Cortex Command

[KalXen~SPARTA~]

Saw this game appear on Steam. Kind of interesting 2d scrolling tactical game, with multiplayer. Its in Alpha, but being released today.

 

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Cortex Command is set a few hundred years into the future, where the now cybernetic human race is able to travel between stars and has already met several alien civilizations.

 

Interstellar trade and prosperity reigns, but there is always an ever-expanding frontier to explore and exploit for precious resources. In this gold rush of galactic proportions, fantastic adventure and brutal competition awaits.

 

You play as the boss of a small gold mining company that has just arrived at a newly discovered Earth-like planet. The large space ship that brought you here along with many other adventurers is called a TradeStar. It acts as a massive orbital safe haven and marketplace for the fortune seekers who venture down onto the planet's surface. Your purchases of bodies, guns, and equipment are sent from the TradeStar orbiting above and delivered to you by your choice of landing craft.

 

However, it soon becomes clear that the planet isn't as pristine as initially thought, and you will have to quickly adapt from your humble beginnings in order to survive and ultimately discover the dangerous secrets of this alien world...

[KalXen~SPARTA~]

One note - multiplayer is via split screen on a big TV, not networked. I picked it up to toy around with, but it has a unch of GUI related bugs to still work out.

[Forrester~SPARTA~]

Cortex, ha thats the name of our asset management software...