{"id":113875,"date":"2020-06-05T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2020-06-05T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T11:55:08","slug":"crying-suns-is-an-ftl-inspired-strategy-game-thats-out-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/05\/crying-suns-is-an-ftl-inspired-strategy-game-thats-out-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Crying Suns is an FTL inspired strategy game that\u2019s out this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crying-suns-is-an-ftl-inspired-strategy-game-thats-out-this-month.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"intro_text\">After enjoying some time on Steam, Alt Shift\u2019s tactical rogue-lite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/crying-suns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crying Suns<\/a> is making the voyage to mobile devices. You won\u2019t be waiting long as the Crying Suns mobile release date is set for June 25, 2020. This one is a premium release, and will set you back $8.99 \/ \u20ac9.99 \u2013 so no in-app purchases or ads.<\/p>\n<p>The FTL-inspired strategy game is launching across iOS, Android, and tablets at the same time, too, so you won\u2019t be left waiting if you don\u2019t have the right device. That ought to be a relief to Android users after the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/slay-the-spire\/release-date-mobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slay the Spire iOS release date<\/a> news \u2013 and by Android users, I mean me.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re unfamiliar, Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the shoes of a space commander with a fleet at their disposal. The gameplay features turn-based fights between battleships and space exploration in a procedurally-generated universe. If you\u2019d like to see more, then you can check out the trailer below to see some gameplay alongside a Hyper Light Drifter-like art style.<\/p>\n<p>Story details are light, but you\u2019re out to discover details about a fallen empire. The tale stretches over six chapters, and there are more than 300 possible story events. Crying Suns takes thematic inspiration from Foundation, Dune, and Battlestar Galactica, too, if that\u2019s your kind of thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-container\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to read some more thoughts, then our sister site Strategy Gamer wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategygamer.com\/reviews\/crying-suns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crying Suns review<\/a> when it came out on Steam. If you\u2019d like more mobile games like Crying Suns to keep you thinking while you wait for the launch date, then check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/best-mobile-strategy-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best mobile strategy games<\/a> guide. I\u2019d personally recommend Bad North \u2013 come for the lovely art style, stay for a viking free-for-all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After enjoying some time on Steam, Alt Shift\u2019s tactical rogue-lite Crying Suns is making the voyage to mobile devices. You won\u2019t be waiting long as the Crying Suns mobile release date is set for June 25, 2020. This one is a premium release, and will set you back $8.99 \/ \u20ac9.99 \u2013 so no in-app [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[853,1038,203,993],"class_list":["post-113875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-game-releases","tag-android","tag-crying-suns","tag-ios","tag-strategy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}