#Tooth and tail player count series#

A horde of pigs then ambushes the final standing army, destroying it and leaving the fate of the commanders and the rest of the meat-eating animals ambiguous.Ī demonstration of the game's split screen capabilities As the armies fight each other to the point of destruction, the pigs revolt, revealing they had a plan to overthrow the Tsarina and get revenge for the slavery and eating of their kind. Towards the end of the game, the pigs, who are dying out from the war, tell the four armies they had relayed false information to the three other armies, tricking them into gathering in one location. Quartermaster, the shady and pragmatic head of the late Tsarina's K.S.R secret police, seized control of military elements and supported Archimedes and the Civilized for the time being. Though the revolution had thrown the leadership into general chaos, certain military elements remained organized. The Civilized engaged in the fight to maintain power and the status quo. To overthrow the Civilized, Hopper and Bellafide joined forces despite their different ideals. The Commonfolk-led by Hopper who wanted to impose a voting system to replace the lottery-also revolted. The son of the wealthy merchant Bellafide was selected to be eaten he revolted, intending to reshape the food-selection system into one based on some version of a meritocracy. This way of life sparked controversy throughout the nation the Commonfolk liked neither the idea of being eaten nor the high cost of food. The Civilized, led by Archimedes, created a lottery system that ultimately controlled who was eaten.

Many animals decided to resort to cannibalism to overcome the shortage. Tooth and Tail is set during the 19th century in a society where anthropomorphic animals are facing chronic food shortages.

#Tooth and tail player count series#

Many comparisons with other games and media were made mostly with the novel series Redwall and the novella Animal Farm. The single-player mode was not praised as highly as the multiplayer modes reviewers said the difficulty spikes impaired enjoyment. The game was positively received and won two awards in 2016 'Best Character Design' at Intel Level Up and tied with Giant Cop for 'Guest's Pick' at Media Indie Exchange. Before its official release, the game's developers proposed a launch on Steam's Early Access platform, though this did not occur. In August 2014, the game's title was changed to Lead to Fire before being finally changed to Tooth and Tail, a reference to the tooth-to-tail ratio, in August 2015. From the outset, the game was designed to work well on both gamepads and keyboard-and-mouse setups.

The premise was to create an RTS game without micromanagement or the necessity of high quantities of actions per minute. Various real-time strategy (RTS) games were prototyped before the game, then titled Armada, was announced in March 2014.

Each player controls a commander rather than having a top-down view.ĭevelopment of Tooth and Tail began towards the end of development for Monaco. Once each player has chosen, the goal is to destroy the enemy's resources through building structures and creating units. Players begin by choosing six units out of a pool of twenty to use during the match. The gameplay consists of single-player and multiplayer modes and supports gamepads and keyboard and mouse arrangements. The game is set in a society of anthropomorphic animals during a time of severe food shortages, resulting in the uprising of political parties with differing ideologies regarding the acquisition of food. Tooth and Tail was released in September 2017 for Windows, MacOS, Linux and PlayStation 4. Tooth and Tail is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by indie development team Pocketwatch Games, the company behind Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine. Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux, PlayStation 4