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As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
Othercide is a strategy, indie and turn-based tactics game
developed by Lightbulb Crew
and published by Focus Entertainment.
Released on July 27th 2020 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Korean, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 4,819 reviews of which 3,966 were positive and 853 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.79€ on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Othercide into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
- Processor: AMD Phenom 9950 (2.6GHz) / Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 260 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Additional Notes: at least 30 FPS average in 1920x1080 with the lowest settings.
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This is less a review and more of reassurance about how the game handles unit (Daughter) progression and retrying to invest in the long-term growth of your units. Othercide is a tactical RPG with a progressing-through-loss system. Your units level up to improve all of their stats (more health, damage, armor, take turns a little sooner, etc.), sometimes develop permanent traits after combat that further enhance (or detract) from their performance, can decide which abilities they learn at certain levels, and assign ability modifiers (Memories) to those abilities until the unit dies or until the modifier is replaced. These modifiers are acquired via defeating enemies primarily. On normal difficulty (Nightmare), the main way you heal one unit is by sacrificing a second unit of the same level or higher. Depending on the second unit's class, level, and some randomness - you bestow a trait with two effects onto the surviving unit. A sacrificed Blademaster offering a Damage boost as one of the traits to maybe make that Soulslinger or your next Blademaster deadlier. Or a sacrificed Shieldbearer offering a Max Health boost as one of the traits to make your units more durable. You can only have one sacrifice trait at a time, howe'er. Throughout a cycle / run / playthrough (Recollection), you can acquire Resurrection tokens via completing Rescue missions and choosing to take the Resurrection item after the mission concludes. These are very limited in supply and you might even lose a unit while acquiring a token. You can use these Resurrection tokens on any unit that died, was sacrificed, or from previous cycles. Once unlocked, you can start a new cycle while at the camp (Chrono Map) with access to meta progression perks (Remembrances) that you can purchase at the start of a run or anytime during the run with enough the special currency. These perks may consist of starting with higher level units, dealing more damage to certain enemy types, more HP, Resurrection tokens for each story chapter (Era) you've progressed, skip chapters you've previous completed, etc. If you've reached the boss in a previous cycle, you can immediately challenge that boss at the start of a chapter. Putting this altogether? If you know you're about to start a new cycle without even attempting a boss fight, you can sacrifice a unit into your long-term investment unit(s). This will keep their sacrificed trait up to date or at the very least, have a trait from it IF the value is an upgrade from what you currently have. Start a new cycle with Resurrection tokens as your meta progression perk. Resurrect unit(s) from previous runs that you've invested the most into. Keep getting experience with them, keep developing new traits with them, and unlocking abilities from higher levels - some of which can dramatically beneficial. While also getting more new cycle currency and unlocking more meta progression perks. Maybe do a mission or two to get some Memories before trying or retrying a boss. And since the boss is one retry away, feel free to use abilities that consume HP to get an edge over the boss and unlock a few more meta progression perks in the process. As your Cemetery gets filled up with units with no investment / no traits, use the Forget option to remove the unit so there is room for only your invested units, even if you aren't using some of them in a given cycle. At first, you may just have one unit that is progressing ahead of the others. By the third chapter, you can consistently resurrect a team of 3 to push ahead until the end, when you can resurrect 5 units consistently. There are multiple ways to build each class and form a cohesive team with no ONE team composition to overcome fights and bosses ahead. Short of self-imposing a challenge, all classes are viable and take on a different approach and risk depending on how they're used. I digress. Talking about some things I didn't like: some bugs that can require you to ALT + F4 to restart the game. Sometimes the KBM UI overlapping the controller UI. Some ability mis-selections, whether from a UI design or from a phantom input that selects one item up (and at the time, I thought it could be joystick drift or the mouse accidentally touching something until I stopped using the joystick and turned the mouse upside down and the event still occurred (albeit rarely, but enough that it cost me a boss battle). I didn't follow most of the story. I read a fair amount of the lore though, mostly the characters and the memories tabs, but was missing more than 75% of the events tab by the time I was fulfilled and concluded my time with the game. Then just ending this review with some other things that I liked: the soundtrack such as Soulswap, Child Song, and Trauma Battle. The meta progression for giving me hope against the Suffering. And when team composition, progression, and tactics come together to overcome a situation that instilled hopelessness before. Being able to rename the units and change their appearances a bit to keep track of them. And then most of all, controller support. It's nice not having to spend time mapping controls out and testing it within the 2-hour window and just having something that gets me through the game without mouse emulation. So I do thank you for that. I digress. Hope some of this helps if looking to tackle the loss.
