Ever discovered your self taking part in Cities Skylines and pondering: ‘what would this be like if it was after an enormous, planet-ruining apocalypse?’ It occurs on a regular basis, proper? Proper? Properly, Endzone 2 solutions that query completely, and because it seems to develop out its characteristic set throughout its Steam Early Entry interval, it’s simply dropped its first main replace that brings electrical energy and upcycling to its Fallout-esque wastelands.
The primary Endzone sport did a great job at making a compelling metropolis constructing sport inside an irradiated, post-nuclear catastrophe world, however Endzone 2 needs to push issues even additional. Relatively than providing only one large map that your single settlement can broaden throughout, Endzone 2 encourages you to enterprise out and uncover numerous ‘liveable zones’ scattered across the wasteland. This implies now you can have a number of settlements to handle and commerce assets between. The addition of autos additionally make such commerce routes doable, and your trusty bus is used to seek out the preliminary plot of land you begin your journey with.
Developer Gentlymad Studios isn’t performed there although, as in its new replace two important options have been added to the sport.
The primary is electrical energy – little question a significant and uncommon useful resource in a post-apocalyptic world. Now you can assemble wind generators, photo voltaic panels, or biogas crops to generate your electrical energy, relay stations to distribute it, energy traces to move it, and even large batteries to retailer up your valuable volts. With this energy at your fingertips, not solely are you able to now gentle up your settlement however you can too create extra helpful facilities, reminiscent of a water pumping station or a steelworks. There are a few new electricity-themed missions too.
The second – and for me, the good – is upcycling. No, we’re not speaking about turning an outdated procuring trolley right into a mattress body or one thing like that. That is extra about residing out the post-apocalyptic fantasy by discovering rundown ruins of vital buildings, taking them over, and restoring them in a makeshift method with no matter you’ve bought at hand. Constructing shacks from scraps of wooden and steel that you just discover is nice, however I all the time adore it when apocalypse video games do one thing inventive with current, pre-disaster structure or provide you with these relics of the previous to stumble throughout.
When discovering new liveable zones, chances are you’ll now come throughout rundown homes and warehouses that may be commandeered. You too can discover outdated wind generators which could be restored to offer electrical energy or mines that may offer you assets.
The brand new replace for Endzone 2 is out proper now. The sport is at the moment in early entry, however you possibly can decide it up with 20% off and skim extra about it over on its Steam web page right here.
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