Critical Shift officially announced by Rhinotales as a game turn-based strategy RPG with survival elements. The game is scheduled for release in 2025 and will be available on various next-gen platforms.
Story and Trailer
In Critical Shift, players lead special teams to ICE-1, a secret research station located under the Antarctic ice sheet. Communications from this facility were lost after sending an emergency signal. Recent pieces of reporting indicate a security system breach and the emergence of an unknown threat.
The game's story is written by Guiltythreeauthor web novel Shadow Slave. At trailer atmospheric setting as well as story elements that form the basis of the missions that the player will undertake during the course of the game.
Gameplay
Gameplay Critical Shift built with a system turn-based which emphasizes strategic movement and precise utilization of position. Players will organize units with special abilities on a battlefield that demands tactical calculations. This game does not use an attack probability system, so all actions are purely dependent on strategy.
Resources in the game are very limited. Players need to efficiently manage ammunition and equipment to survive each mission. Throughout the exploration, the player will encounter various factions-including hive-mind that turned humans into mutants, artificial intelligence that created hybrid beings, and the survivor who are trying to survive in the midst of chaos.
Key Features
Critical Shift brings a variety of core features that support its gaming system:
- Tactical Depth - Position-based combat and weapon range.
- No Luck, Just Strategy - All action results depend on strategy, not luck.
- Story-Driven Missions - Each mission is part of a developing storyline.
- Handcrafted Levels - Over 30 manually designed levels with unique biomes and challenges.
- Manipulate the Enemy - Players can utilize the conflict between factions for tactical advantage.
Environmental exploration is also an important element. Players can collect artifact, reading confidential documents, and talking to survivor to understand what's really going on inside the underground compound ICE-1.
Release Schedule and Platforms
Critical Shift is scheduled for release in 2025 and will be available at PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Source: Steam