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Othercide is a roguelite turn-based strategy game developed by Lightbulb Crew, where players create and manage "daughters," units that engage in combat to fend off the twisted, otherworldly enemies threatening the world. The game’s standout features include its timeline-based combat mechanics and the ability to customize said daughters. Set in a black/white gothic Victorian-inspired world, the game offers a visually striking experience, with beautiful art, fluid animations, and a compelling soundtrack that complements its dark atmosphere. The story unfolds through memories and items found during gameplay, though the narrative itself can be hard to follow and doesn't fully develop until late in the game. While the game offers limited character customization and growth, it's the challenge and difficulty that dominate the experience. Othercide expects players to fail repeatedly, especially in its roguelite structure, making progression slow and often frustrating. The learning curve is steep, and the game doesn’t sufficiently communicate how challenging it will be, which may deter many players from finishing it. Despite its strong visual and audio design, the game suffers from numerous bugs that can severely impact the experience. From game-breaking control issues to enemies acting unpredictably, these technical problems detract from the otherwise engaging gameplay. While the game is replayable due to its roguelite nature, there are no major post-game activities, leaving players to revisit content with stronger daughters to overcome earlier challenges. Overall, Othercide offers a unique and visually impressive experience, but its overwhelming difficulty, lack of proper guidance, and technical issues make it a mixed bag. While it’s ideal for those who love tough, strategy-heavy roguelites, it’s best bought on sale, with the hope that the developers address the ongoing bugs. I would rate it 7/10, but would caution players about the challenges they’ll face if they decide to invest additional time in this title.
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This is a fun game! There's great battle mechanics! There's enough bugs to qualify as a bethesda title! It's an all around great game!
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It was interesting to realize that in order to get stronger in Othercide, you actually have to lose and restart. And again and again.. Until you feel like you can actually beat the game. It may seem repetitive and boring, but the visual aesthetics, music and lore make Othercide a great turn-based strategy.
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This game will hurt you. Allow me to explain. No, there is too much. Allow me to make an analogy. Imagine Darkest Dungeon has a goth girlfriend. She's stylish and is really into art and psychology. Her art is beautiful, yet also disturbing and heart-wrenching. She's poetic and feminine, but her face hides incredible suffering and pain that she's not afraid to reveal. That's what this game is. Othercide gets compared to XCOM because it's turn-based and strategic, but it's really a lot more like Massive Chalice or Into the Breach than it is like XCOM. Your enemies are legion. Nightmarish creatures born from immense pain and trauma spill forth into your world and your only way to defend innocence against their cruelty is to send your daughters to war against them. You will germinate many of these, and you will use up their lives. You will try not to lose them. You will feel for their every injury, yet injuries they must sustain. On the default difficulty setting (Nightmare) every injury is permanent and some of their more powerful abilities cost health to use. They can only be regenerated by the sacrifice of a sister, and so your ranks will swell and ebb with the fortunes of battle. But you will overcome. You will persist through the pain, and win many bittersweet victories. Perhaps you will even slay The Other to release this world of Suffering. After all, it's better than giving in.
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Othercide is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
Othercide is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Othercide received 3,966 positive votes out of a total of 4,819 achieving a rating of 7.98.
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Othercide was developed by Lightbulb Crew and published by Focus Entertainment.
Othercide is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Othercide is not playable on MacOS.
Othercide is not playable on Linux.
Othercide is a single-player game.
There are 3 DLCs available for Othercide. Explore additional content available for Othercide on Steam.
Othercide does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Othercide does not support Steam Remote Play.
Othercide is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Lightbulb Crew
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Release
27 Jul 2020
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