5/29/2023 0 Comments The riftbreaker co op![]() ![]() Wind turbines are more reliable but if the wind stops blowing just as you get attacked what then? You could actually burn Carbonium as a power source, but this is also a vital building material. Sure solar panels are very efficient but only work in the daytime and will also be scuppered by fog, volcanic ash or the setting sun. This is where your first strategic decisions come into play because you cannot rely on one form of power. Power is a vital element to the running of your base and without it, everything just grinds to a halt: including your defences. After this, you will go on to fashion the usual set of structures such as walls, wind turbines and defence turrets. The Headquarters is the first building you create and must be protected at all costs. Like any good RTS, your first job is to acquire resources and then start turning these into structures that will eventually form your first base. As you rift into a new zone you will send foliage, fauna to the afterlife in the most spectacular fashion: think the Terminator time jump but a little more messy. This game works so well due to a number of clever design decisions by the team at Exor Studios. However, in this game the only unit you take direct control over is Mr Rigs and therefore some veteran strategy fans might be getting a little worried at this point but let me set you at ease. The creation of units that the player can then command is seen by many as a fundamental part of any RTS and indeed it is in the conventional sense. The term ‘real-time strategy’ was actually coined by Brett Sperry in the promotion of Dune 2 way back in the early 1990s. It seems to me that the team at Exor Studios have been paying attention to these lessons when designing their own offering. The latter title also showed how a clever UI could make commanding hundreds of units a breeze. It also had a huge mech that acted as a mobile HQ and this same idea carried on in Supreme Commander. In 1997 Total Annihilation was released and it gained a huge following due to the wonderful unit design and flashy explosions proving that visuals could enhance an already well-trodden formula. Then defend your new digs against enemy attacks and eventually decimate your opposition with a larger or superior force. The basic premise has always been the same gather resources from the environment while establishing some sort of base or settlement. Over the years we have seen many variations of this genre, from the Command and Conquer series, Age of Empires and Starcraft to name a few. This was absolutely fine of course as the magic of RTS games is how they play: as Dune 2 so effectively illustrated. Check out the full roadmap below for more details.Real time strategy games have been around since the dark ages of gaming, back when a few well-placed pixels were considered the height of graphical wizardry. The plan is to at least implement online co-op, though the developer notes that, “If things go well and we have sufficient time it’s not out of the question that we are going to include some other game modes as well.” It will also be a free update for all owners of the base game, though extensive testing will also be required. Online multiplayer is also in the works and planned for launch by 2022 end. This will be available for free but a paid expansion for the Campaign is also planned to release by March/April 2022. A new biome will be releasing in the first half of 2022, providing an entirely new area to explore with “unique wildlife, special weather events, more types of collectibles, weapons, skills and upgrades” along with new secrets. ![]() There will also bug fixes, quality of life changes and further balancing to the Campaign’s difficulty. This will allow for creating new maps and missions. Its first major update is to provide game editing tools (the same used to create all of the content in the base game) to fans for modding. Of course, there’s even more to come and the developer has outlined its plans in a new post-launch roadmap. EXOR Studios’ The Riftbreaker has been out since October and garnered a good reception among critics and players. ![]()
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