Vigilantes: Crime Themed, Turn Based RPG [Alpha, Greenlight, Kickstarter Win/Mac/Lin]
Hello all,
Vigilantes is a turn based tactical RPG for Windows, Mac and Linux. It's very much inspired by the titans of the 90s, like XCom, Fallout and Jagged Alliance. Vigilantes has been in development for almost two years, has a polished review demo, and has recently been submitted to Greenlight and Kickstarter.
I'll cover the game in more depth in a moment, but here's the release trailer, which will give you a good idea of the game's direction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E11eWGcMGBs
Vigilantes features tense tactical battles with fists, firearms and explosives, deep character development, surveillance operations, memorable allies, and a wide range of equipment to loot, buy and craft. It tells the story of Sam Contino, an idealist dragged down the rabbit hole of vigilantism, as he works to bring down the three gangs which dominate the declining city of Reiker: the mafia, paramilitary survivalists, and the Church of the Final Exodus.
Vigilantes has all the typical features of a turn based RPG, yet stands out from its peers in a number of areas:
+ Avoids typical RPG settings, striking out in its own direction with gritty, neo noir.
+ Melee combat is choreographed and fluid to an extent rarely seen in turn based games.
+ Avoids the trend of simplifying character systems and gameplay. It's very much old school, with the best of modern design advances.
+ Emphasis on atmosphere: memorable allies, deadly opponents, a declining city, brought to life through quality writing, artwork and voice acting.
+ Use surveillance to locate gang facilities and leadership. Randomly attacking footsoldiers won't get you anywhere.
The demo has about 2-3 hours of gameplay, and allows you to play 9 tactical missions, meet 3 memorable allies, test out a wide variety of weapons, craft armour and specialised ammo. The Vigilantes demo is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Greenlight and Kickstarter campaigns have also just launched, I've included the links below.
Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=746883233
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/958692255/vigilantes-a-crime-themed-turn-based-tactical-rpg
If you have any questions about the game or its development, or have tried out the demo and would like to share your experience with it, I'd be happy to talk to you!
Hello all,
Vigilantes is a turn based tactical RPG for Windows, Mac and Linux. It's very much inspired by the titans of the 90s, like XCom, Fallout and Jagged Alliance. Vigilantes has been in development for almost two years, has a polished review demo, and has recently been submitted to Greenlight and Kickstarter.
I'll cover the game in more depth in a moment, but here's the release trailer, which will give you a good idea of the game's direction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E11eWGcMGBs
Vigilantes features tense tactical battles with fists, firearms and explosives, deep character development, surveillance operations, memorable allies, and a wide range of equipment to loot, buy and craft. It tells the story of Sam Contino, an idealist dragged down the rabbit hole of vigilantism, as he works to bring down the three gangs which dominate the declining city of Reiker: the mafia, paramilitary survivalists, and the Church of the Final Exodus.
Vigilantes has all the typical features of a turn based RPG, yet stands out from its peers in a number of areas:
+ Avoids typical RPG settings, striking out in its own direction with gritty, neo noir.
+ Melee combat is choreographed and fluid to an extent rarely seen in turn based games.
+ Avoids the trend of simplifying character systems and gameplay. It's very much old school, with the best of modern design advances.
+ Emphasis on atmosphere: memorable allies, deadly opponents, a declining city, brought to life through quality writing, artwork and voice acting.
+ Use surveillance to locate gang facilities and leadership. Randomly attacking footsoldiers won't get you anywhere.
The demo has about 2-3 hours of gameplay, and allows you to play 9 tactical missions, meet 3 memorable allies, test out a wide variety of weapons, craft armour and specialised ammo. The Vigilantes demo is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Greenlight and Kickstarter campaigns have also just launched, I've included the links below.
Greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=746883233
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/958692255/vigilantes-a-crime-themed-turn-based-tactical-rpg
If you have any questions about the game or its development, or have tried out the demo and would like to share your experience with it, I'd be happy to talk to you!
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