Geekscape at GDC: Endless Universe Expands
Amplitude Studios is expanding their Endless universe with Endless Legend, a turn-based fantasy 4X strategy game that has players striving to save the once-beautiful planet of Auriga. With eight factions to choose from, eight possible win scenarios, and lush 3D visuals, we can hardly wait for Endless Legends to come out this summer.
We had a chance to see a demo of Endless Legends at GDC and were impressed with the fun and highly detailed graphics, the intriguing world ready for exploration and the fast-paced combat. Diplomacy options are varied, and the goals and objectives shift and adjust based upon your faction’s decisions.
Auriga is a planet which has been wracked with cataclysmic events and close to death, home to eight major factions and numerous smaller tribes. Players can choose a variety of approaches–conquest, trade or culture–to build their civilization and gain control of the world entire, either choosing to save the world or flee. Long, harsh seasons and random world events create new, unpredictable scenarios that players will need to overcome to thrive. Eight potential win scenarios are possible, depending upon the choices the player makes.
The randomly generated worlds are made of hexagonal terrain which have varying altitudes–which allow for tactical choices in battle, using high ground as an advantage. The type of hexagon also affects the player’s faction’s economy as each one presents different resources available to the faction.
Endless Legends does away with skill trees with branching paths–players can advance to the next age at any time once they have accumulated enough experience points, regardless if they have followed a certain linear path.
Endless Legends is expected to hit Steam this Summer. For more info, you can check out their Facebook.
Amplitude’s Endless Dungeons is also available to play on Steam in its early Alpha. The top-down, 8-bit dungeon crawl game has an excellent retro feel, creepy monsters, and, as promised, endless dungeons.
