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Pikachu Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Quote Lead the army of reality against the Others, terrifying forces from beyond known dimensions, in Othercide, the new tactical RPG from Lightbulb Crew and Focus Home Interactive, due this Summer on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Explore a dying timeline and discover the secrets of the City and the Suffering bred within it. Lead, evolve and sacrifice your army of Daughters, echoes of the greatest warrior to ever live, in deadly battles against the Others and Suffering across battlefields brought to life by a unique artistic direction. Get just a taste of this incredible new universe in the Reveal Trailer. Combat is an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters: using the Dynamic Timeline System, plan ahead of time and set up impressive chains of abilities to outsmart and outdamage the enemy. Fight in epic boss battles against the sources of Suffering - dread creatures pulled from the worst of Humanity’s crimes against itself. Each world-shattering boss bring their own twist to a tale told through fleeting memories solidifying to a full, tragic narrative about the Mother and how this dreaded reality came to pass. Your prowess in combat will decide the fate of your Daughters, shape their abilities and personality. Cowardice will be punished, barely surviving will leave scars, and particularly efficient dispatching of the creatures sent against you will be rewarded, permanently affecting their stats. Memories, obtained from re-enacting the actions of their progenitor, change and improve each skill through customization, making your army truly your own. Inevitably, you'll need to make the toughest decision and sacrifice one of your Daughters to heal another - survivors will get stronger, ready to fight the next battle. You will fight. You will fall. You will rise again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Ah, yes. The black and white (but also red) art style. Very original, never done before! It's the Bald Space Marine of pretentious art styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Quote Othercide: lead the fight against Suffering on July 28 and see new gameplay today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Othercide elegantly combines occult horror with turn-based tactics, and has a great sense of style (PC Gamer) Quote Othercide is a turn-based tactics game set in a dark world full of occult horrors. An otherworldly force known as Suffering is encroaching on reality and as a supernatural warrior called Mother it's your duty to generate teams of combat-ready Daughters to defeat demon armies. The result is a cerebral tactics game with a beautifully bleak art style and a neat dynamic timeline system. The timeline stretches the width of the bottom of your screen. Enemy activations and big attacks are marked by icons that slip and slide into different orders based on the abilities you use. A ranged-attack demon might ready a heavy shot that will take a set amount of time to activate. That encourages you to get an interrupt attack onto the timeline before the shot goes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 First batch of review posted at OpenCritic (board code export function isn't working for this one). Quote OpenCritic Rating - Strong Top Critic Average - 75 Critics Recommend - 62% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Game Information Game Title: Othercide Platforms:PC (Jul 27, 2020)PlayStation 4 (Jul 27, 2020)Xbox One (Jul 27, 2020)Nintendo Switch (Jul 27, 2020) Developer: Lightbulb Crew Publisher: Focus Home Interactive Review Aggregator: OpenCritic - 75 average - 63% recommended Critic Reviews Gaming on PC - 9 / 10Lightbulb Crew have crafted a gem that will shine brightly as one of the genre’s most innovative and addictive exponents. Hardcore Gamer - 4.5 / 5Othercide blends beloved elements of turn-based strategy with its own unique brand of style and gameplay. IGN - 9 / 10Othercide is a tactical roguelike with a flair for the dramatic, full of satisfying combat, careful planning, and sometimes heart-rending decisions. PlayStation LifeStyle - 8.5 / 10Othercide provides a challenge without breaking the player's spirit. It hits on all the right notes of an engaging turn-based game, accentuated by the integrated roguelike elements, and an artistic beauty. Add in the lore and you have a pretty solid title worth checking out. PlayStation Universe - 8.5 / 10Othercide is the most pristine AA game I have played. Its haunting world and grotesque creature design cement themselves as some of the best in gothic horror, whilst the unique, timeline-based combat provides a twist on traditional tactical games. Othercide is far more than just a striking art style