In an alternate universe, Planet Earth doesn?t have to debate the validity of climate science. We don?t make it out of the 1800s before a second Ice Age comes to humble us. The new normal becomes the sort of desperate and grueling stuff of sci-fi nightmares. If for some reason you watched Snowpiercer and wondered ?what if they actually tried to live outside,? then 11 Bit Studios? Frostpunk: Console Edition might be the game for you.
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Frostpunk is a grim strategy game. In it, you must organize your fledgling community of survivors in order to weather the extinction-level climate. ?Organize? can quickly turn into exploit, manipulate, and dominate, as the rigors of settlement building become more intense.
You and your pilgrims find a massive generator; a fiery steampunk pillar that will serve as the main power and heating source for your village. In the beginning, workers will need to be sent to wade through tall snow drifts to scrounge for scrap metal, wood, and coal. As time passes, your citizens become increasingly needy and despondent. To keep them alive and healthy, you?ll need to keep food on their tables and roofs over their heads. The balance of learning what to build and when is a learning curve that can make or break early players. You?ll always feel engaged with the moment to moment happenings of your town. Keeping your hands hovering over all of the levers is the only way to ensure that you?ll be ready for whatever comes next. It?s a real-time strategy g...