![]() ![]() The long, painful contest of endurance in the 2030s and 2040s.Until I fielded a “proper” fleet in the 2040s, defence modules – on planetary bases and space stations – were my main protection against the aliens. Unable to find a solution, I eventually reloaded) Fending off the alien ground invasions in the 2030s one timeline (in another, abortive timeline, the aliens captured the Russian nuclear arsenal, making it impossible to completely clear them off Earth.Humanity resorted to drastic methods to defeat the alien armies. The early race into space, when I established bases on the Moon, Mars, and Mercury in the 2020s.Game progression: through struggle, to the stars Overall, I think the game is very well placed to fulfill its potential once it comes out of Early Access.Įnjoying the site? Subscribe via email below. At the same time, there is room to improve challenge & pacing in the late game. I like how the game proceeds through distinct phases, and how it conveys the feel of an ebbing, flowing war, rather than a diagonal line up and to the right. Now that I’ve finished my campaign, I’m very glad I took a chance on the Early Access release. ![]() I previously wrote about Terra Invicta about a week into Early Access. Alien stations mount a ferocious array of defences – which can be countered with long-range energy weapons and lots of armour. The Second Expeditionary Fleet closes in on Alien Station Able above Makemake. ![]() And several weeks later, on 1 January 2058, humanity ended the alien threat once and for all. On 25 November 2057, exactly ten years later, humanity’s larger, more technologically sophisticated Second Expeditionary Fleet destroyed the aliens’ main fleet in orbit of Makemake, in the Kuiper Belt. When the dust settled, Earth Command did not lose a single spacecraft. Instead, they met the eleven human spacecraft of Earth Command - seven battleships and four armed troop transports. On 25 November 2047, alien fleet Victor-104 swept into its usual hunting grounds, low Earth orbit, and prepared to swat the newly built Oliver Hazard Perry Station out of the sky. A second wave landed in 2036, attacked several world capitals, and fell prey to the computer players’ nuclear weapons - after I reloaded. They cut a swathe of destruction through Earth’s armies before succumbing to superior human numbers. In September 2022, in the Terra Invicta timeline, humanity made first contact with aliens.Ī decade later, in the 2030s, the aliens landed ground troops on Earth. This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Terra Invicta ![]()
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