The Big Blue

The Big Blue is a turn-based strategy game set during a zombie outbreak. After a deadly virus kills many men in countries with poor prevention and control measures, a new virus, Virus B, spreads from New York City in Country A. It affects everyone, and most infected people die and mutate into zombies. You are a special agent from a major Asian country, sent to Country A to investigate virus-related incidents while managing a small North American mercenary branch of an international security company.

Manage the company and investigate

You handle tasks that grow the security company and support epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, you act as a special agent, avoiding arrests and completing missions before the FBI discovers and captures you. Your choices and missed tasks matter: failing to complete a task can accelerate the infection and may cause the entire epidemic-control operation to fail.

Recruit and equip soldiers

You recruit soldiers by drawing cards, without recharging. Funds gained from card draws are used to earn money through your own tasks. With many men dead and the economy in decline, many women have entered military and police work. The soldiers you recruit are mortal, and the game frames them either as people to value while they are alive or as resources to spend in the struggle to survive.

Civil Security Personnel Management Act requirements prevent company employees from carrying highly destructive weapons. In special circumstances, however, the military may supply a limited amount of military equipment, including military vehicles, through the black market.

Randomized progression

Maps for battles are randomly generated according to each region's characteristics. Character attribute upgrades also use a randomized system, and every character has a full personality.