Fate of the World

Fate of the World
Developer(s) Red Redemption Ltd
Publisher(s) Red Redemption Ltd
Lace Mamba Global (EU)
Composer(s) Richard Jacques
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Release date(s)

Fate of the World

  • NA: 28 February 2011 (PC)
  • NA: 29 September 2011 (MAC)

Tipping Point

  • NA: 29 September 2011
  • EU: 27 January 2012 (PC)
Genre(s) Global warming game
Mode(s) Single player

Fate of the World is a 2011 global warming game developed and published by Red Redemption. It features several scenarios, based on actual scientific research, in which the player is put in charge of a fictional international organization managing social, technological and environmental policies. The goals of the scenarios range from improving living conditions in Africa, to preventing catastrophic climate change, to exacerbating it.[1] It is quickly followed by an expansion pack called Fate of the World: Tipping Point, released in late 2011. The climate prediction models for the game are the work of Myles Allen, the head of the Climate Dynamics group at the University of Oxford.[2]

Gameplay

Core gameplay interface, showing policy cards available in 2020 for North America

Fate of the World is a turn-based game, with each turn representing five years. The starting date is typically 2020, while the final date depends on the scenario. In the core interface the player chooses policies to fund in each game turn, represented by "cards". These need to be distributed and balanced between twelve world regions, and many, such as a transition to electric cars, take several turns to implement locking up funds for the duration. The player also needs to manage public opinion with the risk of being banned from individual regions if public approval drops too low. Each scenario specifies a set of win and lose conditions, such as the amount of warming in degrees Celsius, human development index, production, industrial or otherwise, and how many regions the player is active in.

Downloadable content

In Tipping Point, there are two downloadable content packs plus an extra pack which includes the soundtrack and designer notes of the game.

Migration DLC

In this content pack, in addition to the climate issues the player will also need to manage the climate refugees due to climate change.

Denial DLC

This scenario takes the issue of climate change out of the game and instead focuses on growth with limited and diminishing resources.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic70/100[3]
(TP) 69/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid6.5/10[5]
Eurogamer8/10[6]
PC Gamer (UK)(TP) 69%[7]
61%[8]

Fate of the World and Tipping Point received "average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[3][4] The more positive reviewers thought the games were a brave attempt in depicting the complexity of environmental crises and the effects of global warming. However, negative aspects of the game and its expansion pack included unclear game mechanics, a brutal difficulty curve and a lack of feedback,[3] which the game's community tried to address by creating an unofficial patch.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jack Arnott (31 October 2010). "Fate of the World [Beta] - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Changing the 'Fate of the World'"
  3. 1 2 3 "Fate of the World for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Fate of the World: Tipping Point for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Maurice Tan (28 April 2011). "Review: Fate of the World". Destructoid. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Alec Meer (26 April 2011). "Fate of the World". Eurogamer. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Marsh Davies (19 March 2012). "Fate of the World: Tipping Point review". PC Gamer UK. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Dan Griliopoulos (20 April 2011). "Fate of the World review". PC Gamer UK. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Delnar Ersike (9 December 2013). "FotW Unofficial Patch". Steam. This unofficial patch is an attempt to address all three points, as well as fix some of the bugs still unresolved in the latest official version (v1.1.2 to v1.1.4). [...]this is meant as a patch and not an "expansion"
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