Then you can construct special “archaeological probes” that scan the world for the ruins. To do that you must build Archaeology Lab at one of your bases (better several labs, as they diminish costs of excavations and increase materials output). But even more importantly, you’ll now be able to locate the ruins of their production facilities. You’ll research their “Virophage” weapon in the late game anyway, but with this DLC you have an earlier mission to save archaeologist Helena Lewandowski from the conservative clutches of New Jericho.Īfter freeing Helena and completing her research project you’ll learn about the ancient civilization that fought Pandorans more. This so-called “Antediluvian civilization” had prevailed over Pandorans but at a great cost. At this point, you can start a research of an ancient civilization that just like humanity faced the threat of the Pandoravirus. It takes off after the “By Sin Rise by Virtue fall” mission. But worst of all, if they are damaged, you’ll have to repair them as bionic parts don’t regenerate. But also have drawbacks – lower speed and vulnerability to acid. They grant some perks, like mind control immunity, superior armor, or even the ability to ram through walls. Bionics allows you to replace the head, torso, or legs of your operative with cybernetic implants. But he doesn’t even appear on the battlefield! What a waste.īionics Research (that you can also get peacefully from New Jericho, but a bit later) isn’t as great as it looks.
And while I know that reusing assets is a viable way to cut corners for an indie game, devs could at least make Subject 24, faction’s leader a memorable boss. And even the last mission “The Bionic Fortress” where you finish off this faction takes place in abandoned New Jericho’s haven. There are a few “special” missions that pop up but in truth, they are just kill-em-all again. The only thing you can do with Pure is to destroy them. However, later Pure turn on everyone anyway, so there is no possible alliance or another ending. In fact, when you first receive the message from The Pure, you can help them and get Bionics Research earlier as a result. The Pure, on the other hand, does have a few special events and missions. Basically, they both are just another threat – their groups attack Havens from time to time in addition to Pandorans. Though maybe “factions” is a too generous term.
This DLC introduces two new factions – Forsaken and The Pure. It also doesn’t require armor and is especially good against large Pandorans.
The best part is that it doesn’t require ammo.īeating the last mission grants you an organic machine gun that fires poison shards. The second is an acid-spewing organic assault rifle. You won’t get any better protection that also doesn’t restrict movement. And while it doesn’t have any special ability (like Heavy’s jump jets) it’s still good for most of the soldier types, especially since there is no research to get some advanced armor. However, upon completing each mission you have a reward – one of those titular “living weapons”.įirst comes organic armor, which has characteristics better than any other armor. All three missions are just kill-em-all, not to mention they have fixed maps. The first one becomes available after Arthron research, second upon completing the first, and so on. This DLC contains a chain of three missions. And from the art section, reviewers like me can get “featured images” for articles. Manual can help you with a few moments that in-game tutorials gloss over. However, it’s still nice that Snapshot Games released these things. It’s just Extras – music, art, wallpapers. However, having some impressions of the content that Snapshot Games released since Phoenix Point’s initial launch on Epic Games Store, can give you some perspective. I’m not calling this a review, because there isn’t much to review here. Following the advice in the comments to my initial review, I want to tell about Phoenix Point DLCs.