Amidst a 1980s Cold War America during the Reagan years, come next week players will do battle in Advance Wars-style tactical warfare against a mysterious and deadly enemy: America. Throwing in a spicy sci-fi twist, Möbius Front '83 posits that the greatest enemy the US could face during this tense period would actually be itself, but from an alternate universe.
From the studio that brought you Infinifactory and Ironclad Tactics, this is a new tactical wargame that draws inspiration from Advance Wars, Into the Breach... even Steel Division. Zachtronics is a company that specialises in puzzle-based designs, but this is the studio's most strategy-orientated game yet. Inspired by official U.S. Military manuals from the period, the game forces the players to deal with risk and uncertainty in a way the other more 'puzzle' orientated titles don't, bringing it more in line with classic hex-based strategy games.
The single-player campaign where you're fighting off the 'other' America is the main focus, with the narrative lasting between 15 and 40 hours depending on how many side activities you engage in. There are also unique mini-games related to the main story which you unlock as you play, including a cribbage solitaire game using Cold War-era plane spotters cards, and a puzzle based around signal engineering.
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