From Press Release:
Bristol, UK, July 19, 2024 – The retro-style flight sim, Frontiers Reach, comes to Steam with the highly anticipated release of Act 3. This update introduces a revamped player experience, new capital ship damage models, and significant performance changes. The update will officially go live on July 27, 2024.
Frontiers Reach is a mission based, story driven, sim-lite space and atmospheric combat game with a retro-aesthetic where you strap into the cockpit of a retro-futuristic starfighter from an alternate universe where humanity took a different path to the stars after the end of World War 2.
Though heavily inspired by aviation and aerospace design from the mid 20th century, everything has been designed with an other worldly experience in mind.
Fight through the ravages of an interstellar war across 32 story missions, 15 side missions, and a dynamic war map with over 2,000 possible scenario variations!
Frontiers Reach debuted on Steam on March 1, 2023.
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After extensive playtesting, flight controls are now more intuitive than ever, ensuring an appropriately challenging experience to newcomers and veterans to the flight sim genre alike. Players will also find themselves better acquainted with the game mechanics and the Frontiers Reach universe through the addition of three tutorial missions.
Upon the launch of Act 3, every capital ship will feature a new damage model with updated VFX. Additionally, numerous performance fixes and optimizations have significantly enhanced the overall game performance. Addressing issues with particle effects, particularly engine plumes on large capital ships, led to a substantial FPS increase of about 40, marking a milestone achievement in Frontiers Reach’s development.
What else can you expect in this retro-style flight sim?
IT IS THE YEAR 2230
The Golden Age of Exploration is over. After nearly 100 years of expansion and colonisation in space, the human species stands on the brink of war. On one side is the corrupt and aging Sol Confederacy. On the other is the fledgling, Frontier Republic. Neither one is willing to compromise and the coming war will see entire worlds decimated for it.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
That is what you should ask yourself before you strap in. The fighters you’ll have access to are old work horses of the frontier. Many of them were brought out during the golden age. Your opponent, the Sol Confederacy, is technologically superior in every way. Whether you’re dogfighting or barnstorming through tunnels, it will require creativity and risk taking to beat them back from the frontier worlds.
BUILT WITH THE COCKPIT IN MIND
At first glance Frontiers Reach might look like another action oriented arcade flight game, but it really is much more than this. While you can play with a mouse and keyboard and controller support is partially enabled, the real experience is in the cockpit with support for HOTAS, rudder pedals, and TrackIR.
PARTICIPATE IN A WAR ACROSS THE STARS
After completing the first act, of which contains 25 missions, you’ll get to participate in The War for the Frontier which takes place across 30+ locations in space and on planets. Each planetary location is unique and provides space for you to challenge your skills as a pilot!
EACH FIGHTER IS A RETRO-FUTURISTIC HOT-ROD
And you can customise quite a bit of it. From the paint job, to the logos, the weapons, and even the modules. You can even save out the paint jobs and loadouts to share with friends.
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About Blind Alien Productions
Blind Alien Productions is led by a dedicated solo developer who has been passionately working on Frontiers Reach for over four years. Originally launched in 2023, Frontiers Reach was designed to be a classic flight sim with a retro-futuristic design. Breaking 20 years of space/flight sim conventions, Blind Alien continues to draw inspiration from 90s space/flight games, delivering a nostalgic yet innovative experience for players.
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