Do you hate people? Do you accept that one day the machine you are reading this preview on will be your master? If being a robot and controlling people as they do your bidding in a far off solar system is your idea of a bright future, you will love the RTS tower defence game Freaking Meatbags. Currently in Early Access on Steam, Freaking Meatbags places you in the role of a lowly cleaning robot, destined to roam the solar system clearing planets of their resources before the inevitable death of the galaxy. Your job is made that little bit easier by the fleshy group of human slaves who mine the resources for you in exchange for having a slug placed in their brain and sometimes being squished by angry wild aliens. Someone drew the short straw and it wasn’t you. Whilst on the surface this machine overlord task sounds simple, the variety and challenges within the game make Freaking Meatbags an exciting and tactical experience.
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Infested Planet Release Steam Trailer
A trailer for the tower-defence, RTS style game Infested Planet has been released in-line with its introduction to Steam. Due for release on 6th March, Infested Planet puts you in the shoes of a commander and is squad, as you attempt to hold off the alien swarm in a desperate, heroic last stand.
You can take charge of your squad and outsmart the ever-growing and mutating enemy masses with weapons and defense buildings. However Infested Planet promises to keep you busy with a number of mutations to aid the enemy, meaning you must adapt your attack and defence to beat the campaign and take back the planet. Equip your team with stealth suits, mini-guns, grenade launchers and much more, with the option to improve your weaponry throughout the campaign.
Features:
• Real time tactical squad combat
• Fight thousands of enemies at once
• Procedural maps and random mutation system keep the game fresh
• Compete with other players for Weekly Challenge supremacy
• A lengthy campaign in which you develop new weapons
• 21 Human weapons and buildings for you to wield
• 33 Alien mutations to keep you on your toes
Words by Louise Egan
Divinity: Original Sin – Larian Studios (PC) PREVIEW
A role-playing RTS from Larian Studios that is still in its alpha stage, but has more to offer in terms of gameplay and graphics than many games in their beta stage, naming no names of course…Kerbal Space Program.
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