The Tomorrow Children is an online multiplayer, adventure-based video game that has players working together to rebuild towns and increase the world’s population. Set in a lifeless and post-apocalyptic world known as The Void, players take on the role of a Comrade, a projection clone tasked with rebuilding and restoring civilisation after a Soviet experiment goes awry and wipes out the entire population.
With the aim of the game being to build towns and increase the population, players are required to participate in expeditions in order to collect building resources. Upon completion of the building process for each individual town, players are required to move on to the next town and repeat the building process once more, all the while gaining experience and leveling up their characters in order to perform quicker, attain more health, and seek out resources at a much faster rate. Additionally, players are also rewarded with money to purchase better equipment to aid with their tasks.
The Tomorrow Children clearly illustrates a Communist society, in which everything is shared and to benefit one, is to benefit all. For example, all resources gathered are used up and each structure that has been erected benefits the whole community rather than just its builder. This kind of gameplay, in which everything is shared, is a little bit of a drab for me personally. Whilst challenging in itself, there didn’t seem to be any real excitement in this game, especially in terms of the in game visuals.
Visually, The Void creates the effect of a rather dull and monotonous world in which the game is set and ultimately gives off a sense of dreadfulness, which some may find unique. I, however, prefer brighter and more vibrant colours in my games. Not only is the dull visuals unusual in my experience, but despite being a multiplayer, community based game, none of the players are able to communicate with each other.
Whilst I admit that The Tomorrow Children has an interesting and rather original concept to it, especially with the tidbits of Soviet propaganda that comes through from time to time, the game was far too repetitive for my liking. The grinding nature of this game defeats the purpose of capturing my interest as there isn’t much else to do within the game. For some, perhaps the originality and the unique graphics of the game will be exciting. For someone who prefers action and adventure, especially with my games, The Tomorrow Children is not for me.