4/10 All Walls Must Fall is a turn-based tactical/strategy game with a good art style and an eastern-Eurpoean dystopian futurepunk aesthetic. That's a premise that should really lead to a home run of game, but All Walls really doesn't rise to meet the occasion. The game has a lot of focus on trying to allow you to talk your way through encounters or conversations, but conversation is entirely nonsense - your responses (and how the opponent reacts to them) are completely incoherent and look like an AI's idea of what "might" be a flirty or threatening response to someone. This makes a pacifist playthrough of a mission entirely an exercise in "try random response" > if fail > use time ability to "rewind" and "try next random response". This might be less of a big deal if the pacifist run weren't so heavily incentivized, but the game adds more and more enemies to the map as you engage in time-consuming gunplay & kiting and many enemies are immune to your ability to manipulate time. I di...
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game
- Release Date:
- Feb 23, 2018
- Metacritic:
- 72
- Developer:
- inbetweengames
- Publisher:
- inbetweengames
- Platforms:
- Windows Mac Linux
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About This Game
All Walls Must Fall is an isometric tactics game where actions happen to the pulsing beat of the music. You control time travelling secret agents as they jump and loop through a single night in the city of Berlin. Using a pausable real-time system, carefully plan your decisions and use powerful time manipulation abilities to your advantage, as you carry out your mission in the shadows or in plain sight. Levels are procedurally recombined, giving All Walls Must Fall a highly replayable campaign structure, while still offering individually crafted components and set-pieces.
All Walls Must Fall takes inspiration from genre classics like X-Com, Syndicate and REZ, as well more recent indie games like The Banner Saga, Braid, SUPERHOT and Crypt of the Necrodancer.
- Isometric action-tactics game for Windows, Mac and Linux
- Hybrid real-time / simultaneous turn-based tactical gameplay
- Procedurally generated levels and campaign that plays different every time
- Sci-Fi noir Berlin as a divided city in which the Cold War never ended
- Mind-bending time manipulation abilities that allow you to experiment with possible futures and rewind to the past.
- Synaesthetic nightclub environments and audio
- A simulation sandbox featuring crowd simulation and destructible objects
- NEW GAME+ mode that allows you to keep upgrading your gear as you increase the challenge - forever
- A parable that reflects on free will, moral ambiguity and the meaning of freedom
- Developed by a team of former AAA professionals using Unreal Engine 4
Original Soundtrack
All Walls Must Fall features a killer soundtrack that reacts to the gameplay, and features original music from talented artists drawn from both the Berlin club scene and the world of video game music:
- Jukio Kallio (minit, Nuclear Throne, LUFTRAUSERS)
- Ben Prunty (FTL, Darkside Detective, Into the Breach)
- Kuedo (Blade Runner Black Out 2022, Knives, Planet Mu)
- The Orion Correlation and Lost & Found (Voidance records)
- Mona Mur (Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Velvet Assassin)
- muuutsch (inbetweengames)
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System Requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: 64-bit Windows 7
- Processor: Dual-core Intel or AMD processor
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX10 compatible video card
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor 2.5 GHz or faster
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: DX11 compatible video card
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
FAQ
How much does All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game cost?
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game is completely FREE to play. You can download and play it without any purchase.
What are the system requirements for All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game?
Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 Processor: Dual-core Intel or AMD processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX10 compatible video card DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 or later Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor 2.5 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: DX11 compatible video card DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space
What platforms is All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game available on?
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game is available on Windows PC, macOS, Linux.
Is All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game worth buying?
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game has 50% positive reviews from 2 players. Metacritic score: 72/100.
When was All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game released?
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game was released on Feb 23, 2018.
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