''Corruption 2029'' is a
turn-based tactics video game developed and published by The Bearded Ladies. It was released in February 2020 for Windows PCs. Players control a trio of cyborgs who must defeat enemy troops that outnumber them using stealth and trickery.
Gameplay
Two factions vie for control of the United States using remote-controlled cyborgs in a dystopian future. Players control a squad of three cyborgs who must defeat enemy troops. Surveilling enemy territory is done in
real-time, similar to
stealth games. When engaging enemies, the game shifts to
turn-based combat. Once the squad is detected, enemies alert their allies, though they can be stunned to delay this. To reduce the numbers of enemies that must be fought after being discovered, players can snipe at lone targets and lure enemies into traps. After completing missions, the player's soldiers can be upgraded via a branching
skill tree
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Development
''Corruption 2029'' was released for Windows PCs on February 17, 2020.
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Reception
''Corruption 2029'' received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. '' PC Gamer'' and ''RPGamer'' compared it negatively to ''Mutant Year Zero
''Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden'' is a turn-based tactical role-playing video game developed by Swedish studio The Bearded Ladies and published by Funcom. Based on the tabletop role-playing game '' Mutant Year Zero'', the game was released for ...
'', both criticizing the lack of personality, uninteresting plot, and repetitive set pieces.[ ''PC Gamer'' recommended it to fans of ''Mutant Year Zero'' who want more of the same but recommended ''Mutant Year Zero'' to everyone else.][ Describing the gameplay as "a puzzle game with a small shootout at the end", '' Rock Paper Shotgun''s reviewer enjoyed the tactical battles but found the rest of the game to be "repetitive and a bit draining". Although '' GameSpot'' liked the tactical battles, their reviewer called it "a strange, underwhelming followup" to ''Mutant Year Zero''. They criticized the setting and characters as uninteresting but found the battles to be "exceptional and tactically robust".]
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://thebeardedladies.se/corruption-2029/
2020 video games
Windows-only games
Windows games
Single-player video games
Indie games
Stealth video games
Turn-based tactics video games
Unreal Engine 4 games
Video games about cyborgs
Video games set in the 2020s
Video games set in the United States
The Bearded Ladies games