Reputation can also be earned or lost by choosing to defend or ignore requests to support the various faction havens during an alien assault, and what you will soon learn, is that none of these guys like each other very much. Raise that reputation even further, and you will gain access to the applicable faction’s research trees, your main source of new tech in Phoenix Point, along with the opportunity to use their bespoke character classes and vehicle blueprints. This, in turn, gives you access to resource trading opportunities with these bases and the chance to recruit their personnel for your own Phoenix Point army. Increase your favor with a faction, and you’ll receive benefits such as instantly revealing their havens whilst traveling the Geoscape. As players explore the Geoscape, they’ll meet these groups, either via finding their havens through exploring nodes on the map or via choose your own adventure style sections that you’ll encounter at various intervals.ĭepending on how you interact with these havens, and the conversation choices you make, your reputation with each faction will increase or decrease accordingly. The Phoenix Point organization who the player finds themselves in control of, can choose to align themselves with any of the groups. The dynamics between the three factions and their conflicting ideals not only bring the world to life but also have dramatic implications on how your time with Phoenix Point plays out.įactions profoundly impact both the narrative and the gameplay. This cult-like organization thinks human evolution has stagnated and almost views the Pandoravirus as a blessing that can aid in furthering human evolution.
The most interesting faction by far, however, is the Disciples of Anu. Synderion, on the other hand, think humans and the alien threat can both thrive using technology to keep both species separate. New Jericho, Synedrion, and the Disciples of Anu all control pockets of humanity dotted around the globe, referred to here as “havens.” New Jericho wants to militarize the remainder of humanity, as they see it as the only way to push back against the mutated forces that have humanity on the brink of extinction. The world-building is phenomenal, and to be honest, far in advance of other examples of the genre.Īs intriguing as it is to dig deeper into the Pandoravirus and unravel the mystery behind it, it’s the factions that really bring the narrative flavor to Phoenix Point and elevate the world-building. Phoenix Point’s world is immediately intriguing. Set against the backdrop of post-apocalyptic earth, the world as we know it has been reduced to ruins by the “Pandoravirus,” an illness that genetically alters and mutates living beings.
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Having released initially on PC back in 2019, console players now have the chance to jump into Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition (which I’ll just refer to as “ Phoenix Point”), with the added benefit of balance tweaks and all the additional content added since the initial PC release. Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition Review: Gollop Returns on Glorious FormĪs you would expect from a turn-based strategy game with Julian Gollop’s name attached to it, Phoenix Point is tough as nails, but also provides plenty of thrills and even manages to innovate upon the tried and tested formula he established years ago.
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