Excubitor
Tesseract Interactive · 2016 · Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Tower Defense, Strategy, Sci-fi
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About Excubitor
Upgrade your ship, fortify your defences and ready your weapons, because you’re going to need all the help you can get!Armed to the teeth and set on sheer destruction, waves of enemy drones are rushing towards the mothership, Antares. You must strategically build your defences in the best possible locations as you take direct control of your Hammerhead defence craft equipped with the deadliest weapons such as; the multi-targeting Tesla Coil, the helium plasma Combustor or the devastating Decimator.
\- Equip the Hammerhead with 17 upgradable weapons that Michael Bay would be proud of!
- Upgrade the various subsystems of The Hammerhead. Increase your rate of fire with the berserk ability or stun enemies with the shockwave ability, plus more.
- \Defeat colossal sized bosses in epic battles! \
- Strategically build and upgrade 9 turrets Use the Prism turret that bounces lasers off multiple enemies or the high damage, high accuracy, Gatling laser.
- Interact with the environment to aid your defence.
- Four levels of difficulty to challenge even the most experienced players, including NewGame+, the hardest game mode we've ever created! ...featuring new super secret weapons.
- Replay any level in order to achieve the highest score and gold rank. \
In 1935, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen predicted the existence of wormholes; shortcuts through space-time enabling instantaneous travel across vast regions of space. A century later, a discovery was made that turned their theory into reality - plunging mankind into an interstellar space race to claim the ultimate prize: the Voidshards.The events of Excubitor are set in the year 2182, in a remote star system colonized by humans. At its heart is the Baphomet - a vast ‘hyper-giant’, a star over a thousand times larger than our own sun and one of the biggest stars known to humanity. Dozens, maybe even hundreds of planets orbit the giant star, with many more swallowed up as Baphomet grew larger during its stellar evolution. All around the system, a strange and powerful element is scattered across the many worlds. An element that could provide humanity with all the energy it will ever need. An element that takes the form of blue crystals known as the Voidshards.
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Players are divided on this game. Some praise it as an underrated gem with fantastic visuals, solid gameplay, and well-designed menus, noting it offers an interesting genre mix. However, many others complain about significant technical issues including bugs and performance hitches, unengaging early gameplay with little choice or challenge, clunky controls, and a slow onboarding that fails to hook players from the start.
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Another bug riddled mess with major pauses and hitching. Good grief whatever happened to making classics like GRID DEFENSE.3 found this helpful
Excubitor is a hybrid action and strategy game developed by Tesseract Interactive and published by Kasedo Games. Set in a futuristic era where humanity has spread across the galaxy, the game places players in command of the Hammerhead defense craft during a desperate struggle against autonomous machines that have unexpectedly turned hostile. While the story serves primarily as a framework for the gameplay, it establishes an intriguing science-fiction setting filled with advanced technology, distant colonies, and the valuable Voidshards that power human expansion. The campaign gradually reveals the conflict while giving players a clear motivation to defend the Antares mothership and the remaining human settlements from overwhelming robotic forces. What immediately distinguishes Excubitor from other indie action titles is its seamless combination of twin-stick shooting and tower defense mechanics. Instead of choosing between direct combat or strategic planning, players must excel at both simultaneously. Every mission requires constant movement to dodge incoming projectiles while constructing, positioning, and upgrading defensive turrets that help contain the growing enemy assault. T…
It unfortunately couldn't engage me for the full first hour. It's really boring in the beginning, you have neither choice nor challenge for the first few missions. Upgrades feel meaningless. The graphic is underwhelming but still hogs my pc. Controls feel clunky. I wanted to like the game, but it needs a major overhaul of the onboarding experience and needs to sell players some kind of fantasy from the beginning.
An underrated gem which is offering a great genre mix! Fantastic optic, decent gameplay and very well arranged menu's which let you find everything you need quickly. Much recommended!
I realy love this game played a alpha version years ago on the Gamescon in Germany
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