Cold, hunger, war: the challenges of the year’s darkest management game

Game news Cold, hunger, war: the challenges of the year’s darkest management game

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A new harrowing video for the darkest management game of the year

If we talk to you about management or strategy games, you probably think of fairly classic city-builders like Civilization, Age of Empires, SimCity or even Cities Skylines. Generally, the latter has a relatively calm environment to keep you company throughout the several hours of each game, even if some terrible event can strike at any moment to put a spoke in your wheels. however, There are also some management games that try to emphasize more chilling concepts. This is for example the case of Frostpunk, which should benefit from a sequel this year. If you are one of those eagerly waiting for Frostpunk 2, you will be happy to know that the developers have just released a new trailer to show off the gameplay of this sequel.

Desaturated colors, painful dialogue, dark editing… The new trailer for Frostpunk 2 (which you can find in our automatic player at the top of the article) sets the mood in a matter of seconds, and suffice it to say it continues to deteriorate throughout the video. The message is clear: if you liked the brutal side of the first game, the sequel shouldn’t betray you. here again, Cold, hunger and war Your main opponents will be while you have to do everything to prevent your city from falling into chaos. Unfortunately, you’ll have to be patient to find Frostpunk 2 as there’s still no specific release date out there First half of 2024. However, it should be coming to PC, Xbox Series X and PS5 and will be available on GamePass on release day.

Especially the highly anticipated sequel

If you played the first Frostpunk, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be especially pumped for this sequel. It must be said that the latter was announced more than two years ago in August 2021. Since then, the information provided is very scarce even if the developers of 11 Bit Studio are very confident. When Frostpunk 2 was announced, the game’s co-director Jacob Stolkci said:

Players should expect greater opportunities for choice, the freedom to shape society and the city as they see fit – and suffer the consequences. Frostpunk 2 builds on its predecessor – the struggles of survival versus human values, life versus arctic freeze. But most importantly, it adds a new layer that is present in many aspects of the game – be it politics, society or technological progress – the struggle of man with his own nature.

Since then, Frostpunk 2 was also shown during the 2023 Summer Game Fest, before landing on the list of Steam players’ most anticipated games for the year 2024. As a reminder, this sequel should take place 30 years after the first event. Among the new features, we can expect players to be able to differentiate the city according to the functionality of each district. Then the inhabitants will be divided into different groups with different ideologies. So sometimes it will be necessary to use a bit of diplomacy to maintain peace in a city that has fallen prey to chaos.