I Shall Remain has buzzwords most of you should love when talking about a new video game, well I love anyway, World War 2, Nazi’s, Zombies and Role Playing, hell yeah! So the Nazi’s released a deadly virus, it spread across the world and you and your brother are American’s fighting to stay alive in the aftermath.
The gameplay is from an almost overhead or very pulled back third person perspective and Scorpius Games has added an old film look to the presentation as well making I Shall Remain standout from other similar zombie survival games. Obviously the post-World War 2 setting means relying on older technology so I’m interested to see where they go with this one.
I Shall Remain features character progression, numerous weapons, scavenging and even the ability to use a tank if you find a working one. There’s also a loot system that has been described as Diablo-esque so it will be interesting to see just how many different items you’ll come across in the wasteland. Currently I Shall Remain is up on Steam Early Access for $14.99.
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PRESS RELEASE
I Shall Remain, Action Survival Role-playing game enters Steam Early Access
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bucharest, Romania – May 14, 2014 – Late last week independent developer Scorpius Games released as Early Access title (on Steam) and as an Alpha Founded product (on Desura) its first commercial product, I Shall Remain. The game is an Action Survival Role Playing game for PC. Situated in an alternate history at the end of the Second World War, when Nazis managed to release a deadly virus over US territory, the game tells the story of two brothers and their intricate relation with the apocalyptic world rising in the leftovers of the Z0M81 Pandemic ravage. The presentation takes the form of an old movie recording where the player is invited to take the lead and discover the truth about the strange infection and the unexpected future of the human race.
Action Features
– Weapons – We have multiple weapon types, from melee to small weapons, from rifles to heavy machine guns and even flamethrowers and bazooka
– Throwables – Aside weapons the player can throw grenades and plant mines for infected to step on and explode.
– Pickables and explosives – The player can also pickup certain objects like barrels, crates and even other NPCs to carry and help.
– Controllables – From time to time the game offers the player the possibility to enter tanks or other vehicles and use their weapons to defend himself or a larger area.
– Buildings – Many unique buildings throughout the city to explore, each you can use differently, find cover in or loot.
Role-playing features
– Character progression – The player gains experience as a result of taking actions. Each action in game will award the player with experience points in attributes and skills.
– Doctrines – Doctrines enable your character to improve your attributes and skills or give you new abilities. Currently there’s as much as 100 doctrines in the game.
– Economy – Serum is the center pylon of the game economy system and the exchange currency. Trade, train, buy.
– Quests – Like mostly everything in I Shall Remain, quests tend to resemble real-life scenarios thus everything is in to serve the purpose of the world and the story.
– Dialogs – The Discussion/dialog system in I Shall Remain is fully dependent on your choice thus drastically shaping the way your experience develops.
Survival features
– Infection – The Virus is actually the main villain in the game. Everything happens because of it and you will have to deal with it on a daily basis.
– Tiredness – Tiredness determines how much fatigue your character gathered, increased levels of tiredness affecting your health and stamina regeneration rate
– Scavenging – Throughout the game there’s hundreds of places you can scavenge for resources,
– Repairing – Every weapon in the game has a wearing off factor which determines how much you can actually use it until it breaks.
– Teaming up – There are as many as 7 special Teammates you can take with you in your journey. Manage them, give them weapons, and choose their path.
About Scorpius Games
– Scorpius Games is an independent game company based in Bucharest, Romania. We are focused on bringing new and interesting approaches to the gaming community. I Shall Remain is our major title and our most complex game to date.
Links
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Game main page – http://www.scorpiusgames.com/isrdetail/
Steam page – http://store.steampowered.com/app/293460
Game Trailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCqcuxuYFK0
Combat gameplay video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1SirEz4ug8
Non-combat gameplay video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI-JZgIcBQw
Screenshots – http://www.scorpiusgames.com/i-shall-remain-screenshots/
Tweeter – https://twitter.com/ISRgame
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ishallremain