and everyone should give one of the most unique games of the year a shot. God is a Geek - 8 / 10Othercide is damn hard, but if you can push through and find your feet, it's also an incredibly satisfying and atmospheric experience. Whatever you do, don't go in expecting to play a straightforward XCOM-clone. Othercide deserves more respect than that. Metro GameCentral - 8 / 10An impressively original take on XCOM style turn-based strategy that gains in depth and versatility what it loses in accessibility, with some of the best boss encounters of the year. Push Square - 8 / 10While they share plenty of the same DNA, Othercide is much more than simply XCOM in eyeliner. Sacrificing warriors to boost the stats of other units proves a compelling and flexible mechanic, while the combat encounters ramp up in difficulty at mostly the right pace. A stunning aesthetic and perfectly complementary soundtrack are the icing on the cake, only occasionally marred by unfortunate technical difficulties. Sirus Gaming - 8 / 10Othercide isn’t for everyone. It caters to a specific group of players that delight in more than just the art design. It also takes a lot out of you. It’ll leave you feeling drained. But all the sacrifice in the world is worth it just to make it one step further than where you were in the previous run. That makes the whole experience worth it. TheSixthAxis - 8 / 10Othercide is an evocative and absorbing tactical roguelike, albeit one whose style occasionally gets in the way of the substance. Windows Central - 4 / 5 starsOthercide could use some quality-of-life improvements, but this is one of the most stylish games I've played in years, complete with oppressive gameplay that is as thrilling as it is rewarding. Worth Playing - 7.5 / 10Othercide is a flawed but generally fun strategy-RPG. It has some balance issues and an annoying UI, but beyond that, it does everything that it sets out to do. It's not as difficult or punishing as an XCOM title might have been, but it may be a good replacement for those who like the strategy game style without the punishment of losing so much when you die. Be prepared to do that a lot, since death is in many ways the only way to advance in the game. Overall, I had fun with Othercide, but it's the kind of game where my opinion will likely improve after a couple of patches. PC Invasion - 7 / 10Othercide has a number of interesting quirks and its art design, with gothic and noir elements, creates a uniquely forboding atmosphere. Unfortunately, it's also got a ridiculous degree of difficulty that you normally don't associate with the turn-based strategy genre. The game's roguelite concepts are more than welcome, though repetition and restarts, combined with the genre's slower progression and mission system, will make playthroughs feel like time-consuming affairs. Spaziogames - Italian - 6.5 / 10Othercide is a stylish turn based strategy game, with a lot of innovation and a "beautiful" setting, but every mission is a copy-and-paste and there is a lack of diversification. DualShockers - 6 / 10The presentation and atmosphere on offer are fantastic, but Othercide's gameplay sadly cannot match. So much potential that's regrettably not well utilised. FingerGuns - 6 / 10Othercide does not skimp on the hours it will take to complete, and the interruption mechanics are rewarding, but without any characters, hook or impetus to work through the difficulty, it became little more than a sequence of creepy battles, that are going to be far too hard for most people to progress through. GameWatcher - 6 / 10A combat system that's deeper than it first appears is the real star here, but you'll likely also stick around for the perverse and disturbing universe and the story that plays out within it. The voiceover work will quickly annoy you and the difficulty is unfair, but there is still a bit to enjoy here, assuming you can ignore some of Othercide's shortcomings. I wanted to like Othercide much more than I did. GameSpew - 5 / 10Ultimately, Othercide has its moments but its core gameplay is so repetitive that, even with its turn-pushing twist, you’ll have to fight the grind to get any fun out of it. Its art style may be beautiful, but it doesn’t make playing the game any more enjoyable. cublikefoot - AvoidI love tactics games and roguelites, but when it is as grindy as it is here without any real variety, it just loses its appeal. It’s tiring to do the same missions with the same enemy layouts just to level up units for that future attempt at the boss, knowing full well you’ll have to restart numerous times to repeat that same grind. I’ll give the graphics and core combat some credit, but that unfortunately could not save the experience for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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