They are Billions - RTS meets Zombie Hordes !

SixTwoSix · 27 Jun 2019 at 09:52

Christ this game is addictive, i'm not a big RTS fan but it has me hooked. Has made me rage a few times too, sneaky little zeds.

gailjon · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:01

Managed to get the narrows horde rush completed. Spawned soldiers in two groups top and bottom and led the horde towards the command post. Managed to destroy the horde after many, many attempts.

gailjon · 27 Jun 2019 at 10:02

eekfek said:
EVER assume your safe, the Z's will find a way in even if it's one lone Z so always keep an eye on your map.

I've had some 'great' bases destroyed by the lone z wandering in and starting a runaway infection. Really really, annoying.
Obviously the bases weren't that great!

Smokey Deza · 27 Jun 2019 at 18:26

This guy does the horde mission with 600 points on nightmare lol. Fails the first time 6:53.

SixTwoSix · 28 Jun 2019 at 07:54

gailjon said:
I've had some 'great' bases destroyed by the lone z wandering in and starting a runaway infection. Really really, annoying.
Obviously the bases weren't that great!

I was shocked last night at how quickly the infection takes hold, i had no chance.

SixTwoSix · 10 Jul 2019 at 14:09

I have never, ever, EVER raged as hard as I do on this game...but I keep going back for more.

GBRusty · 12 Jul 2019 at 07:43

Second to last mission for me and <no spoliers> there's things on the map roaming. I thought I'd do my usual aggressive expansion at the start but thought my rear was protected by environment. Just saw one lone zerg shambling in. So quickly recalled my 5 initial starting rangers, as they're fastest, to take him out but just reached him too late. The infection spread.
I then pulled back my sniper and soldiers to mop up. Should be an easy fix, only a dozen houses were built and they only spawn a few zombies so it worked out ok. Problem resolved.

BUT then this massive thing came shambling in and headed directly for my base. He took a lot of punishment but destroyed me before I could finish him.

Must have been the fastest game I've ever played. I'm now formulating my next attempt.

Brazo · 12 Jul 2019 at 12:55

That’s a giant, they wander the map and can be attracted by noise. You need a lot of snipers to take one down quickly I.e before they can damage you. 100 snipers should do it in 1-2 ‘shots’ while you use an archer to ‘kite’ him.

GBRusty · 12 Jul 2019 at 16:33

I think it was a mutant, it had wolverine type claws.

Brazo · 13 Jul 2019 at 08:27

GBRusty said:
I think it was a mutant, it had wolverine type claws.

Ah that’s a soldier type that you can build but occasionally there is a bug where one appears and comes to attack you. Had it myself that shouldn’t happen it’s blue on blue!

GBRusty · 13 Jul 2019 at 09:15

Cheers finally got through what I thought was the final mission to find some more missions... NOW i think I'm at the end...just had some fun with a map full of giants..

gailjon · 31 Jul 2019 at 22:52

Playing this game is like:

Great, doing well, fab location, good walls, many towers, lots of veteran soldiers, lots of time left, farms, quarries, logging, gold, it's great!!!!!

What? No! Where did that z come from? What? Infection spreading? Where? Oh no! Why? Why? WhyyyyyyyyYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Head slumps to desk as realisation that the last three hours were completely wasted.

Oh well, attempt number 11.

Smokey Deza · 5 Sep 2019 at 13:53

I only did the first 6 or 7 missions. Quite frankly it deserves bad reviews.

regulus · 10 Jul 2020 at 20:13

Well over 400 hours played on this.

If anyone still playing, there's a custom map called Brimstone TD which is great fun to play

Grandmaster Fap! · 10 Jul 2020 at 20:17

Is the full game actually out now?

SixTwoSix · 12 Jul 2020 at 09:32

I rage quit this a year ago and didn't go back, I might...might re-install, just remove throwable objects before I boot up.

SupraWez · 12 Jul 2020 at 10:04

Looks interesting

McPhee · 12 Jul 2020 at 15:49

SupraWez said:
Looks interesting

It has the same sadistic appeal as a rediculously hot curry. It's painful to consume. The after-effects aren't hugely pleasant. But you can't stop eating

TAB in brief; you spend three hours building a base and an army to defend it. The final wave comes. You almost beat it. Except one single Zombie touches one of your buildings and sets off a chain reaction that you cannot get under control. And that's it. You lost. Time to start again.

SupraWez · 12 Jul 2020 at 19:18

McPhee said:
It has the same sadistic appeal as a rediculously hot curry. It's painful to consume. The after-effects aren't hugely pleasant. But you can't stop eating

TAB in brief; you spend three hours building a base and an army to defend it. The final wave comes. You almost beat it. Except one single Zombie touches one of your buildings and sets off a chain reaction that you cannot get under control. And that's it. You lost. Time to start again.

Ohh

Smokey Deza · 13 Jul 2020 at 15:43

I had more fun with this is Alpha to be honest. Don't like the developer. They got quite snotty with all the bad reviews when they finally released the campaign.

It's crap. Just suvival mode with a timer.

Best zombie RTS out there though. Although probably the only one.