I was watching the Guerilla Collective Stream today whenW.I.L.D. Tactics’trailerhit the air. It seemed familiar. I was certain I hadn’t seen it before and didn’t recognize the art style, but there was something familiar. Then the Wild Gentlemen logo flashed on screen, and I knew. This is aChicken Policespin-off.
Chicken Policeis something thatI always hover around. I named the next mainline game in the series,Chicken Police: Into the Hivemymost anticipated game of 2024. What draws me to these games is theobvious passion behind their world-building. It doesn’t necessarily matter what form the games take, but that storytelling is just delectable. I’d make a finger-lickin’ reference there, but I’ve done that enough in other articles.
While the trailer forW.I.L.D. Tacticsis entirely a flashy animated teaser with no gameplay, screenshots and information havearrived elsewhere. It’s a turn-based strategy game made in the vein ofXCOMbut with the series’ noir stylings and anthropomorphic characters. It promises 15 story-focused missions that range from stealth to all-out assault, and 12 characters to carry them out.
While press material pushes the “story-focused” angle, there is squad and base management, upgrades, and a social system between the characters to keep things dynamic.
They had me at “World of Wilderness.”
W.I.L.D. Tacticscurrently doesn’t have a release window, but will be coming to PC. Other platforms will be announced later.
