Shadow of the Sun
2011-06-06, 11:24 AM
Wow. Just...wow.
I'm not much of a gamer, I'll accept this. If there's a game genre I like most, it's usually roguelikes, and maybe retro platformers.
But, man, just the CONCEPT of this game makes me want to get my hands on it as soon as possible.
For those who haven't heard of it, Achron is a real time strategy game (not really, but we'll get to that) with a twist- it's an RTS with a fully functional time travel mechanic.
To quote the website for the game:
Achron is the first game to feature single-player and multiplayer free-form time travel. It is the world's first meta-time strategy game, a real-time strategy game where players and units can jump to and play at different times simultaneously and independently.
You can undo your mistakes, change your strategy after committing to it, preview the future, freeze time to perfectly coordinate attacks, and send entire fleets through time to when they are needed. However, all of your opponents will also be independently moving across time, attempting to rewrite history in their favor...
I mean...WOW. Can you imagine that? A good example is quoted on the TVTropes wiki:
There's also a commonly used tactic based on this called "counterfactual scouting" where a player orders a scout to rush into the enemy's base, skips to the future to see what the scout will find, then skips back to the present and tells the scout to cancel its suicide order in the first place.
Just...just...WOW. I NEED to get my hands on this, NOW!
This is the website for the game; it's currently in beta, but if you pre-order, you can download it and play the beta to your heart's content. (http://www.achrongame.com/site/index.php)
I'm not much of a gamer, I'll accept this. If there's a game genre I like most, it's usually roguelikes, and maybe retro platformers.
But, man, just the CONCEPT of this game makes me want to get my hands on it as soon as possible.
For those who haven't heard of it, Achron is a real time strategy game (not really, but we'll get to that) with a twist- it's an RTS with a fully functional time travel mechanic.
To quote the website for the game:
Achron is the first game to feature single-player and multiplayer free-form time travel. It is the world's first meta-time strategy game, a real-time strategy game where players and units can jump to and play at different times simultaneously and independently.
You can undo your mistakes, change your strategy after committing to it, preview the future, freeze time to perfectly coordinate attacks, and send entire fleets through time to when they are needed. However, all of your opponents will also be independently moving across time, attempting to rewrite history in their favor...
I mean...WOW. Can you imagine that? A good example is quoted on the TVTropes wiki:
There's also a commonly used tactic based on this called "counterfactual scouting" where a player orders a scout to rush into the enemy's base, skips to the future to see what the scout will find, then skips back to the present and tells the scout to cancel its suicide order in the first place.
Just...just...WOW. I NEED to get my hands on this, NOW!
This is the website for the game; it's currently in beta, but if you pre-order, you can download it and play the beta to your heart's content. (http://www.achrongame.com/site/index.php)