

Targeting and Terrain: Reading and using the environment including cover, windows and the basics of adding and adjusting aim commands to cover your troops, pin enemies down, or sweep through rooms.

In a later advanced tactics video we’ll show how you can also run your own ‘what if’ scenarios and simulate what your opponent may do to devise a counter strategy. In our first video we’ll take you through the basics of:Ĭreating and adapting your tactics: The basics of laying down waypoints for movement through the terrain through simple and more military style manoeuvres. Combined with randomly generated maps, distinct match types, and a very open combat system means no match is ever the same. The mind games between players, and inspiring players to anticipate and deceive their opponent is a huge factor in Prime. You will learn and develop your own strategies. Reading the environment and working with the strengths and positioning of your squad is key to victory. Once you wrap your head around that, you will need to try and predict your opponent’s strategies, wipe them out, or complete a set of match objectives – depending on the match type.

You have the option of simulating the plan before you commit to it. Players on two separate teams plot paths and issue orders to their squad members, creating a plan on a turn-by-turn basis.To better help understand what Frozen Synapse Prime is all about we’ve created a video that runs through the basics of combat.īefore we get into the video, here’s a quick look at how the simultaneous-turn-based combat system works in Prime.
