Consortium (video game)
| Consortium | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Interdimensional Games |
| Publisher(s) | iDGi |
| Designer(s) | Gregory MacMartin |
| Composer(s) | Jeremy Soule |
| Engine | Source |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing, first-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Consortium is a first-person shooter role-playing video game developed by Interdimensional Games. The game is set almost entirely on a futuristic aircraft called Zenlil, manned by a crew with chess-themed ranks. The game was principally financed by the Canada Media Fund by awarding a grant for $500,000 CAD in 2010.[2] After a first failed Kickstarter campaign in 2012, $70,435 USD was raised through Kickstarter on April 18, 2013.[3][4] Consortium was released on January 8, 2014.
On July 5, 2015, Interdimensional Games released a teaser trailer for its sequel, Consortium: The Tower, which will be powered by Unreal Engine 4.[5]
Gameplay
The game features innovative conversational mechanics allowing gameplay to be uninterrupted by conversations: replies are bound to the function keys and an in-game device allows for semi-telepathic communication. The other major feature is a deep and branching story, similar in execution to the Mass Effect trilogy, and a character alignment system: both of these allow for every playthrough to be significantly different, even to the point of allowing the player to reveal the meta-plot of the game. While the game is a first-person shooter, combat can be entirely avoided, non-lethal or lethal (in a similar style to Deus Ex), and is limited due to the size of the game world.
Plot and setting
The game is set in the mid-21st century, in a timeline where most world militaries have been disbanded in favour of a technologically advanced world police force called the Consortium. The player takes the role of Bishop 6, an elite Consortium soldier stationed aboard the Zenlil, a futuristic aircraft. During a flight from Bulgaria to Ireland, Bishop 6 must deal with hostile mercenaries while trying to uncover the identity of a traitor within the Zenlil’s crew.
Sequel
A sequel, Consortium: The Tower is expected to release Q1 2018.[6] Interdimensional Games turned to Fig to raise $300,000 USD which ends on May 11, 2016.[7]
References
- ↑ "CONSORTIUM on Steam". Valve Software. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ MacMartin, Gregory. "Consortium Production Post-Mortem" (PDF). Interdimensional Games. Interdimensional Games. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ↑ "CONSORTIUM (Canceled) by Interdimensional Games Inc". Kickstarter. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ↑ "CONSORTIUM by Interdimensional Games Inc". Kickstarter. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Sykes, Tom (6 July 2015). "Consortium: The Tower Prophecy trailer makes impressive landing". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "CONSORTIUM: The Tower - An RPG world shaped by YOUR choices!". Kickstarter. Kickstarter. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ↑ "Consortium: The Tower". Fig: Video Game Crowdfunding. Retrieved 7 May 2016.