That last step makes for what is easily one of Terra Nil’s most clever and unique hooks, that of being a “reverse city builder.” Fixing the environment is already a good enough challenge, but then the game adds a slice of puzzle elements on top of its simulation gameplay as you attempt to properly dismantle and recycle every peace of machinery you’ve used in order to leave any trace that you’ve been there. And finally, recycle everything you’ve use, load up your airship and leave. After that, use sonar in order to locate and re-introduce wildlife. Then you have to create the conditions needed in order to be able grow more specific environments such as forests, tundra, coral reef, and more. First you have to grow a certain amount of basic greenery such as grass and clean up any polluted water if needed. Well, okay, it’s a bit more complicated than that, as you need to rebuild each area in various stages. You come in, use your various tools in order to restore environments and get out. There really isn’t any setup for Terra Nil beyond that when it comes to plot, just that there’s a planet with several polluted wastelands and it’s your job to reverse the damage. And that lesson carries over to Free Lives’ new game Terra Nil, which sees to reclaiming wastelands created by the ravages of man by utilizing advanced green technology in order to restore them back to their pristine glory, bringing them back to life as if there was never a trace of unnatural forces. Blight due to a mind-swapping ray capable of switching their brain with that of a god (seriously, there’s a reason Blight is the most mocked villain from that show). But give it to someone like Gaia and the Planeteers, and they can easily whip up a device capable of effortlessly cleaning up oil spills, even using the same tech as Dr. Blight and you have an idiot who thinks the best use for tech capable of time travel is to sell a nuclear bomb to a mustachioed Hitler. Having recently watched some Captain Planet, I’m reminded of the lesson about how technology can be harmful to the earth, but also beneficial to it, depending entirely on the hands that use it.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |