Silence of the Siren (Heroes of Might & Magic like scifi game)

[Blake00]

Anyone who's followed my work in the Civ2 forums on the Heroes of Might & Magic 2 mod knows I'm a big HoMM fan and am always on the look out for similar games. Just heard about a game called Silence of the Siren (not to be confused with the other recent similarly named HoMM like's Songs of Conquest and Songs of Silence lol) over in the HoMM communities and it appears to be a HoMM like game in a scifi universe which is a very cool idea! I remember someone did a scifi version of HoMM called Spaceforce Captains years ago but it wasn't all that great. Hopefully these guys do a better job! The screenshots look pretty cool although I worry about it looking a bit too 'flash game art - ish' (especially battle screen creatures), however the videos show that they're using the hybrid 2D pixel art in a 3D world Songs of Conquest style trick that looks much cooler in motion! Have wishlisted!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2147380/Silence_of_the_Siren/

KEY ELEMENTS
- Explore a rich sci-fi world and discover secrets of a lost civilization
- Collect powerful artifacts, secure important resources, upgrade your bases and hire the strongest units
- Level-up your commanders and crush your opponents in exciting turn-based battles
- Take control over several different species and factions
- Old-school strategy game with modern controls and intuitive UI

 

[Patine]

"Silence of the Siren." Quite the title. Similar to the title of the Simon & Garfunkel classic, "the Sound of Silence," (which is still fresh, as the Disturbia cover was the song chosen for the last segment of the lifetime photo slideshow at my uncle's funeral last fall, as he met his demise from dementia-like symptoms of the advanced stages of Parkinson's Disease. ).

 

[Blake00]

Sorry for your loss mate, that's heavy. Is a strange name!

 

[Blake00]

Oooh.. new dev diary update has revealed their town screens.. sure enough they're doing that HoMM style too. Nice to see creatures doing stuff outside dwellings. I loved that in HoMM1 and was sad that it didn't continue through the series (other than some dragons in one HoMM3 town) as it brings a lot of life to the towns.

Silence of the Siren - The first look at base building - Steam News

Every faction needs its center of operations and that is what we are here to share with you today.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Blake00]

They've put out another dev diary update. This time talking about unit upgrades (using their space rat faction as an example) which appears to be handled the same as HoMM.

Silence of the Siren - Upgrading of units in Silence of the Siren - Steam News

Winning a battle is not only about the size of your army, but also about the abilities of your units. Let's have a look at unit upgrading mechanic.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Blake00]

Looks like things are coming along nicely.. it's nice to see the map and also the base (castle) screen in motion. As expected all base management stuff is pretty much what we know and love in HoMM games.

Steam :: Silence of the Siren :: Managing bases in Silence of the Siren

How to manage your base in Silence of the Siren and the UI functionality

steamcommunity.com

And a 10min gameplay video too.. I was a bit worried about the graphics before, so am pleased to see they're pulling all the tricks (kinda like Songs of Conquest did) to make the cartoonish assets come to life with animation, lighting and zoom/panning effects (even in the bases).

Steam :: Silence of the Siren :: First gameplay video of Silence of the Siren

We are happy to show you the first commented gameplay video of Silence of the Siren.

steamcommunity.com

 

[Blake00]

Looks like they've started handing out press copies.. nice big 30min gameplay video here:

 

[Blake00]

Article on the authoritarian rat race from the demos..

Steam :: Silence of the Siren :: Introduction to Fossorians

Learn more about the "space moles" faction

steamcommunity.com

 

[St. Leo]

Ooh, shiny! I'm definitely more interested in HoMM clones than in Age of Wonders clones, which is what the recent Planetfall was

There's another recent HoMM-like with real-time tactical combat called Hero's Hour

 

[Blake00]

Yeah I wishlisted Hero's hour a while back but haven't got around to getting it yet, those 'stackless' battles with hundreds of units charging around look insane lol. There's 2 other recent HoMM like's I've been following here on the forums too Songs of Conquest and Songs of Silence that might interest you as well mate.

 

[Blake00]

New dev diary and video! I've said before how I love how they've done the HoMM1 like creatures standing in front of their dwellings system, but now I see & love even more that they also disappear after you hire them! The decoration becomes useful animating reminders of creatures to hire.

Steam :: Silence of the Siren :: 10 friendly features in Silence of the Siren

In today’s development update we’re going to have a look at some nifty features and quality of life improvements we’ve already added to Silence of the Siren.

steamcommunity.com

 

[Blake00]

First public demo of Silence of the Siren is out now..

Steam :: Silence of the Siren :: Silence of the Siren Demo is out now!

Hi, we're excited to announce that a public demo of Silence of the Siren is now available on Steam! Go give the game a try yourselves and lead a group of Fossorians (Space Moles) to victory on one of the most colorful maps we made so far!

steamcommunity.com

Looks like they've put out some new shots of other planet biomes too..