All Will Fall

All Will Fall is a city builder strategy game, allowing us to build vertically rising cities, which (according to the title) can collapse at any time. The production was developed by the independent Lithuanian studio All Parts Connected, and its release was handled by tinyBuild.

The plot

All Will Fall takes us to a post-apocalyptic world engulfed by the ocean. The few survivors of the cataclysm sail the open waters, looking for the last scraps of dry land. In the course of the game, we become the head of one such group, which arrives at a small island to turn it into its headquarters. Our job is to make sure they succeed.

Gameplay

Vertical megastructure

In All Will Fall, events are viewed from a bird's eye view. The overriding element of the gameplay is the construction of the city. Due to the fact that we only have a tiny piece of land at our disposal, which can serve as the foundation of the metropolis, we are forced to erect new buildings vertically, creating a complex, multi-story structure.

Complicating matters is the fact that the laws of physics act on our construction, so our work can collapse at any time. Nevertheless, the creators allow us to go back in time to the moment before the uncontrolled demolition, so we can reflect on our mistakes and prevent their consequences.

However, the risk can pay off, as by erecting living quarters one on top of the other, we save space that can be used for other purposes. In addition, by creating an intricate system of bridges and ladders, we can access sources of valuable resources.

Colony of survivors

Of course, our duties do not end there. In All Will Fall, issues related to the management of the colony's economy and the community created by the survivors rest on our shoulders. They have been divided into factions of the likes of engineers, sailors and laborers, each of which has its own individual characteristics and skills useful at different times, but also needs that we must take care of.

Since it is impossible to please everyone, we often have to make difficult, morally ambiguous choices about such things as food rationing or dealing with riots. Additional variety (but also a source of problems) are the random events we have to face - from violent storms and coup attempts, to the appearance of newcomers, to the emergence of mysterious structures from beneath the surface of the water.

A new world

When we decide that we have exhausted the potential of a place, or when our city is completely destroyed, we can move on to the world map and go to another location to start all over again there.