- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Battle for survival against waves of Martian mutants in this tactical twist on twin-stick shooters. Using the skills of your drone companion, make fight-or-flight decisions that drastically alter the threats you face. Will your choices lead you to freedom... or your doom?
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Grave, plot-driven, contemporary and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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COGconnectedDerek MillerJul 201781/100The only area in which the tactics seems a bit forced was during the boss battles.
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SelectButtonMarcus JonesOct 20178/10Solstice Chronicles: MIA. is a solid twin-stick shooter. I enjoyed the narrative, sequences, and even the sometimes cheesy voice work. I initially wasn't aware that the game provided skill points, in fact I accrued 19 points before I even knew the system existed. My main complaint honestly is the lack of online support, as that was hands down one of the best parts of The Red Solstice.
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GamingTrendRon BurkeJul 201775/100While there are still some areas to be polished, and online multiplayer is unfortunately missing, Solstice manages to translate the souls of games like Alien Breed and Helldivers into a challenging two-player or solo adventure.
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ZTGDJustin CelaniAug 20174/10The red planet can be an extremely exciting setting in videogames, but here it's just another color palette.
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Cubed3Brandon HowardJul 20174/10While the threat level system theoretically makes for some interesting moment to moment choices, it makes the campaign feel woefully unbalanced at times. Combat also lacks the smoothness one would hope for from the genre, with movement and aiming feeling choppy and imprecise. Between monotonous gameplay and a generally uninteresting story, Solstice Chronicles: MIA lacks the qualities that help shape a successful single-player campaign, and the co-op changes feel like a strict downgrade from its predecessor.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Ironward
- Publisher
- CIRCLE Entertainment, Nkidu Games Inc.
- Released
- July 26, 2017
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
IGDB rating 6.0/10 from 1 ratings.
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