Then there are the Kir'ko who are giant bugs and the only non-humanoid group that were once the slaves of Empire, Assembly who are undead cyborgs and finally Syndicate who are gangsters. There are 6 playable factions: The Vanguard who are your loyal soldiers who would fight and die for the Star Union The Dvar, who are gas mask-wearing dwarves who somehow looked a bit like Soviet soldiers and love explosives Amazons, who are women who ride on the back of dinosaurs (what's not to love about that?). The collapse of the Star Union (which is kind of like the Empire from Star Wars) took place a long time ago and several factions got cut off to survive on their own. Now, onto the premise: After around 200 years in cryo-sleep, an exploring faction known as the Vanguard return home to discover the world as they knew it gone. That said, once you get into it, it's really going to please many of the strategy lovers out there. Even though there is a tutorial, it doesn't do enough to ease new players in. We recommend not just skipping the info panels that pop up and dedicate a fair few hours to learning the ropes. To make the most of this experience, it requires a lot of reading. Not that we're highlighting a negative - far from it, because we loved the level of detail and depth here. We got our hands on the PS4 version and made our way through procedurally generated alien planets filled with communist dwarves, women on dinosaurs and cyborg zombies to deliver this review.īefore we get started on the premise, it has to be said that Planetfall is an intricate and complicated 4X strategy. The Age of Wonders series has long been famous for its fantasy settings, but in Planetfall, Triumph Studios has decided to try and shoot for the stars by giving it a sci-fi makeover.
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