Developer Vivid Storm launched a brand new gameplay trailer displaying Ascent of Ashes, the corporate’s X-Com meets RimWorld colony simulator, in motion.
Ascent of Ashes is a post-apocalyptic game that places the participant in command of managing a neighborhood of colonists underneath fixed siege by raiders, aliens, and different forces. And which means the participant wants to guard the entire colonists underneath their care. Which suggests you’ll must construct a settlement that may maintain the populace and maintain off exterior threats. And that means you’ll must strike again as nicely, by sending your troopers out on expeditions.
Vivid Storm was born from a preferred RimWorld mod, Combat Extended, which fully overhauled the sport’s fight. As an alternative of a share based mostly capturing system based mostly off the pawn’s stat, Fight Prolonged added a ballistic capturing mannequin, rebalanced the sport’s weapons and armor, and made tons of different stability modifications. Ascent of Ashes takes these modifications even additional, evolving into its personal recreation.
Ascent of Ashes will power gamers to be very cautious with fight, which performs out in real-time. You’ll be able to pause at any time to contemplate the battlefield, which might be towards some easy rascals like raiders… or hyper-intelligent alien predators. It solely takes one or two photographs to snipe off a colonist. Traumatic! Fortunately, it seems like there are some stress-free parts to the sport as nicely. Colonists might want to develop their very own meals and construct their very own barracks.
I’m undoubtedly to be taught extra about this recreation, which is because of launch later this 12 months. Ascent of Ashes can be host to the chillest pig I’ve ever seen in my life, who doesn’t appear nervous about any of the robots or raiders exterior his little inexperienced discipline.