It’s the middle of the week and the British weather’s taken a turn for the sunny, but we all know that it won’t be too long before we’re trapped indoors while we wait for it to stop raining again. So how about winning something to help past the time? Thanks to the lovely folks at 505 Games we have five copies of Miasma Chronicles to giveaway to five lucky readers, and all for very, very little effort on your part. To take part in the competition just head below to the entrance form and choose a few ways to take part!
Miasma Chronicles is the latest game from The Bearded Ladies, the award-winning team behind the excellent Mutant Year Zero. It’s a tactical role-playing game, set in a post-apocalyptic United States of America, and follows the adventures of Elvis and his robotic protector Diggs as they explore the wasteland, learning more about Elvis’ ability to control the Miasma as they go. Frankly, it looks absolutely awesome, and for five lucky souls I feel like they’ll be in for a treat, as the game looks to build on the great foundations of their first effort.
These are Steam codes, meaning that the competition is open to all. Winners will be selected at random, with each winner scoring one of the five digital codes for Miasma Chronicles. The competition closes at 23:59 BST on Saturday 19th August 2023. Winners will be contacted by email. Our standard terms and conditions apply.
Win one of five copies of Miasma Chronicles for PC
Tef had the chance to go hands-on with it last year, and came away suitably impressed, and was able to dig further into the mechanics underpinning everything.
“Miasma Chronicles builds on the foundations of Mutant Year Zero, blending together free movement through the world environments, stealth and XCOM-like turn-based combat – it certainly feels more akin to XCOM than traditional tactical RPGs. It takes a streamlined approach in each regard.
Each turn gives you two action points per character, but as soon as you attack, that’s the end of that character’s go. As you’d expect, you’ll want to move between cover, flank the enemy, and blast away with your gun or use throwables like grenades to get the job done. There’s critical shots to cross your fingers for, and the chance that you might miss a shot, as well as a powered up Enraged mode that builds as your characters take damage or miss shots, but it’s all intuitive and straightforward, while giving plenty of flexibility.
A big part of that flexibility will come from the potential to open a fight with stealth. As you approach a bunch of idling enemies up ahead, you move as a party with you lead character followed by the others. At any time you can tap to enter Ambush mode, switching to a square grid and then getting your team into position now that they can all be moved individually. You’ll clearly see during this where the danger points are for getting spotted, but thankfully the pathfinding is such that you don’t need to micromanage. Then it’s time to spring the surprise and get stuck into the fight.”
