![]() There is also no easy out from a tricky mission that is running out of time. A very important note is that there is permadeath in Icarus. You can play solo, or co-op in groups of up to eight, with both types of play comprising the above-described timed missions. You work for the UDA United Development Agency, who were the people who initiated the original terra-forming project before you came onto the scene, and they do want you to return safely – but they also really want those exotics too! If you make it back to the escape pod, you will keep your power-ups and blueprints, but will still start your next mission with very little in your inventory, so the endless fight for mere survival begins again too. Just remember: that countdown timer is always on! The more you power up, the better abilities and crafting blueprints you can access, giving you superior tools, weapons and materials. You are supplied with nothing but an exposure suit (to prevent immediate death, which would be fun for no one!) and you must immediately set about deciding a good balance between survival and achieving your mission. Needless to say, the missions become more and more complex and harder to achieve as you progress. Night and day are equally hard to survive, although in different ways.Īmongst other things, you will face major weather events, such as lightning setting your camp on fire, storms pushing you off course, and the very dark nights are hard to navigate, even with a handy torch to light your way. You have to gather all sorts of resources as well as looking for the exotic substances: oxygen, food, water, and material to construct shelters to protect you from the hostile environment. You must use your rudimentary tools to survive, build better tools and keep yourself always improving. Once time is up, your escape pod returns to the space station, and your character will remain on the surface, along with any power-ups and loot – permanently! (See The Nitty Gritty below for more about this.)Īs with most survival games, you are given the bare minimum with which you can survive. Every mission has a timer, and you must return to home base before this timer runs out. You live on a space station that is orbiting the planet and are dropped down to the land once you have accepted a mission contract. The player’s task is to investigate the exotics for your bosses at UDA, transport them safely to Earth and, of course, sell them for a massive profit if at all possible. The storyline is simply told: an attempt was made, a short time before the story begins, to terraform Icarus, but something went horribly wrong because the planet was full of ‘exotics’ – unknown substances that wreaked havoc with the terraforming process. ![]() Icarus for PC is a session-based survival game and – a heads up for Greek mythology fans who might otherwise be disappointed – it involves a fictional planet called Icarus: it is not about the boy who didn’t listen to his dad, Daedalus (Dadalus?) and flew too close to the sun with rather terminal consequences!
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