In the open spaces Steam gain popularity Siege Survival: Gloria Victis – a harsh survival simulator in a besieged medieval castle. Unlike most “medieval” games, Siege Survival does not directly affect combat, but is devoted to the difficult life of home front workers. The game quickly makes it clear that the fate of the castle “rear rats” is not easy, and you will need no less, if not more courage and self-sacrifice than a fighter on the front line. It is necessary to supply the remnants of the army with everything necessary for the defense of the bastion. Soldiers need to eat, drink, and heal, their weapons and armor deteriorate, arrows run out, and the walls of the bastion are crumbling from trebuchet shells. The responsibility for providing the army with everything necessary falls on our shoulders, and only the Forefather knows where and how we will have to get all this.
The main source of inspiration for the developers was the great This war of mine… The game cycle is also divided into day and night. During the day, our handful of survivors are engaged in household chores within the walls of the fortress. There is always more than enough hassle: you need to chop wood, cut boards, feed chickens, remove manure after pigs, cook food on a fire, and send a parcel to the bastion … This part of the game is an economic strategy where you need to limited time to realize the potential of all our modest resources, including human resources. After all, our wards are exactly the same people, whose belly also rumbles with hunger, their legs braided from lack of sleep, wounds bleed, and morale runs the risk of falling below the grass.
At night, we need to send one of the subordinates to comb the streets of the city captured by the enemies. Resources are not taken from the air, so you have to loot, hiding from the patrolling enemies. Here we are gradually clearing the rubble, opening up access to new areas. Often we stumble upon various plot events, making difficult moral choices, because the survival of our community and army sometimes pushes the player to inhuman acts that are completely unacceptable in peacetime, but the only true ones in war conditions.
The bastion is sieged every few days. It is like an exam, in which failure is punishable by death for the hero and his entire community. At these moments, several trebuchet shells and a hail of fiery arrows can fly to us, wounding our brave workers, breaking and setting fire to buildings. The sneaky enemy can even launch the plague-infected corpses with a catapult, spreading the disease among the defenders …
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis is imbued with a gloomy and depressing atmosphere, through the thorns of which we must catch faint rays of hope, winning one more day from death! Sad music from the renowned composer The Witcher 3 Marcin Przybylowicz emphasizes the heavy mood of the game. As a guideline for the visual component, Desperados 3… The game is related to the isometric view with the possibility of circular rotation of the camera, high-quality 3D graphics and cones of view of the guards during night outings.
The game has a full-fledged plot that keeps you in suspense, throws up unexpected tasks and makes you make choices one more dramatic than the other. A simple lad Flint, who yesterday cleaned up the pig sewage, turns out to be the last hope of the few survivors in the ruined city, rallying more and more people around him. Each found inhabitant is a registered character, whose further fate will remain on your conscience. Over time, you will find more people who are ready to fight for the sake of survival, learn to build more and more useful buildings and open many secret paths in the streets of the ruined city. But the stakes will inevitably rise, more responsibility will fall on the shoulders, and the army storming the castle, led by the terrifying Champion, will find ever more sophisticated ways to break your stubbornness. Only the strong in spirit can survive this siege.
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Gets Very Positive Reviews On Steam… If you have started playing and are experiencing difficulties, be sure to check out our guide with valuable tips…
The author of the material: Alexey Bezdenezhny (KOZIK).
