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The Desolate Hope

The Desolate Hope mixes several gameplay styles. On the station and in the simulations, the game is a platformer. You will shoot enemies, collect powerups and bits (money) and upgrade yourself and your virtual…

25 April 2012

The Desolate Hope is an adventure developed by Scottgames, released 25 April 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Desolate Hope is

The Desolate Hope is an adventure game developed by Scottgames and released in 2012. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Clickteam Fusion.

The premise, in the publisher's words

On a distant edge of an unknown planet, an abandoned structure sits in silence. Constructed by an unmanned research vessel sent from Earth, the Lun Infinus station was designed to run simulations for a five year period, exploring possibilities of human colonization in the case that Earth became uninhabitable. Developed during an age of ambition and wealth, the project was quickly abandoned when interest faded in the following years. The last transmission from Earth occurred more than thirty years ago. The Lun Infinus station contained five sentient computers, Derelicts, built with certain levels of mobility in the case of emergency or need for relocation. Each of these Derelicts was to…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Desolate Hope launched on 25 April 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Max Payne 3.

Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Max Payne 3.

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When did The Desolate Hope come out?
The Desolate Hope was released on 25 April 2012 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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