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PC Songs of Silence

Unread postby icycalm » 06 Feb 2023 01:20

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195 ... Of_Silence

Chimera Entertainment wrote:Songs of Silence is a story-rich strategy game, set in two distinct fantasy worlds threatened by the all-devouring Silence. The game features a unique mix of turn-based kingdom management, exploration, and hero development, contrasted with short and intense real-time battles.


Lovely-looking game and fun concept. It sounds as between Heroes of Might & Magic and Age of Wonders in complexity. More complex than HoMM, but simpler than AoW, which in its turn is simpler than Civ or Master of Magic. Might be fun to play with friends for an evening/weekend. Definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Chimera Entertainment wrote:Songs of Silence is a story-rich strategy game, set in two distinct fantasy worlds threatened by the all-devouring Silence. The game features a unique mix of turn-based kingdom management, exploration, and hero development, contrasted with short and intense real-time battles.

Our goal for you: complete a whole map in a single evening!

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Choose your favorite heroes and lead them through a narrative-driven single-player campaign or randomized multiplayer maps.

The atmospheric soundtrack of the game is composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, the famous artist behind all-time favorites such as Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy 12, and Valkyria Chronicles.

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Unleash your armies in exciting real-time battles and support them by playing powerful combat cards from your heroes. Carefully construct armies from more than 100 different units to counter whatever the enemy might throw at you. Engagements are fast and sweet, only lasting around a minute!

The glorious charge of the bull-riding Ironsworn is truly a sight to behold!

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Lead powerful armies and explore randomly generated maps. Use our unique movement system to outwit your opponents and lay deadly ambushes by hiding in the terrain. Manage scarce resources to rebuild the ravaged land and defeat your rival kingdoms.

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Songs of Silence offers a fresh take on cards. Instead of collecting and building a deck of cards, cards represent the unique actions granted by heroes and locations.

Each faction and hero has their own, distinct play style on the strategic map and in battle. Choose from hundreds of cards ranging from burning down entire cities to spreading the life-devouring Silence: The options are nearly limitless.


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Reveal trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcrrvsb8P3M

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TBA.
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Re: PC Songs Of Silence

Unread postby icycalm » 06 Feb 2023 01:30

This gorgeous kingdom-builder is inspired by Tactics Ogre, so they hired the same composer
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-gorgeous-k ... e-composer

Of course it's not a "kingdom-builder", the hack who wrote this just doesn't know anything about videogames.

Andy Chalk wrote:and also support PvP multiplayer for up to six players at a time.


6P is nice! Will make for a fun evening!

Andy Chalk wrote:It all sounds very epic, but Chimera said gameplay in Songs of Silence is actually "fast paced, with short and intense real-time battles" that will enable players to complete a full map in a single session.


The short real-time battles remind me of Amiga North & South. It was EXTREMELY fun for what it was, and if it's scaled up here to 6P (N&S was 2P), it could be even funner.

Andy Chalk wrote:"[Songs of Silence] took inspiration from some of our all-time favorites, such as Ogre Battle, Kohan, and Warlords," creative director Alexander Kehr said. "We want to focus on conquest and army management in a genuinely interesting fantasy world, with as much replayability as possible. A pure experience."
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