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I am an ant guy.
Or well, aspiring ant guy, I should say.
Lead ant armies to victory in Empire of the Ants.
The military urgency and sophisticated co-ordination, their biologically specialization and advanced social structure, their beautiful subterranean architecture.
With the march of time, I let my passions fade into the drudgery of adulthood, untilnow.
Channels likeAntsCanadaandHomemade Ecosystemsfill my feed with 6-legged goodness, while Ianticipate building my very own vivarium one day.
Empire of the Ants is absolutely gorgeous and well-optimized, with detailed microcosmic visuals with impressive depth of field effects.
But wait, Jez, wtf does this have to do with gaming?
Gorgeous visuals meets deep, but accessible strategy in one of the most intriguing upcoming games of recent memory.
Launching November 7, 2024.
Very well optimized, with charming tilt-shift visuals that emphasize the microscopic world of the ants and their ilk.
I want to first touch upon how surprised I was to discover that this is actually quite heavily story-based.
I guess all the ants in the colony aretechnicallyrelated, after all.
The build gave me a good overview of the game’s structure.
You’re presented with a variety of hub areas, where story beats play out.
Indeed, as the seasons progress, or even missions, the landscape radically changes.
Empire of the Ants is absolutely gorgeous and well-optimized, with detailed microcosmic visuals with impressive depth of field effects.
Your savior ant acts as both a generalanda cursor of sorts.
The resource economy revolves around capturing rival nests from other types of colonizing bugs.
As you spread across the battlefield, your objectives will come into view.
Designed for controller as well as mouse and keyboard, Empire of the Ants has some of the most intuitive gamepad controls I’ve seen from the genre.
For the demo, my task was to destroy a rival termite colony threatening to encroach upon ant territory.
The ant battles are as brutal as you might expect.(Image credit: Microids | Tower Five)
The microcosmic worlds are incredibly-well detailed.(Image credit: Microids | Tower Five)
You can ally with different types of insects, too, such as these beefy beetles.(Image credit: Microids | Tower Five)
