We do not know whether the AI revolution of our reality will go full Skynet or simply end with the robots strangely pouring us as a sad Joaquin Phoenix. But at least video games can help us speculate. Heart of the Machine is a 4 -time strategic game of Cyberpunk that will allow players to choose a way that a new AI condition awakens can work once it has become a big city in the future. Arcen Games developers call it “RPG Sci-Fi 4X in turn”, this is a lot of fighting genres for supreme power in a small phrase. It was published last year, but today it was released and a demo was updated.
Heart of the Machine – Announcement date of release | RPG 4X by turn sci-fi
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Expected to launch on January 31, suppose developers, and will be an early access. The game takes place in a cruel future civilization, in which “although its advances and dreams of technology for a bright, centuries of decay have been held”. It sounds familiar. From the video, it looks very 4 times, with lots of detailed menu and construction bars. The city will have a “genetic laboratory, factory, nuclear syrup, military complexes and more,” we said. You can build robotic factories to create Android fighters and operate into the city’s grid to provide energy for your processing tool. Although it all depends on the type of BOSS of whom you want to become, saying that creators.
“Enhancing a robot army to rule with force, become a kind -hearted person, or discover a constellation of alternative paths when you try to find your position in a ruined society in the need for desperate saving (from itself).”
Finally, it seems that there will be some classic ethical decisions. A prompt in the introduction shows a robot who meets a series of slums. You have the choice to make friends with cats (correct choices) or liquidate them for “samples” (evil, ugly, unforgivable – no choice, no harm to cats, I warn you). There will also be different factions that can serve as ally or rivals, such as “executives of the corrupt company to run the city”, whom you can exploit cash or vow to destroy.
There are military options to achieve your goals, including “a series of different fighting Androids when everything becomes violent”. You can see the phrase “mud spider” in the trailer, for example (like an adult near a farm with a mud hole, this is a really scary concept). But there will also be more hacking and manipulating ways to get what you want, say developers.
But why do I even repeat all these things? You can only play the demo on Steam if you are interested. It has been played since the previous Steam Next festival. But now it has been updated to include a rewritten rewritten, battle rated and a number of new tasks and events, including one of which you can “adopt pets”. Please do not liquidate it for the samples.
Also, do not confuse this game with another urban Sprawler technology, a city building card game that you also act as the “mayor” of a big art decoration future. They are different robots. Please do not disturb machines.
