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Satellite Reign
Developer(s)5 Lives Studios
Publisher(s)5 Lives Studios
Designer(s)Chris Conte
Programmer(s)Mike Diskett
Artist(s)Dean Ferguson
Brent Waller
Mitchell Clifford
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
ReleaseAugust 28, 2015
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing game, real-time tactics
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Satellite Reign is a tactical role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux.[1] The game is developed by Brisbane based 5 Lives Studios and is labeled as a spiritual successor to the Syndicate series, which co-founder and programmer Mike Diskett had worked on.[2] The game was released on August 28, 2015.[3]

Development

On June 28, 2013, Satellite Reign was announced on Kickstarter with a £350,000 pledged goal. On July 29, 2013, the project was successfully funded with £461,333 pledged and completing their £440,000 stretch goal which provides environmental destruction.[4] A post-launch update that introduces four-player cooperative gameplay is set to be released in July 2016.[5]

Plot

Satellite Reign takes place in an unnamed fictional city referred as "The City". A corporation named Dracogenics rises after releasing a prototype for immortality named Resurrection-Tech. Dracogenics turns to Corporate crime and bribes politicians with immortality in exchange for control and influence. This eventually leads to the privatisation of The City's services and full corporate control over The City's police force. Civil unrest arises and is suppressed by Dracogenics, but a rival corporation soon comes to light and launches anti-Dracogenics attacks. The player controls this rival corporation and must overthrow Dracogenics from The City.

Reception

Satellite Reign has a score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

References

  1. ^ Tach, Dave (2013-06-28). "Satellite Reign hits Kickstarter as a spiritual successor to Syndicate". Polygon. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  2. ^ "Satellite Reign, the Spiritual Successor to Syndicate". Fundthisgame. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3AeCib1F8
  4. ^ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5livesstudios/satellite-reign
  5. ^ Chalk, Andy (July 16, 2016). "Satellite Reign now has a four-player co-op multiplayer mode". PC Gamer. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Satellite Reign for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  7. ^ Tambouro, Paul (1 September 2015). "Satellite Reign Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Satellite Reign review". GamesTM. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  9. ^ Tolentino, Josh (31 August 2015). "Review: Satellite Reign". Destructoid. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  10. ^ Kelly, Andy (24 August 2015). "Satellite Reign review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  11. ^ Saas, Don (16 September 2015). "Satellite Reign Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  12. ^ Brown, Chris (13 August 2015). "Satellite Reign expands beautifully on a bona fide classic review". Gameplanet. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  13. ^ Deppe, Martin (1 September 2015). "Satellite Reign im Test - Endlich: Ein neues Syndicate!". GameStar. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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