More than 20 years after having already produced a first adaptation of the novelist’s founding work, Microids is therefore once again betting on The ants this time trusting the Rochelais studio Tower Five, known for having tried to save the atrocious remake of XIII. In a very different genre, The ants is geared towards real-time strategy gaming and aims for photorealistic achievement through the Unreal Engine 5.”Players will immerse themselves in the heart of the universe of ants and an epic adventure, where they will have to make a colony prosper through tactical and strategic battles in a microscopic world of disproportionate proportions“, explains the press release from Microids, which plans a release in 2024 on all platforms.
In this interactive documentary-like game, the player will have to explore and fight in the third person in the shoes of a brave ant, but also interact and form alliances with the rest of the local fauna. Nature, which will be that of a forest in the Ile-de-France, will be enhanced through the change of seasons, but this evolution will not only be cosmetic since the game mechanics will also adapt. Similarly, we will see the maps of the game change depending on the time of day (day, night, dawn and dusk).
Unsurprisingly given the mainstream nature of the brand, Microids is aiming for an accessible experience for newcomers, with plenty of tutorials to learn the fundamentals of RTS, though veterans of the genre will find plenty to do too. to advanced combat strategies and techniques, we are told.
