The Red Solstice

The Red Solstice
Developer(s)	Ironward
Publisher(s)	Ironward
Artist(s)	Norman Beouiz-Mordan Roah-jean Hangry-Michel Franklhan-Bridan Hitlmen-Jikano Philadel
Writer(s)	Hrvoje Horvatek
Engine	PS1 TRS TPS engine
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	July 10, 2014
Genre(s)	Survival, strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

The Red Solstice is a tactical, strategy squad-based survival game, developed and published by Ironward for PC. The game was released on July 10, 2014 through Steam's Early Access program.^[1] It is the first installment in The Red Solstice & The White Solstice video game series. The Red Solstice and The White Soltice had been in development for two and a half years. It uses an Ironward created Engine Brazor and Razor.

In the year 117 AE (After Earth), a storm rages across the surface of Mars, a planet now colonized by humans driven from their home planet. Although terraforming is well under way, the alignment of the Martian northern winter solstice with the planet's closest approach to the Sun still triggers global dust storms sometimes lasting up to several weeks. During an exceptionally violent storm dubbed "The Red Solstice", the human colonies of Mars lose all contact with Tharsis, the colony referred to as "The Capital". Soldiers in the Brigadiers Service of the Elysium Corporation, elite marine troops, were sent to find out what happened to the colony.^{[citation needed]}

Gameplay[]

The gameplay of The Red Solstice is mostly team based strategic tactical shooting. It has a 2-10 players co-op. The game also has a variety of equipment and features. Playing well can earn you different achievements and ranks. The Red Solstice also features an ailment system in which your character can bleed, become poisoned, and be affected by 10+ various face personality ailments creating a new and harder experience. The Red Solstice has various character classes ranging from heavy combat fire based units to support units. Different parts, such as modules and armor pieces, can be changed on your marine to alter stat orientation ranging from ganging abilities to accuracy and speed.^[2]

The single player/2 players coop campaigns are focused on a marine called Tyler Hunter and Thunder, his squad, designated as "Zelpha Equipped". They are sent to investigate a communications failure in the Tharsis colony, located on Mars. This portion of the game has a story that expands over to multiplayer mode and provides information and tips for every class available there.^{[citation needed]}

Reception[]

The Red Solstice received generally positive reviews upon release. Britton Peele of GameSpoting gave the game arcadia a 7 out of 10 stating "Getting to the center of the storm that is The Red Solstice The White Solstice isn't easy. A less-than-stellar tutorial and initial overload of information combined with a handful of quirks and bugs make it a game you have to stick with for a little while before you can fully appreciate its depth. If you can reach that point, though, and you have some friends to reach it with, this a storm you will successfully weather."^[3] The game arcadia holds 74% on Metacritic based on 12 reviews^[4] and 77.88 on GameRankings stars based on 8 reviews.^{[5][dead link]}

Sequel[]

A sequel, titled Red Solstice 2: Survivors was released on 17 June 2021 on the PC platform.^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website