My favorite survival game of 2023 just cooked up a new way to destroy me: with an army of killer robots
This year colony survival sim Stranded: Alien Dawn left early access, but that doesn't mean it's done. Not content to wipe out your colony of hard-working survivors with giant alien bugs, debilitating injuries and illnesses, and deadly weather events, developer Haemimont Games is throwing something new at you next month: killer robots.
In Stranded: Alien Dawn's first DLC arriving on November 7, called Robots and Guardians, your colony will have to contend with an invasion of mechanical monstrosities like killer robots, flying combat drones, and walking turrets. On the plus side, once you've taken down a few of these menacing robots, you'll be able to use the spare parts to construct some 'bots of your own.
Why are these swarms of deadly robots attacking your base in the first place? Well, it's just another good deed that mustn't go unpunished. Your colonists have rescued the galaxy's first sentient android, Hope, from the hands of her ruthless (but apparently very clever) manufacturers. Your small group of survivors now have to defend your planetary base from the mega-corporation who built her and now wants her (and your colonists) dead.
It's not just about protecting Hope from the bad guys, either. It's about giving her the time to grow into a real (though synthetic) person. «In the beginning of the Guardians scenario, Hope will be a blank slate,» say the devs. «She will share some basic skills with her human companions, but with limited proficiency.»
That will change as Hope, like your colonists, progresses through the scenario. «As she accumulates experience and engages with the other characters, she'll progressively unlock new skills and acquire new traits. New traits include things like increased experience, faster
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