

Your team of eight characters each have their own skill tree, where you can upgrade their equipment and unlock new skills. The game is also lacking in voice acting.ġ971 Project Helios is a turn-based strategy game, introducing a few classic RPG elements into the mix as well. The track itself might not be objectively bad, but the repeated electronic beat becomes annoying quickly, and since you’ll be listening to it the entire game, you’ll probably be sick of it only half an hour in. Sadly, much more of your time will be spent engaging with enemies, and when you do, the same track will play each time. The music played outside of combat, such as during cutscenes or storytelling, is atmospheric and wistful, perfectly fitting the setting and tone of the game. Similar to the above segment, Project Helios manages to get its music right and wrong at the same time. And since you only ever see them from a distance, they look too similar to distinguish much.

The main characters each have their unique designs and the character art is quite nice, but the enemies are not very diverse. It’s in character design that this game lacks. The top-down view serves itself well for the combat segments and it’s easy to control the camera, which is vital for overseeing the battlefield. The environmental designs are diverse enough, with plenty of places to explore later on besides the tundra you start off in, including indoor areas such as buildings and a straight-up dungeon. Project Helios looks great overall, if a bit simplistic. Most of the story can be found in character dialogue in-between the combat segments. Margaret Blythe, an important scientist held hostage by the government who might be the key to survival. Meeting up with various other characters along the way, the group is united by their common goal of finding Dr. The world is desolate and such resources are highly valuable and coveted by the other factions in this dystopian setting. Stuck in a snowy canyon and besieged by bandits, the duo track the traces of an important convoy carrying supplies. A good concept that might have done with a little more polish, let’s dive into the cold world of 1971 Project Helios.Īfter a short cutscene, we are introduced to two of our main characters, Emile and Hanna, who for all intents and purposes look like soldiers. While this isn’t the developer’s first game, it is their first try at turn-based combat, and in some ways, you can definitely tell. Their newest game, 1971 Project Helios, is set in a frozen wasteland of enormous proportions, with scarce resources and enemies around every corner.
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While a heatwave is upon us and many gamers are certainly sweating through their t-shirts, Recotechnology is here to transport us to a world full of snow and ice.
