Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire, a tactical #turnbased RPG in which a young princess fights to save her people from a genocidal empire, #launches for Linux, Mac and Windows PC on August 31, 2016.
Princess Tahira leads up to 20 characters through massive battles in which she faces nearly insurmountable odds, but by relying on guerrilla warfare tactics and taking advantage of the terrain she will survive and lead her people to victory.
Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire Features:
- A World Fallen Into a Dark Age – Explore a planet still reeling from the collapse of a galaxy-spanning empire. Learn the history of a former frontier world, and the ancient spacefaring people who first explored it.
- Turn-based Guerrilla Warfare – Control up to 20 characters as you fight against the vast army of the Astral Empire in tactical turn-based battles. You must utilize the environment to even the odds by ambushing enemies, taking cover and knocking foes off cliffs and rooftops.
- Never Fight the Same Battle Twice – Tahira has no filler fights. Each encounter has been specifically designed to advance the story. Battles take place in large environments and feature multiple phases, ranging from the three-stage defence of a town to a desperate struggle to rescue trapped civilians.
- More Than Just Fighting – You don’t just advance from one battle to the next in Tahira, between skirmishes, you’ll find yourself exploring the environment, learning Tahira’s thoughts about the world and getting to know the people who are travelling with you.
- Near Real-time Experience – The majority of Tahira takes place over one night. The game is designed to give you a near real-time experience as you guide our heroine through the most challenging night of her life.
- A Rich Cast of Colourful Characters – Including Baruti, an Avestan General; Claw and Hammer, a mercenary power couple attempting to repay a 20-year-old debt to Avestan; and Iba, Tahira’s loyal horse.
- Tactics for Beginners & Experts – With four difficulty settings, Tahira caters to gamers just interested in the story, seasoned turn-based tactics veterans looking for a brutal challenge and everyone in between.
- A Soundtrack Inspired by The Middle East and Central Asia – Featuring instruments, sounds and textures recorded while travelling those regions.
Tahira is inspired by real-world travels through The Middle East, Nepal and India.
The people who live in Tahira’s world can still feel the distant memories of a greater time and those memories reach from the past and cast themselves as a shadow over all that remains.
Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire will be available on Steam for Linux, Mac and Windows PC on August 31st.
System Requirements:
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04
- Processor: 1.7GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL SM 2.0 with 512MB of VRAM
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or later
- Processor: 1.7GHz Dual Core or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL SM 2.0 with 512MB of VRAM or better
- Storage: 4 GB available space
