New Heights: Emergence of the Plateau Civilization's Second Stage
Exploring the Post-Apocalyptic Frontier in Endzone 2
Embark on a thrilling journey in Endzone 2, a survival city-builder and colony management game that takes you 150 years after a nuclear catastrophe. Your mission is to rebuild and repopulate Earth's last habitable areas, ensuring humanity's survival in a harsh, unforgiving world.
In Endzone 2, you'll face challenges like managing resources such as water, food, and protection against threats like radioactivity, building and upgrading infrastructure, defending settlements from hostile forces, and exploring hostile environments. The game offers a unique blend of research progression, vehicle upgrades, combat defenses (e.g., turrets), and strategic city placement for economic and ecological benefits.
One of the key differences between Endzone 2 and its counterpart, the Anno series, lies in its setting and core gameplay. While Anno focuses on historical and futuristic scenarios with an emphasis on exploration, trade, and complex production chains in relatively safer environments, Endzone 2 emphasizes survival in a post-apocalyptic world.
| Aspect | Endzone 2 | Anno Series | |---------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| | Setting | Post-apocalyptic, survival-focused | Historical and futuristic scenarios with emphasis on trade and exploration | | Core Gameplay | Colony survival, resource and threat management (e.g., radiation, raids) | City building with deep economic simulation and trade networks | | Defensive/Combat Elements | Turrets, combat vehicles, hostile raids | Limited combat, mostly focused on defense and diplomacy | | Exploration | First-person exploration mode, location scouting with special tools | Map exploration, naval expeditions, discovery of new lands | | Economic Complexity | Resource scarcity and survival priority | Complex production chains, trade routes, and diplomacy | | Themes | Harsh survival, resilience, rebuilding humanity | Growth, trade, and civilization development |
Your adventure begins with a truck full of supplies and a small group of people, exploring dilapidated buildings in the areas between the plateaus on the map. Restored facilities can provide valuable resources and useful items for further missions, and abandoned power plants and wastewater treatment facilities can be restored with the right items and trained personnel.
As you progress, you'll need to manage production chains, population needs, and trade routes between plateaus, and keep track of multiple settlements. Satisfying basic needs such as water, food, and housing for the new population is crucial. Research points collected in the game can be invested in new scientific projects, enabling you to build new structures and expand to another plateau due to limited resources.
With its earth-toned, gray, brown, and beige landscape reminiscent of games from the 2000s, Endzone 2 offers a challenging and immersive experience. The game is available for PC and costs around 25 euros. Steam recommends the game for ages 16 and up.
If you're a fan of managing tough survival constraints alongside city-building, Endzone 2 might be the game for you. However, if you're more interested in economic strategy and historical/futuristic civ-building, you might prefer the Anno series.
References: [1] Endzone 2 Official Website [2] Endzone 2 on Steam [3] Anno Series Official Website
In Endzone 2, you'll manage resources and gadgets needed for survival and technology upgrades in a post-apocalyptic world, such as restoring abandoned power plants and wastewater treatment facilities or building turrets for defense. Conversely, the Anno series focuses more on historical and futuristic scenarios, emphasizing trade and exploration rather than raw survival and gadget management.
