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These named missions – 8 in total – have a brief introduction that lays out the premise, three increasingly tough objectives, and distinct map parameters (think layout, hazards, and resource availability). Instead, I first tackled the multi-hour tutorial, which features a fully-voiced mentor that’ll guide you through every mechanic in the game (and drop the odd reference to past events), before moving on to the objective-driven Scenarios.

That’s not to say the survival mode is devoid of emergent moments, but commanding expeditions or dealing with citizen “sidequests” are ultimately just time-sensitive mechanical tasks that boost or penalise settler confidence levels. As someone who grew up playing Impressions Games’ city-builders, like Caeser III and Pharoah, I’ve always enjoyed a campaign map with some narrative flavour, the steady rollout of new technology, and increasingly complex objectives. I must admit I spent little time with the highly-customisable Survival mode – which allows you to tailor hazard intensity, map geography, resource availability, and more – before trying to last for as long as possible. What they do have is a century worth of research and planning – and the drive to reestablish society on the surface no matter the cost.

Over 150-years later, a new generation of survivors emerges from these underground bunkers, having never seen the sun or experienced the old world. In short, a terrorist incident crippled nuclear power plants around the world in 2021, spewing radioactive clouds into the atmosphere, allowing for only a select few to make it into underground shelters known as “Endzones”. Developed by Gentlymad Studios and published by Assemble Entertainment, it’s a complex, engrossing, sandbox-style experience but also a great fit for consoles thanks to how core mechanics work, smart UI design, and gamepad mapping.Īside from a flashy opening cinematic that sets out the premise, there’s little in the way of narrative drive in Endzone – A World Apart. The “ Survival Edition” on consoles simply bundles in the first DLC – “ Prosperity“.

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Arriving on consoles as a full release, just over a year after launching into early access on PC, Endzone – A World Apart is a survival game with city-building, supply-chain, and decision-making elements set in a nuclear post-apocalypse.

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