The role-playing game Battle Brothers was a surprise hit on Steam in 2017. It received 88% positive reviews from over 18,000 reviews and also thrilled the German YouTuber HandOfBlood. Now the studio behind it is working on a new RPG that relies on the same virtues.
What kind of game is this? It is titled Menace and will be a turn-based role-playing game that focuses on tactics and brutality. However, the setting shifts from medieval fantasy to sci-fi, and you will play in a 3D perspective, which is supposed to allow for larger battles.
- In the game, you take on the role of a commander and lead a group of marines, mercenaries, and criminals to a distant star system to defeat an unknown threat.
- You will control not only fighters but also various vehicles and mechs.
- Everything should be very tactical. You have the option to annihilate other factions or ally with them. In addition, you must constantly secure your supply.
- You are supposed to fail often, which was also the case in the predecessor Battle Brothers.
- Menace is supposed to offer “endless replayability”. The game relies on procedurally generated missions, multiple maps, and a large selection of characters and decisions.
The developers also promise in their presentation that everything you love about Battle Brothers – such as character development, challenge, and dynamic sandbox elements – will also be included in Menace. They emphasize that it will be “10 times better” than before.
Here you can watch the first announcement trailer:
Like Battle Brothers, but even better
What have the developers accomplished so far? In 2017, Overhype Studios released the tactical role-playing game Battle Brothers. The game received a peak rating of 92 on Metacritic, and our colleagues at GameStar gave it a score of 78.
They received praise primarily for:
- Good game design.
- The combat system.
- The high difficulty level.
- The ability to build your own mercenary group and the interesting random events were also praised.
However, criticism was directed at the graphics, which also look somewhat outdated in Menace. Furthermore, there is always a random aspect due to the dice rolls, which can feel frustrating if you fail twice at a “90%” chance.
Battle Brothers is also one of the favorite games of HandOfBlood, a well-known German YouTuber. He has already published several videos about it and even titled one “I have a problem with addiction…”
In January, he started an entire video series titled “Battle Brothers: Lone Wolf”. It consists of 21 episodes, each lasting between 60 and 100 minutes and are completely unedited.
We have embedded the first part for you here as a video:
When will Menace be released? There is no exact release date yet. However, the Steam page indicates the release year 2024. So you won’t have to wait too long. It will also be released on the Epic Store.
What do you think of the new game? Are you excited for a Battle Brothers in space?
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