Publisher Alliance Arts and developer oneorright and WSS playground have announced their brand-new turn-based strategy game The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily. The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily was officially announced during the INDIE Live Expo Summer Spotlight, and it is slated for a 2024 release for PC via Steam. Check out the announcement trailer for The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily below before we jump into additional details:
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily is set in the Imperial Kingdom where the duchess was deceived and falsely accused of regicide: the killing of the King. Because of this, she was sent to the guillotine and was certain to be punished for the crime. However, she is saved by Lily who arrives just in time on the best aerial warship the Imperial Kingdom possessed. Armed with the power of streaming, Lily is now manipulating the military force and using it to fight the battle to conquer everything.
As Lily, you will be controlling your very own aerial warship and use it to broadcast propaganda from above and influence the ground troops with distractions to increase the odds of your own victory. Combining Scarlet’s wit with Lily’s expertise, you will manipulate imperial forces with deceptive information and sway public opinion in Scarlet’s favor. You will need to leverage the power of the media to outsmart the enemy as you orchestrate uncertainty amongst generals to cut off supply chains and create diversions to direct enemies away from key strike points.
Once enough damage has been done, you can swoop in and strike when the forces are at their weakest for a confirmed victory. To make your own army strong, you will take prisoners of war who are swayed by propaganda to join the cause. To further make yourself stronger, you will converse with apprehended comrades and build trust with them to bolster the morale of friendly forces. Fostering deep bonds through conversation will allow you to unlock stat-boosting abilities and build a stellar rebellion from a small nuisance to legions of unstoppable forces.
Daichi Saito, CEO of WSS Playground comments:
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily is ultimately a story about mass media. If we can so easily sway public opinion in a world before the Internet, where will the power of media technology go? We look forward to seeing how players exercise what could be called excessive press power.
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily is slated for release on PC via Steam in 2024 and will have different language options at launch including English, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. Additional details about the game will be announced in the coming weeks and months leading to the title’s release next year. If you are interested, you can add the game to your wishlist to stay updated on it.
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