It’s not as noticeable as you might think.
It’s not a pleasant one.Įach mission, whether it be protecting supplies, people or raiding a Pandoran nest, will generally be against the humanoid, crayfish creatures which do ‘evolve’ over the course of your many excursions fighting them. This is the world Phoenix Point (a task force challenged with combatting the virus) has inherited. Set in the near future, humanity is facing an extinction-level threat in the form of the Pandoravirus – whose origins are unknown – which spread quickly across all life, infecting and mutating everything it touched. It implores you to fight enemies in a different way, to try and mix up your playstyle and, like the enemies you face, ‘evolve.’ It saddens me to say, but exploding a crustacean’s arms into smithereens is no longer an option.Īt first, it was one pinpoint shot from a sniper rifle, converting their crab-like heads into pulp then it was lacerating their legs with a sleuth of bullets from assault rifles, immobilizing the barnacled creatures and after that it was desperate, frenzied attacks at their arms, anything to get rid of their ability to launch grenades.Īlthough I’ve expressed it with a large dollop of hyperbole, this is what XCOM founder Julian Gollop’s new turn-based, tactical combat game wants you to do.
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