Invisible Inc. (Incognita)
Platform: PC, PS4
Developer: Klei Entertainment
Publisher: Klei Entertainment
Author: S.A.
A game that formerly went by the title Incognita, Invisible Inc flew in right under my gaming radar with nary a sound. This game, once found, was a welcome partner into my gaming universe. After all, in a world where there exists far to many games that are often fast paced and a headache to manage, slow paced games are needed. Thus the invention of the turn base game, and creation of surprisingly fun concepts such as Invisible Inc. A surprisingly fun game that leads me to wonder how it was never a concept fully addressed earlier, with a fun plot and surprisingly enjoyable play style.
The plot for this game is centred around the year 2074. Wherein which mega corporations have overthrown the worlds governments and taken control fully. Our business, Invisible Inc, is a private intelligence agency that provides services to these corporations. Often tasked with missions such as undercover infiltrations, we use our talented field agents and even more amazing AI system, which is only known as Incognita, to get the goods. However it seems like something foul is a foot, with our system suddenly being compromised and our assets, along with our agents, being lost to us suddenly. That said, players are tasked with a comeback on their hands and with saving our dying computer system. Incognita, our AI, is a top of the line model that can only survive if placed in an extremely strong computer system, and with our hardware down the clock is ticking. We have 72 hours to fit her back into a computer system strong enough to house her, which just happens to be owned by the mega corporations that previously employed us.
Well all spy’s have to turn eventually.
The game is a turn based tactics game, with serious emphasis on stealth and espionage, as can be expected of a spy game. With a top down view as our method of engagement, players are made an agent handler for the covert operations that Invisible Inc must engage in. As time ticks away on Incognita’s life span, we must perform missions all across the planet to retrieve not only information, but valuables, equipment, and personnel. Though don’t forget to keep your eye on the clock, missions take time as does travelling, so you will have to pick and choose what you feel is important to your success. It’s important to note that while players start off with only 2 agents at the beginning of the game, it is entirely possible to pick up other agents during your travels. That said, it’s also possible to lose one of your agents for the entire play through should one of them die without aid during an ongoing operation. So be careful gamer, different agent’s will bring different skills to the table, so make sure to keep them alive and up to snuff.
Spy work is a dangerous business after all.
Actions during missions occur in a turn based fashion. Every individual under the players control has a certain amount of actions points that allow them to move, whether that be simple actions such as opening or closing doors, taking out a guard silently, or merely move down the hallway. Each action will deplete your action points, so spend them carefully, and think of what actions the computer might take during their turn. Much like stealth games of any nature, should something suspicious be found or seen than alarm levels will be raised. With those higher alarms comes new foes and a much more annoying play through. So it is suggested that you tread lightly where possible.
All in all, while it wasn’t a huge box office ring through this game is definitely fun to play through and likely a good time for those of you who love turn based games.
Plus playing like a spy is oodles of fun. That’s right, I said oodles.
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