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Indie time travel RTS Achron enters our timeline August 29

by JC Fletcher on Aug 8th 2011 3:00PM

We still don't understand how the time-shifting RTS game Achron works -- the concepts of rewinding, summoning reinforcements for things that haven't happened yet, and whatever other kind of chrono-frippery Hazardous Software has put into the game are well, well over our heads.

The best way to understand Achron, we suspect, is to play it, which you'll be able to do starting August 29. Hazardous sent Joystiq a note letting us know the new date -- a note we suspect arrived from a future in which the game is already out, hence the certainty of the date.

If you'd like to travel into the future yourself, you can pre-order the game for $29.95 and hop into the beta.

Source: Achron

Tags: achron, hazardous-software, indie, q3-2011, release-date, rts

Reader Comments (12)

Interesting, but not $30 worth of interesting I am afraid.

So, single-player only?

@Sponge No, actually, there's multiplayer, too, which is why this whole concept is super damn trippy. I can't manage Starcraft where time progresses linearly, so I think I'll have to sit this one out.

Dang. Wish this was an update to the classic Archon.

@FriedConsole Actually there is. And I've played it and can tell you that it is not good.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/65400

@kalmis

Oh yeah. Demoed that and it was disappointingly bad.

If it's not worth the thirty dollars, can I go back in time to kill the me that bought it for 30 dollars?

Wait, that would kill me too. So I'm going to have to just take his money.

But then my money would still be gone, however it would be in my hand at the time.

I could warn him, but then I'd still be destroyed due to a changing timeline.

This game confuses me.

@Copybass Ah jeez zombies

I think this game handles killing your past self by changing your past self from dead to alive and back repeatedly until it goes beyond your influence, at which point it picks one permanently. Could be wrong.

Also, taking money from your past self is actually pretty simple.

I love the concept behind this game.

If done right, this could be a wonderful game. I am getting a headache trying to contemplate how it will go work. Hopefully there are only so many time jumps a game. Or it could be boring really fast.

Ha, I bought this game back when it was in alpha. I'd almost forgotten it existed. All I need to do is download it once it comes out.

Hopefully, I'll be able to get the hang of it quickly. Portal and Braid seemed confusing at first, too, but that didn't stop any of us from enjoying the hell out of them.

I've been following this game forever (albeit not too closely)... don't know why I've never bought it.

Absolutely the most interesting game I've seen in roughly forever; too bad it's way above my skill level. Maybe I could play vs. baby easy AI...?

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