having no physical stuff fits the theme better, heh.
Though I'd still pay for a box, but I guess having no physical stuff fits the theme better, heh.
And it is more cost effective for the devs.
Awor Szurkrarz
Arcane
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It annoys me that they almost never talk about specifics of combat system.
Probably a good idea, going to help keep their costs down. Have to keep in mind their are located in Australia even though I doubt they would be shipping from there, but who knows.
Sigh, if only they had Russel Shaw for composing OST.
(reading stuff)
I hope they will put something more than nice concept-art on the table. I wonder if they are planning some sort of level editor for it too.
(reading stuff)
I hope they will put something more than nice concept-art on the table. I wonder if they are planning some sort of level editor for it too.
Wise Emperor
Arcane
I would kill for proper new Syndicate (Wars) but after early excitement, they need to unfold more to get my money. I see some modern AAA decline signals.
How so? I found the pitch to be pretty good pressing all the right buttons.
I do agree 100% that i need more info on combat but they have 30 days to come up with that
This, unfortunately.
Syndicate is about being the big faceless coropration, not sticking it to the man!
I have to admit that their spiel about an organisation rising among the poor kinda reminds me of Syndicate Wars' Church of the New Epoch (though the Church only prominently recruited among the poor, of course). I still prefered to play as the faceless EuroCorp executive.
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