Cinematic superhero tactics game Capes is coming May 29

King Metropolis has fallen. 20 years in the past, a band of supervillains emerged from their hiding holes, overpowered the heroes, and took over the metropolis. Now, it is as much as you because the commander of a squad of younger superheroes to wrest it from their grip once more. Impressed by legendary turn-based techniques sport XCOM, in addition to different classics, Capes provides a comic-book twist to this venerable PC style.

If this premise sounds acquainted to players of a sure classic, then it’s as a result of Capes is written by Morgan Jaffit, the identical inventive thoughts that introduced us Freedom Pressure, the cult-classic superhero techniques sport from means again in 2002. In some ways, Capes is dusting off the superhero costume that Freedom Pressure left behind, and updating it with the gadgetry, gloss, and depth that trendy video games demand.

Within the dystopian metropolis run by villainous despots Crashdamage, Wildstar, Primax and Alpha, superpowers have been outlawed (aside from their very own ones, in fact), which means it’s a must to assemble your staff from the underground, taking up side-missions to construct up your powers whereas working your means via an epic cinematic marketing campaign. With over 50 Missions and 150 heroic challenges to tackle, there’s lots of work to do to retake King Metropolis, however hey, somebody’s gotta do it!

So let’s meet a few of the Heroes. First up, there’s Rebound, a punky-haired rogue who can dart across the battlefield disarming enemies, charging up her Final by backstabbing enemies, which lets her unleash Shadow Blitz, damaging a number of random targets in vary. Subsequent up is Aspect, a defensive tank coated in dense inexperienced crystals that may defend him as a lot as they’ll immobilise enemies. Every time he takes successful, he builds up in direction of his Final assault. Mindfire, in the meantime, makes use of telekinesis to ship excessive harm to distant enemies; whereas Weathervane is able to commanding the weather, utilizing wind to push enemies off builds or into explosives, and devastating them with Chain Lightning.

(there shall be lots extra superheroes to select from too, however let’s present a little bit of restraint with the spoilers, lets?)

Individually these heroes are spectacular, all with their distinctive play kinds and improve paths, however deeper into the 40-hour marketing campaign you’ll want to begin synergising them in case you’re to face an opportunity. Every hero has ‘Crew-Ups’ with their fellow heroes, executing distinctive Crew-Up talents relying on the mixture. Rebound, as an illustration, can grant her teammates the flexibility to teleport across the battlefield, whereas Mindfire’s particular team-up with Rebound permits him to show enemies round in order that Rebound can execute her trademark backstab.