News Crying Suns (Humble)- releasing September 19

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Crying Suns - When FTL meets Foundation - Tactical space rogue-lite



When FTL meets Foundation... and Dune

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire.

In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Main Features

  • Space exploration in a procedurally-generated universe
  • Tactical fights between battleships and their squadron fleets
  • More than 300 possible story events
  • A deep and dramatic storyline structured in 6 chapters
  • A dark and disturbing atmosphere inspired by our favorite S-F universes (Foundation, Dune, Battlestar Galactica)

Prepare to die often, it's a rogue-lite game... And it's a hard one…



The story: The epic journey of a clone

After 700 years of peace and prosperity, the Galactic Empire has suddenly been shattered into pieces. The OMNIs, god-like machines which did everything for their human masters, have mysteriously shut down. And humankind, having long since lost the ability to survive on its own, is dangerously close to extinction. But somewhere in a far corner of the Galaxy is Gehenna, a planet of ice and rock and a top-secret facility that is the pinnacle of Imperial Tech and also humanity’s last chance.

You are a clone of Admiral Ellys Idaho, a weapon fashioned from flesh, the best Imperial Admiral ever to battle in the stars and you have just been awoken on this planet by its strange and darkly-humorous Guardian, Kaliban, the last functional OMNI to exist.

Your mission: skillfully command a battleship through the Empire's now chaotic, violent clusters ––where one wrong move could be your last–– as you try to reactivate the OMNIs and save the future of all humankind. But you must leave Gehenna now.... for time has almost run out.

 
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I got the voucher and i'm downloading the demo to see if it's something i like.
 

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I love the aesthetic, but the grid battle system raises concerns. I like tactics, but not too much micro.

Let me know what yall think.

Edit: Oh crap, reviews are saying its the FTL spiritual successor we've been waiting on.
 

Koz

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Been watching some streams and this looks really good, maybe even a little more dense than FTL (which is a good thing to me).
 

Joe Spangle

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I bought this last night after playing the demo. Demo is pretty good, had about an hour / 90mins of play.

Nice game, looks good. Feels very FTL but with a bit more flash. The combat phase is sort of real time with pause. You have a sort of rock/paper/scissors type battle with certain units best against others. Looks like it will get interesting.

I had a voucher for some reason so £15 seems like good price for it.
 

Joe Spangle

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Made some more progress on this game and I like it. The combat is growing on me. I think i'd prefer straight turn based but im beginning to suss it out.

Finished the first chapter where you beat the Mother. Looks like the difficulty will ramp up from here
 
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Koz

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I played this a bunch over the weekend and it's really good. The strategy and tactics are surprisingly deep even if the game doesn't do a great job of explaining them.