We are the Plague - turn-based tactical game where you serve the Plague and fight against humanity

[LESS T_T]

No, not about the Plague in the U.S..

From the Polish developer/publisher Forever Entertainment:

"I am the voice of the Plague, not your silly imagination. I am the only thing, that can save you from a long and painful process that inevitably leads to, let’s say, dead for good. Without any chance to come back."

The Plague is generous and bountiful. It will give you tools, it will give you a weapon. You will be changed, transformed into something else. Just submit...

You have chosen to serve the Plague. Driven by hatred traverse the scorched and devastated lands in search of a revenge. Be the part of a legion, devouring cities and all living creatures, play against humanity to achieve your own goal.

Creatures you meet during your journey are a living proof of an inevitable change the Plague will bring upon the Earth. Crooked, in constant pain, blind followers. Your body and mind turn too. You are a part of a disease, your bones grow into a weapon, mysterious objects give you a strange power....

...And there's this voice in your head

JOIN THE PLAGUE

• Single player story mode
  
• Original, hand-drawn 2D graphics
  
• Tactical, turn-based fighting system
  
• RPG elements with character customization
  
• Dedicated, ambient soundtrack

 

[Haba]

Art reminds me of a certain Russian game a great deal.

Which is good, because they had good art.

 

[aweigh]

the art looks cheap

 

[Infinitron]

Nurgle cultist simulator that couldn't get the Warhammer license?

(Maybe learning to pronounce the word "plague" would have helped)

 

[LESS T_T]

Looks like some kind of demo is coming soon: https://steamcommunity.com/games/992690/announcements/detail/3691167087349013869

Plague in us PROLOGUE comes to Steam!

The Plague is bountiful. It has prepared for you all a gift, that will wait for you on Steam... Soon Plague in us will receive a free, playable prologue, chapter 0 for the story!

Add Plague in us to your Wishlist and be first to play the prologue!

Ans some strange footage sent from Poland:

 

[LESS T_T]

They changed the title from Plague in us to We are the Plague:

We are the Plague BETA KEYS!!

We'd love to hear your professional opinion about our game - so if you are an influencer, Steam curator, twitcher or youtuber we've got a treat for you! Mail pr@forever-entertainment.com from your official account for a chance to get a Stem key for "We are the Plague" prologue before anyone else!

 

[LESS T_T]

The demo is available on Steam.

 

[Black Angel]

Thanks man, just tried the demo.

It runs flawlessly so far, only the intro cinematic is fucked but that one's on my rig since the exact same happened to ATOM RPG's intro cinematic.

As for the gameplay, my first impression upon seeing the aesthetics is that this is like Darkest Dungeon, and sure enough every time a character do an attack action the camera switched to 2D side perspective like the one in DD. I feel like this is dumb and they should get rid of it and just let actions happens in default perspective (top-down birds-eye view). I've only known Darkest Dungeons from watching some videos, but the gameplay features like abilities does seemed the exact same as DD. There's also an equipment system, where armor are tattoos you can find and weapons seemed to be runes but I haven't find any since I just died to 5th encounter with 2nd ranged enemy.

The writing is fine for me so far, but for those who're sick of it might want to ignore the writing since it has pop-culture references. I found like 3 in just 20 minutes of playing the demo.

 

[V_K]

I must be very pop-culture ignorant because I haven't noticed any.
It's also nothing like Darkest Dungeon because a) it's not a roguelike, all the maps are human-designed and seem quite pretty so far, if not terribly interactive; b) combat has movement/positioning.
Agree on the side view, I think it should maybe only be kept for critical hits. Or maybe togglable.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG

 

[Agame]

(Maybe learning to pronounce the word "plague" would have helped)

Gotta say that triggered me so hard when watching the trailer.

And yeah that constant switch to side view with every attack looks jarring and awful, but I guess if you have the "dark, gothic, cartoony" graphics you gotta find some way to sell it as a DD'like...

 

[Black Angel]

I must be very pop-culture ignorant because I haven't noticed any.

The one that stuck with me the most is "I have no mouth and I must scream" reference upon finding that first ally unit in the next room. I remember there being some more, but I forgot.

It's also nothing like Darkest Dungeon because a) it's not a roguelike, all the maps are human-designed and seem quite pretty so far, if not terribly interactive; b) combat has movement/positioning.

I was speaking more in terms of aesthetics and presentation, not gameplay mechanics and level designs.

 

[RickOmbo]

Another rpg about great evil, but now a player is a part of it, what a twist.

 

[lukaszek]

deterministic system > RNG