
ZEPHON

Details
- Release date: November 8, 2024
- Genre: Strategy, Multiplayer
- Developer: Proxy Studios
- Publisher: Proxy Studios
- Metacritic: tbd tbd
- Platforms: Steam
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$39.99
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Description
Humanity emerges, hesitantly, into ruination. Almost nothing is left of the world as we knew itāsettlements, forests, seas, mountainsāall have been blasted into unfamiliarity. Horribly mutated animals hunt in packs through deformed woodland. Decrepit military robots stumble unknowingly through the ruins, sensors and logic centres blown. Alien soldiers, once impossibly powerful, cower in the wrecks of their ships, praying to heedless gods for rescue.
Control the survivors of humanity in a near-future apocalypse of alien origin. Pick a path between the indifferent abominations of the Voice and the uncaring automata of ZEPHON, with city management, turn-based tactical combat, unholy research, diplomatic maneuvering, and branching narrative quests. Gather your allies and pick your actions wisely.
On the planet Earth, that was once a cradle of life, the extinction of humanity is at hand.
What will you do to survive?
BATTLE
Intense turn-based survival strategy in both single and multiplayer.
- Command over 50 unique units in battleāeach with its own graphics, voice overs, weapon systems and sets of traits and abilities.
- Plan out optimal build orders amongst 3 asymmetric pathsāHuman, Voice and Cyberāor combine them in surprising ways.
- Deploy tactical operationsāinterference protocols, otherworldly hymns of decay and even nuclear weaponsāto gain an advantage.
- Combat occurs on the main mapāno switching modes and having to auto-resolve battles because they drag on too long.
- Use distinctive leader abilities in fully-featured multiplayerāwith or against your friends.
BUILD
Take your settlements from scrappy bases to sprawling metropolises as your faction expands its sphere of influence.
- Find and grow your cities by constructing buildings on tilesāeverything you build needs space.
- Optimize an empire-wide economy with 11 tiered resourcesāallowing you to specialize cities by their placement.
- Recognize each building by its appearanceā3 architecture styles to accompany your chosen path.
- Fortify key strategic points to prevent enemies from assailing your positionsāsometimes defense is the best defense.
EXPLORE
Traverse the unfamiliarity of the destroyed Earth and unveil its deadly new secrets.
- Discover dozens of terrain features and phenomena spread across 6 climatesāflesh trees, microchip factories, traveling sandstorms, erupting volcanoes and much more.
- Tune the generation of a new post-apocalyptic game worldācliffsides, ruins and deformed woodland occupied by violent wildlife and expanding NPCs acting out their own agendas.
- Exterminate packs of mutated animals to collect caches full of rewards, capture outposts and expand your reachāone turn at a time.
RESEARCH
As mankind strives to catch up to the new masters of the Earth, youāll make strange new discoveries that could be just what you need to survive.
- Unlock over 150 technologies spread across 10 tiersāunits, buildings, operations, weapons, abilities and passive bonuses.
- Advance from post-apocalyptic survivalismāthrough a blend of magic and cyberpunk aestheticsābefore achieving transhuman transcendence.
- Observe each unit upgrade visualized on the modelāoutfit regular, large and titanic units with cruise missiles, tunneling nails, deflector shields, and much more.
- Read exact modifier numbers in tooltips and the easy-to-browse in-game compendiumāso you donāt have to scour the internet for information.
NEGOTIATE
Diplomatic negotiations are key to staving off defeatābut your opponents are watching your actions and reacting.
- Roleplay with AI-controlled opponents through diplomatic encountersāeach AI comes with their own likes and dislikes based on their character.
- Establish peace, trading agreements and alliancesāor use your influence to antagonize your friends towards each other.
- Choose sidesāZEPHON, Acrin and Reaver non-player factions permeate the world and need to be contended with.
DECIDE
As the clash between ZEPHON and the Acrin continues, your choice of Leader and path will determine who survives in the wreckage of Earth.
- Steer your empire through multistage, branching, unexpected eventsānightmares, cries for help and economic crashes all have to be dealt with.
- Dive into your chosen leaderās backstory through their unique quest chainācomplete it to unlock a permanent reward.
- Play a key part in determining if humanity, machines or horrors prevailāthe clash between ZEPHON and Acrin continues across the planet.
- Resolve the prophecy that has brought the Acrin to Earth to unlock new game modifiersāall of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.
āOpen your eyes, singleton. You are not dreamingāyou are the dream. The old world is dead, your old self is dead, so who are you now? We were the Meek, the Silent, and the Accomplice. Individually we were no one, together we are god itself. Woo us, fear us, worship us⦠these are all acceptable answers to the riddle of what you can do for us.ā
ā Furtive Tribunal
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