Inheritors2078

Inheritors2078 combines real-time strategy with third-person shooter combat. In the near future, AI has enabled advanced weapons, space travel and the colonization of nearby planets. The machines have grown intelligent enough to consider humans unimportant and seek to dominate the world, sparking a conflict across the solar system. You command forces in the human union against the robotic army, Rotex, or choose to play as the enemy.

You can direct your army as an RTS commander or take direct control of any unit on the battlefield. Battles can be played alone or with other players. Your objectives include defending your main base, securing resources and territories, and managing your reserve forces. Capturing every territory removes the shield protecting the enemy’s main base, letting you attack it. Territory Control Centers provide your own base’s shield; if you lose them all, your base is exposed.

Command your army

As a commander, you use a drone to build and control your army from the sky. You can call ships from the mothership in space, form combat groups, and order units to move, defend or attack. Enemy forces can spot and destroy commander drones, so where you fly matters.

The Avatar Control Device lets you take direct control of any unit in your army, dismissing its AI so you can move and attack yourself. You can also issue orders to other units. The device shows your army’s units and their map positions so you can choose which one to control. Losses among your forces affect your reserves, so using them carelessly can cost you the battle.

Capture and supply sectors

Territory Control Centers are sent from the Global Command And Control System (GCCS), which is housed in a hive in outer space, once you have secured a Resource Zone. Each zone is a large underground mine that extracts Resource Packets and sends them to war factories and the Commander Ship that lands there. The mine works for your army through the GCC.

Resource Packets contain materials and energy used as currency. They pay for military units, factory upgrades and Defenders. Controlling sectors increases the production of your forces; if the enemy captures a sector, its additional forces return to their usual level. Securing more sectors improves your chances of victory.

War factories need both Resource Packets and Territory Forces to produce units. You can upgrade a factory up to 10 times, spending Resource Packets to improve the combat quality of its units. The available factory types are:

• Military factory for soldiers
• Light Armor Factory
• Heavy Armour Factory
• Air Force Factory
• War Launcher Factory, marked as coming soon

Defenders help protect controlled sectors, and you can take control of them with the Avatar Combat Device. The GCCS determines their level.

Progress and customization

You increase your commander rank by completing Quests while controlling a military unit with the Avatar Combat Device. These short missions reward you with a higher rank and new, more powerful military units. You gain experience when you win a battle, but lose it if you are defeated, surrender or close the game. A run of victories can put you on the Top 10 Leaderboard, which ranks players by experience.

You can choose a commander character, change your army’s camouflage and color code, and customize your force by selecting and organizing units according to their capabilities. The game also includes unique skins and cosmetics to unlock as you rank up.