In case you noticed the announcement trailer for Aliens: Darkish Descent ultimately June’s Summer time Video games Fest and thought, OK, one other squad-based shooter, properly, suppose once more. A gameplay video shown by IGN on Tuesday reveals off the real-time tactical motion sport, launching June 20.
You’re forgiven for the confusion (in case you had been confused) — final yr’s trailer was virtually solely cinematic and it introduced the up-close, dire menace we’ve come to anticipate from the Alien franchise. In Darkish Descent, the participant is the squad commander with an isometric, overhead view permitting them to survey the sector. Properly, when the place is lit, because it typically isn’t in any Aliens joint.
For these fearful about their decision-making abilities within the warmth of an engagement, there’s a bullet-time function that slows down time sufficient so that you can distribute instructions like a professional. And sure, permadeath is on the desk in Aliens: Darkish Descent. Would you anticipate the rest? I hope they nonetheless have save-scumming, although. Wouldn’t wish to see too many beloved brothers-in-arms dragged off like that.
As for story, Aliens: Darkish Descent tells the story of a Colonial Marines detachment whose ship has crashed into Planet Lethe (root phrase of deadly, btw) and, why not, examine a Xenomorph outbreak there.
Aliens: Darkish Descent, developed by Tindalos Interactive, will probably be accessible for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X when it launches on June 20.