Lucky Tlhalerwa: Super Incursion

Lucky Tlhalerwa: Super Incursion is a linear, story-driven game set in 2040, five years after the First Global Biological Genocide. The Con-Federation of Global Terrorism (CGT) used a devastating virus to kill 80% of the world’s human population, leaving an overgrown, post-apocalyptic world. CGT Major Nickolai Patrikov masterminded the attack, which was carried out by CGT Supreme General John Voorhies.

The war on Gemstone Island

After the genocide, Patrikov led an illegal invasion of Gemstone Island, defeating its police and armed forces and overthrowing its ruling Communist government. When the Gemstone President refused an ultimatum to submit to CGT rule, Patrikov threatened to kill him. After the invasion, Patrikov ordered the execution of the island’s politicians and Communist Party members, and personally killed President Lieutenant General Dr. Johnson Lincoln at the Presidential Palace.

With CGT in control of the island, the Communist Gemstone People’s Ministry of Defense asked the Incursion Military Service (IMS) for help. IMS established bases in Crystalville City and Advanced City, then declared war on CGT and began fighting and spying on its forces. IMS Central Intelligence learned that CGT had created Protocol 87, part of Supreme General John Voorhies’s plan to take control of the world through force, fear and executions.

IMS and the Gemstone Communist People’s Ministry of Defense launch Operation: Winter Strike, sending three IMS special forces teams to Advanced City to investigate Protocol 87 and find a way to sabotage it before launch. You play IMS Captain John Jason, leader of the Specialized Force team, alongside Lieutenant Marcelene Grimmes. The game begins in the walled city of Crystalville, where you take a flight to Advanced City to start the mission.

Factions on the island

The island’s population forms resistance groups after the CGT takeover. The Gemstone Freedom Fighters side with IMS and fight only CGT forces, while the Gemstone Resistance attacks both IMS and CGT to drive all foreign powers out of the country. A separate standalone game, IMS Death Squad, tells how the Death Squad team was betrayed and killed by its commander, Colonel Sebastian Garrett, who defected to CGT.

The Gemstone Nazi Party expands its operations, using Waffen SS and Eistenzgruppen to kill civilians who help IMS or CGT, IMS and CGT forces, and Communists. IMS fights CGT and Nazi forces, and is also forced to fight the Gemstone Resistance. CGT’s new terrorist government carries out daily executions of civilians who help IMS, the Nazis or resistance groups, and kills IMS, Nazi, Communist and resistance forces on sight. The resulting violence leaves bodies throughout the streets as the island’s factions fight for control.

Combat and equipment

You carry two rifles and a pistol, along with a melee weapon. When the melee weapon runs out of durability, you can fight with fists and kicks. You can take down enemies with firearms, melee attacks, bombs or a mix of these, including by stunning or blinding them before closing in for a melee takedown. Stealth and silent takedowns are also available.

You can craft bombs and medicine from components found in the world. The bombs include pipe bombs, Molotovs, flashbangs, EMPs, smoke bombs and flares; you can also find them in the world. Any bomb can be planted as a proximity mine for enemies to trigger. Money you collect can be spent at the Advanced Station on ammunition, bombs, armour plates and melee weapon repair kits. The station also has a storage safe for inventory items you want to keep for later.

Stealth and enemy searches

Enemies initially do not know where you are. They become alert if they see you, hear nearby gunfire or hear you shoot a wall close to them. They may approach to investigate, giving you a chance to move to another hiding place, plant a bomb or wait for them and attack. If they find no one, they leave; if you relocate, they search the area with their guns raised before moving on.

You can hide in tall grass or shallow water to break pursuit or reset an encounter. Enemies may spot you if they pass too close, or if you fire and do not move to another hiding place. During a gunfight, you can run away and hide; enemies search the area where they saw you flee, which lets you take them down stealthily or start another fight. If they cannot find you, they leave to search elsewhere.

Chapters and replay modes

The game has 10 chapters, each of which can be replayed individually after you complete it. New Game+ lets you restart the story with your weapons, money and upgrades intact. Permanent Death mode is available for players who have already beaten the game.