![]() An expeditionary force made up of society's dropouts who were sent to the frontier in sub-light ships to set up a hyperspace portal, they come out of cryosleep and return home 200 years later to find the Star Union they worked for gone. They're viewpoint characters, the ones you play in the tutorial. We take the Vanguard as the campaign introductory race so the story gets presented from their angle." Some of the more exotic races you might want to look twice at their ability list, at what they exactly do. "It's easier to read what a unit does, a tank is a tank, an aircraft flies. ![]() "There's a bit of a trope that you make the faction that plays the most straightforward, make them look the most familiar," Sas says. When that unit, a squad of armored dudes with machine guns, runs up to a piece of cover marked by a shield symbol and hunkers down, it feels like a little game of XCOM is happening on an alien world.Īmong all the oddity of Planetfall, the Vanguard are an island of familiarity. The Vanguard are one of only two factions whose basic trooper can go into overwatch. The Vanguard: Your XCOM squad got very lost He mentions the inspirations behind the factions, how they all fit together, and what they're capable of when things come to blows. ![]() With Age of Wonders: Planetfall launching on August 6, 2019, you might be interested in checking out this recent PC Gamer article where Triumph Studios' game director Lennart Sas talks about the unique factions you'll see in this sci-fi 4X/RPG.
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