WorldShift

WorldShift
Developer(s) Black Sea Studios
Publisher(s) Playlogic International,[1] FX Interactive,[2] Akella, Black Sea Studios,[3] Black, Inc.[4]
Designer(s) Vesselin Handjiev
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
  • NA: November 11, 2009
  • EU: May 2008
Genre(s) Tactical RPG
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

WorldShift is a science fiction tactical role-playing game video game released in 2008 by Crytek Black Sea.

Plot

In the 21st century, a mysterious object lands on Earth ending all known civilization. WorldShift is set thousands of years after those events, when the human civilization is no more than just a fading myth. The remains of the mysterious object, known as Shard Zero, are still spreading its Plague and reshaping the Earth. The human race has developed a new culture and is now living in five shielded mega-cities, struggling to survive from day to day. The rest of the Earth is populated by what is known to be the Tribes, successors of the early humans that were affected by the Plague, and the Cult, a mysterious alien race with unknown origins.[5]

Gameplay

In WorldShift, there are no technology trees featuring hundreds of upgrades; instead, WorldShift allows the players to discover and acquire a vast number of items and powerful relics that they can use to freely change their gameplay and preferred tactics and to attack their enemies. The players will gather items as they fight their opponents and as rewards for completing missions. There is a three-tiered unit system, with outstanding leader units, strong officer units and then more common basic units. The official website says WorldShift will be centered on unique cooperative multiplayer gameplay.[5]

Many units in WorldShift have power which the player can spend to perform special actions such as spells, healing, or stronger attacks. Some units also have shields able to absorb the strength of an incoming attack partly or entirely.

References

  1. ↑ Playlogic Publishes WorldShift
  2. ↑ FX Interactive published the game in Italy and Spain
  3. ↑ BSS handled Bulgarian release themselves.
  4. ↑ Black, Inc. handled German release and is to release the game to the rest of the world.
  5. 1 2 "WorldShift Game Information". Archived from the original on May 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
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