
But Triumph cautions to “beware of sabotage interference by enemies.” The Orbital Relays mechanic boosts your empire’s infrastructure, providing for near-instant unit transportation between sectors.


Free content: Everyone gets the ability to take over Imperial defenses, unlocking Operations that improve the combat effects of your colonies.The Soul Beacon, Cluster Mine Launcher, and the Firestorm Missile Silo are new Imperial defenses that you can take over to aid in combat. The Holopad is a pick-up that gives diplomatic rewards and more influence over allies and foes. New locations, pick-ups, and mechanics: You go to Essence Gashes or Es’Teq Wells to get new combat affects or abilities.The Forgotten were never meant to be resurrected. New NPC faction: The Forgotten: As Triumph says, they’re “broken, insane, or otherwise unfit for Heritor’s utopian society.It also has a multiplayer questline - and you and a friend take on these fiendish foes? Tomb World Scenario: The Heritor emerge to spread destruction in this scenario.You get new abilities, Entropy weapons, and new units. New Secret Tech - Heritor: With this tech, you can drain the essence of your foes.This adds more than 10 hours of gameplay over two campaigns. Additional Campaign Missions: This is all about the return of the Es’Teq dynasty and the rise of the emergence of their Heritor descendants.Anomalous Sites Mechanic: You can explore more than 30 places, full of traps and foes, to earn rewards and uncover secrets.Other features include, according to Paradox: According to Paradox, these weapons also “awaken ancient Es’Teq minds.” The Heritor use Entropy in their weapons, which are strong against machines (kinda of an advantage in a sci-fi setting). Entombed for years, this ancient people’s descendants, the Heritor, aim to use their ancestors’ tech to “reincarnate” billions of followers throughout the galaxy … and taking over.

Revelations’ story is about the Es’Teq dynasty. Some folks worried that might make the series feel weird, but I’ve found that Triumph had little problems adapting their excellent moment-to-moment gameplay to a different milieu. Triumph’s Age of Wonders series to feature a sci-fi setting. Planetfall came out in August for PC, PlayStation 4, and PC, and it’s the first game.
