ProjectAlive Opens Steam Page for Zombie RTS Ebbtide
ProjectAlive has opened the Steam store page and published a new trailer for Ebbtide, a single-player survival strategy game set in a world overrun by the reanimated dead. Players command TF-1 Ark, a mobile task force based on a remaining aircraft carrier, rescue survivors and fight zombies starting in Los Angeles before moving to other regions. The tactical map and the 3D battlefield connect without loading: players read unit placement on a map based on real-world geography and zoom in to switch to the battlefield, which is rendered in 3D pixel art, while combat continues when the view pulls back out. On the battlefield, infantry squads, tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, airstrikes, destroyer naval gunfire and Tomahawk cruise missiles are all usable. Zombies climb walls by using each other's bodies as footholds, and defenses are reinforced with CIWS. Helicopter and truck transport are needed for supply, which means supply routes must also be defended. A release date has not been announced, and Japanese interface and subtitle support is planned.