Martin Babineau, Special Collaboration
The expedition into humanity's frozen and horrific future continues with the return of frostbankwhich presents us in the second part of the epic with a society trying as much as it can to rebuild itself in a world that has changed and changed us as well.
Bad news, it's still pretty cold in the alternate apocalyptic past in which we find humanity, 30 years after the creation of the first giant generators that allowed people to survive and rebuild society.
The other bad news is that if humanity is now alive and well, and we seem to have invented winter coats that allow you to spend some time outside without immediately losing a limb to the cold, they also had the bad idea to start politics again.
This new composition from frostbank It seems to be making a very natural migration towards the more important issues of colonialism. While frostbank 1 I count time in hours, frostbank 2 He counts it in days.
It seems trivial, but it changes the dynamic a bit, it seems we are less concerned with keeping people alive who are about to die at any moment, it shows that life is hanging by a thread and society is more stable.
On the other hand, veterans of the game will see the series' villains appear again very quickly. Extreme cold, food shortages, conflicts between different factions, lack of resources and unexpected events that thwart plans are present, violent, and take up space.
In addition to the classic elements of city management, construction and resources, it is also necessary to work with the different factions within the population, in order to try to ease the tensions on which our cohesive society is based.
What's interesting about the political system is that it's a new way to burden the player with difficult choices. But it's also less restrictive than two immutable decision trees. frostbank 1This time, it is possible to rely on different factions to win the decisive votes.
Small downside: I don't know if this is the first concern. frostbank Which stuck with me, but when you feel like things are going wrong in a story mode scenario, there should be a way to start the scenario over again without having to replay the intro!
But otherwise, frostbank 2 It is a very interesting post-apocalyptic management game, which should be explored tirelessly!
frostbank 2
Developer and Publisher: 11 bit studios
Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 5, macOS, Xbox Series (tested on Windows/Steam)
The game is available in French (interface and translation)
