Line #31 VideoGame/EverreachProjectEden


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2	''Everreach: Project Eden'' is an Indie WesternRPG with ThirdPersonShooter combat and clear ''Franchise/MassEffect'' inspirations. It was developed by Elder Games (a small team of 1 core programmer, 2 3D modelers, 1 writer, and a few artists), published by Headup Games and released on December 4th, 2019 for [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and Platform/XboxOne.
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4	It is about Nora Harwood, a security specialist of the Everreach corporation. She was dispatched along with 2 other operatives to the planet Eden to investigate the loss of communications from the colony. Upon arriving on the planet, Nora's team is shot down by anti-air defenses, and she finds that the colony's main outpost, Eclipse, has gone rogue and started attacking the other outposts. Teaming up with the survivors at Nova outpost, Nora sets out to unravel the mystery of Eden and stop Eclipse.
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6	The voice cast notably includes Jon Bailey (the "WebVideo/HonestTrailers" guy) as Julian the reporter, and D.C. Douglas (best known as the voice of [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]]) as soldiers and various characters.
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8	See ''VideoGame/DecayOfLogos'' for another late 2019 game from a small studio that attempted to emulate a prominent AAA series, with similarly mixed results.
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10	!!Tropes present in this game:
11	* ActionGirl: Nora Harwood is a capable fighter who combats dozens of Eclipse troops and drones on her own.
12	* AIBreaker: If you peak around a right corner, due to the position of your body and rifle, you can shoot at enemies but they can't shoot at you. This technique can effectively carry you through most of the game.
13	* ArtificialStupidity: The enemies may fail to notice Nora even as she is already shooting at them (though they may just as well detect her through seemingly solid obstacles). They'll also often ignore cover and just try to close the distance while firing their weapons. Though, since they possess more HP than Nora and deal more damage, this actually works to their benefit more often than not. However, some objects may still throw off their aim to the extent they'll stand still and keep shooting at the object instead of moving slightly to reach Nora, all while she can easily target them from the same position.
14	* AttackDrone: As Eclipse is supposedly 40-50 people (and you kill over half that number in your first mission), their forces are heavily supplemented by [=UAV=] attack drones.
15	* BeehiveBarrier: Both the default shields around the character that only become visible when they stop a projectile, and the explicit barriers you must generate have a strict honeycomb structure.
16	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Eclipse and other outposts like Aurora have all been indoctrinated by an alien signal from the alien obelisks Everreach corporation discovered on the planet. Eclipse was the first affected due to their proximity to the obelisks, while Nova outpost avoided this fate due to being located near a ferromagnetic mineral deposit which blocks the signal.]]
17	* CombatStilettos: The female Eclipse soldiers have platform heels boots on their black latex uniforms. Granted, the male Eclipse soldiers are wearing what look like ski boots which aren't that much more practical. Also, this shows that the female Eclipse soldiers aren't just using a palette swap of Nora's character model (as you might expect given the game's budget), as she has normal sci-fi boots.
18	* CrateExpectations: There are plenty of crates around containg the crafting resources needed for upgrades. Some of them can only be unlocked by hacking their security: in some cases, failing the hack will render them permanently locked. The contents of the crates is randomized, and locked crates have only slightly better loot than regular ones, so it's not a huge loss.
19	* CyberCyclops: Both Nora's drone and those of the enemies are designed with a single glowing "eye" in the centre.
20	* DestructiveSaviour: The game mentions the colony's population is 200 workers. Nora ends up personally killing a little over half that number through the course of the game.
21	* DialogueTree: Nora Harwood converses with the other characters in this manner. Most choices are between being an empathetic human or a cold soldier.
22	* FunnyRobot: 73-Q, Nora's technician bot companion given to her by Nova outpost, has an incorrectly installed personality model, causing her to make quirky and inappropriate comments for the situation at hand.
23	* HackingMinigame: These are mainly used to bypass the security systems on crates. One is about dodging falling blocks as another block for a certain period of time, and it can be retried if failed. The other is about connecting lines on a grid during a fixed period of time, and it locks the crate forever if failed.
24	* HardLight: One of the abilities is to generate a barrier of blue light that will deter the enemies' projectiles, though it only lasts for a brief period of time.
25	* HomingProjectile: The shots from the Zeus hoverbike's cannon will home in onto the enemies, but only if they are robots.
26	* HoverBike: There are regular sections where Nora rides a Zeus hoverbike. However, they suffer from a range of bugs, and will at times feature flying dropships attacking Nora with no way to return fire, and so are generally more difficult and frustrating than the standard gameplay.
27	* LighterAndSofter: The writing is much less serious than that of its primary inspirations.
28	* MegaCorp: Everreach, which is large enough to maintain entire outposts on a distant planet, all on its own.
29	* MooksButNoBosses: The game has no boss fights, just Eclipse soldiers and drones. The closest thing are the heavy drones you fight towards the end in the desert and the Eclipse HQ, and a CutsceneBoss confrontation at the end with [[spoiler: Jay, who's been exposed to the signal long enough to be half-indoctrinated. Your dialogue choices with him throughout the game determine whether or not he can still be reasoned with or whether Nora is forced to kill him.]]
30	* MultipleEndings: There's a LastSecondEndingChoice in which you decide [[spoiler: whether to allow the Dark One children in stasis to escape, or to blow them all up alongside the obelisks]], though both have the same outcome of [[spoiler: the brainwashing signal being shut down]]. Your conversation choices with Jay throughout the game also determine [[spoiler: whether or not you're forced to kill him in the final confrontation. Treating him kindly will reveal he's Nora's childhood friend and she'll be able to snap him out of the brainwashing by reminding him of their connection. Treating him coldly like a soldier will have the opposite effect]].
31	* OurWeaponsWillBeBoxyInTheFuture: All of the gun models have a pure rectangular shape with a lot of glowing blue lights and with handles attached to them.
32	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Eclipse personnel wear black armor with red highlights, and this is also seen on some of their equipment such as the anti-air batteries that shot down Nora's team.
33	* RobotBuddy: Nora always has a floating spherical drone by her side.
34	* SprintMeter: Played straight, and it recharges rather slowly.

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